Design was different. I never stopped. The more I practised, the more I started paying attention to the world around me differently. I became drawn to the greats, not just in design but across art, film, architecture, and culture. The way a director makes a scene, the typography on a poster, the detail in a piece of art that says more by leaving things out. Those references shaped how I see and how I work. Over time the practice and the philosophy shaped me into something that felt genuinely mine. Not a designer who executes briefs, but a creative who draws from everywhere and brings it all back to the work.