Always. One should have at least 5 year 'creative horizon' - or at least 'professional horizon'. We live in a society - economy - that is growing at an exponential rate [a result of automation + AI] - information and skills are readily available and accessible. Ranging from full-time university education, semester long college skills courses, all the way to weekend seminars that will issue a certificate that you can tax-deduct and put down on your resume. It is easy to grow professionally.
And we should.
So what am I doing about it?
I am gonna be offering a free once-a-month workshop. I do have a maker space in mind. I am thinking about a project - something that is small but could be conceptualized and critiqued in a group [sorry that's the process - sometimes you will hear that your ideas are not great; it's a chance to improve or be foolhardy]. I also want to teach about non-orthodox thinking - design hacking - recognize areas of possible positive change through non-conventional means.
A significant portion of my endavours are not really money-makers - like parenting or volunteering. Strictly speaking - monetarily speaking - I would be compensated in a significantly larger amount if I chose to focus my efforts just on myself - but I feel that it would be unethical. I always ask myself - what am I working towards? What is my contribution to society? I want for everyone - not just myself to be successful.
This July I will be attending the Maker Fair in Toronto and I will be asking questions - handing out questioners - gathering information -
What do you want to hack?
What skills do you want to learn?
Are you a designer that wants to learn how to Design/Hack?
Are you a designer that wants to learn how to Design/Hack?
Once I will analyze the data, I will design an IKEA Hacking course tailored exactly to the needs and wants of the Maker Community. I hope to offer the course for free, or for some nominal costs [there will costs, say, just even with the venue]. Money-making scheme comes in with access to the maker space, material costs/pre-fab - but the core 'idea portion' I want to give away - it will let people be creative on their own - just give them tools - it will be up to them on how ambitious they want to get; they will be able to pace themselves; they can make on their own time.
See you in July!
Chapter 2 - KingK+QueenT Lux Hacks Collection
I will be launching a collection of luxurious IKEA Hacks that I will slowly introduce on my Instagram page - check it out - www.instagram.com/karol.kosnik/
One way of doing hacks is with a surface treatment - you can be traditional about it - say just paint it - but I think it is nicer if you can give that surface treatment a 'spin'. I have written why I am partial to laminates as a surface treatment before - why love them? and especially the ones from ABET Laminati - fancy Italian laminates - go see their showroom - you will be inspired, I guarantee it. I have been going to Abet for ages - and have been hauling away their rarer, discontinued, not available, vintage stuff for years now - it's pricey too, I got some really exclusive stuff - holy cow! I am excited just writing about this stuff; which way am I gonna lay it out? which one am I gonna use where.....OMG!
Keep watching my Insta + there is gonna be my show in January of 2018. Arranging for gallery stuff already! There is gonna be an opening and booze! hahaha! That's the one night to shine, right?!
