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Food and Purpose
In 2022, Thu Thuy Pham and Phuong Thao Westphal, two friends of Vietnamese-German backgrounds...

My Dojo: David Zilber
What's one practice that has changed your life you can share with us? It was a piece advice...

Tiempo de Zafra
The holistic beauty of the beaches, like the life of most artists, like the environment of Santo Domingo...

Seize The Day Like A Stoic
You’re alive right now. In front of you sits just a handful of hours...

Hannah Dunkelberg
What are you the most proud of in your space? The studio itself. What’s that one practice that has changed your life that you want to share with us? Art.

Hannah Kuhlmann
How are you able to create your most authentic quality work? Furniture are objects which have a direct contact to our bodies in everyday life, unlike art on walls or objects in shelves.

Anna Santangelo
What are you the most proud of in your space? The community of friends and creatives that exist in our studio.

Volodymyr Sannikov
What are you the most proud of in your space? I think it’s models of climbing holds that I’ve made, of course not all of them...

Tom Król
Where and how are you able to create your most authentic, highest quality work? I think that the artistic practice is one that has many phases…

Making Friends with our Fears
When we grow up, we are told to be strong; to fight our fears...

Learning from Lina
Explore the spatial and social aspects of legendary Brazilian modernist Lina Bo Bardi’s most striking works

Know Thyself
It is strange, but we are alive. On Jiu Jitsu by a martial artist and poet Dennis Freischlad

Samma Samādhi
There is only one moment in the creative process when our thoughts should digress in a cultivated way: in the “incubation phase.” This is the first phase after we have received an assignment and are still have a distance from the problem. Under time pressure, this is not easy at all

Making in Movies

Enchanted Embodiment

Running Through Isolation

No Such Thing As A Fresh Start

The Analogue Comeback
Ever since the introduction of the personal computer...

The Art of Touch
Growing up as an Indigenous Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand

The Flower of Life
Based on Cong Le Tran’s Vietnamese roots and upbringing in Germany

The Jean Genie: Story of a Denim Lover

Dare to be Eternal: Oliver Urman

Don’t be afraid, take a bite!

Tareet’s Visions

A Primitive Walk

Attitude and Altitude

A Call with Tricia and Terry Jones

Hot Air: Filmmaker Regina Schilling

Massimo Vitali

Finding Presence in Running

Lacuna Studios
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Fav Unrealised Project: presentOS

Payment for a TV Show

Fav Unrealized Project: Untethered Families

Daily Debriefing

Green-House: Six Songs for Invisible Gardens

Why we should use AI to expand what it means to be Human

Make Something Heavy.

Present Principle: Just Play the First Note

Taste of Cherry (1997)

Fav Unrealized Project: XORI.

Consistency Club #4: Follow-up
Tools and Resources
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Managing Time and Energy
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Present Protocols are battle-tested strategies for a healthier work approach and more clarity.
Creative Unblocking
8
Present Principles are collected life lessons and learnings to support you when you're stuck or lost on track.
Essential Wisdom
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Present Summaries are a curation and summaries of the most powerful books on managing life as a Modern Maker.
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