Let me introduce myself (again)
Reintroducing myself in 2026 might be a bold move. Not because I don’t believe in myself, but because the market and the world wide web are so overly saturated by designers, creative thinkers and hag-ridden AI enthusiasts that I think it takes another kind of bravery to show yourself for who you really are, and not for what ChatGPT wants you to be.
I’ve been around for a very long time now, but how come you can’t find much about me in the depths of the internet? Well, impostor syndrome, I guess, and abandoned and godforsaken Tumblr blogs.
As a 36-year-old individual, I’ve been trying to find my way for years in the creative spaces and different kind of jobs. If you are a creative nugget on your own, you will know how hard it is nowadays to stay relevant, own creative leadership, and not to fall into an existential crisis because Stephen from Sales Team at your corporate job tells you that light yellow on white background is THE design decision that the company should opt for, and you have to just shut the fuck up and execute. Frustrating, right?
That was me until recently I decided I have had enough.
But let’s rewind a little bit.
Back in time when it was time to choose my career path, I deeply knew that it had to be something artsy and creative. I didn’t care about engineering, science (although it is very fascinating to me), economics, or law. I felt it was not for me. All I wanted was to draw, paint, design, create, play with visuals and colors. What a better option than becoming a graphic designer then?! My mom didn’t approve much, but oh well… here we are, with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Arts and a handful of certificates later.
I won’t talk about my job shenaningans in this post because most of them are sitting in the past, and we will have other occasions to talk about job culture in future blog entries. However, what I would love to tell you is who I am now and what are my core values as a person, designer, and creative thinker.
First and foremost, let’s be super transparent here by saying I’m somewhere on the spectrum of being a neurospicy gal. I personally don’t think this is a debilitating factor in my journey. It actually helps me see and pinpoint things that other people cannot see, and it’s also very useful in evaluation processes and finding the best practices to reach the optimal outcome. Some believe in this, some narcissistic psychopaths in corporate don’t - but if you know, you know. Not everything is set in white collars and ego issues. Sometimes you need to trust a neurodivergent.
My modus operandi is going against the current, I would say. I’m hyper aware of the rampant AI insurgency, but that is exactly why I want to stay as human as possible. AI, to me, is a little tool to help me with some boring stuff - I will never let it work instead of me when it comes to strategy and creative thinking. I want to bring value to you all by THINKING, using those brain cells, and creating stuff with my own little hands.
I can already see some of you with a boiling red face, ready to explode about how AI is great and I should let it do my job… Just shut the fuck up and let me be. Also, go outside and touch some grass.
To me, the contact with humans is the most important thing in design. Just think about it for a second... Everything you come across that have an interface or any kind of visuals is thought to tell you something, whether it’s a magazine or a Renaissance painting. Anything visual is meant to communicate a message or simply be something pleasant to look at and give you joy. For centuries, it has been done for humans by humans, right? That’s because we have emotions and empathy, and we know how to get to another human being. I want to preserve that as much as I can.
By opting for the human-to-human approach, it’s also important to highlight that, for me, quality wins over quantity. It doesn’t really take a genius or a master degree to understand that crafting something special takes time. Some processes can be sped up, of course, but understanding my clients and actually thinking what’s best for them, well… takes time.
I know, I know… we live in a fucking matrix in which everything must have been done yesterday, but let’s do a collective work here and… slow down.
This entry has been written without any AI aid.
