Curating your enviroment

the importance of a graphic design workspace that brings you joy

Hey friends

Hope life is treating you well! Woke up this morning and had to clean my office. It got me thinking about how important the space you create in is to the process.

Everything in It’s Place

Curating your environment

These days I am so happy with the decor and overall vibe of my office and home.

I’m lucky to have developed my own aesthetic over the years and my partner Erika has amazing taste as well.

I think this desire to live in a space that brings me joy and comfort stems from growing up in places without that.

When I was younger my mom had stuff EVERYWHERE. Looking back now she was probably a hoarder to an extent.

This gave me so much anxiety and it never felt like I had a workspace or just area to enjoy myself in peace. 

I think to combat that, I overcorrected and am kind of obsessed with having everything organized.

“Mise en place”

This isn’t a newsletter to dissect my potential ocd or control issues lol

But

I just wanted to share some cool decorations around my house that bring me happiness.

dope Mini print from designer Kludge

finally found a board to hang in this spot and the HyplandxGundamn collab came at the perfect time

photo of Erika and I when we were young and my moms old high school photo to help me remember her.

dope print from Ryan Evans

Print I got from Aaron Draplin at Adobe Max this past year. One of my favorite designers of all time.

Love this rug because it is one of the first things Erika and i bought together at our first apartment in West Hollywood

Dope inlay from the Start Today record. Got to see the Gorilla Biscuits recently in Rancho Cucamonga and it was a great bucket list moment.

One of the first pieces of art my partner Erika bought from this dope artist Suvad

A poster I collaborated on with talented 3D artist Archfiend. This thing was mad important to me and one of the first designs that got a lot of attention online

Dope poster from the exhibit Daniel Arsham did at the Peterson Auto Museum. Daniel is one of my fav modern artists, def check him out. This is the only thing I could ever afford from him, hahaha.

Mixed media piece that Erika made incorporating some of my past design scraps and pieces.

one of my fav posters i own, cataloging the amazing records from Stones Throw

fun clock from the above mentioned artist Suvad

show poster I got at chain reaction recently. one of my fav shows of the year so far, went for Magnitude but Field of Flames and Fury absolutely DESTROYED

That’s it for now, nothing too crazy but I just wanted to share some fun little pieces from my home.

Would love to hear about the trinkets and art that bring you happiness

Much love, Jesse. 

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