PERSONAL STATEMENT Sample #2 - risd/careers

of a sustainable revolution, as our time living and consuming as we do now, seems evermore fleeting.Working this past summer with Uhuru Design, an environmentally friendlyfurniture design company based in New York, I became skilled at designing andfabricating sustainable products for mass production. These products, objects that striveto be timeless, practical, and innovative, inspire me. In contrast, I looked at theimmensity of products sold today; ones that adhere to market trends and lookincreasingly dated as seasons pass are discarded prematurely. These short-lived relics aremeant to lose value with age, are poor metaphors for living, and increase superfluousconsumption in our market driven society. This is fundamentally destructive and creates asurplus of unnecessary waste.Design has the potential to rouse and cultivate fresh ways of interacting with theworld. As a designer, I hope to make a positive contribution to not only the field ofdesign, but also to the way people live their lives. My intentions are transcendent ofarbitrary aesthetic decisions, which seem to be the paramount attribute of many massproduced objects manufactured today. I hope to articulate the Wabi Sabi world view;integrating sustainability with the power of relevant and poignant aesthetics. I believethere exists in everyone a yearning for something deeper than the fastest cars, latestclothing, and flashiest cell phones. What if we could learn to be content with our lives,just as they are now? It is a lofty idea, but one that I find worthy of entertaining.