Design Your Self: Rethinking the Way You Live, Love, Work, and Play
by Karim Rashid
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Author: Karim RashidEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-01
ISBN: 0060839023
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Collins Design
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- ISBN13: 9780060839024
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of Design Your Self: Rethinking the Way You Live, Love, Work, and Play
Book Review: Nice when taken with a grain of salt
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall, I'm glad I bought and read this book and agree with the points made by many of the other reviewers but coming to a slightly different conclusion rating-wise.
Pros:
- The layout of the book and the materials used to make it are unique and interesting. Personally, I thought they were very cool.
- It's a very easy read; approachable and uncomplicated while still having plenty of content.
- He has some really interesting and potentially useful takes on what one decides to intentionally include in one's life. It's essentially an exercise in awareness and mindfulness and a reminder of the gift that as autonomous adults we can choose (within existing limits) what we want our lives to include. He covers a range of specific categories from the tangible (home and posessions) to the more esoteric (relationships and what they mean to us).
Cons:
- He presents his personal taste as universal. Besides being contradictory to the main point of designing your own life in a way that makes sense to you, it is also naive of the author to assume that everyone would be happy in the space and conditions that make him happy. Personally, I loved flourescent colors in my teens but would never decorate my home with them now. Also, my husband has no interest in wearing bright pink or silver shirts with white pants and lots of rings (which he claims every man should). And his rule of not having any books in the house because they look horrible... unthinkable in our case and we happen to like the way our library shelves look, complete with his book on them. :-)
- This is my own soapbox, but his recommendations to ditch the old and get new seems like irresponsible stewardship. I'm all for maintaining an efficient and up-to-date home, but I believe that needs to be balanced with considering the overall impact that one's choices (including posessions that are potentially hazardous or toxic when disposed of) make overall.
- And, echoing what several other reviewers have said, not everyone has that kind of income and needs to make posessions last as long as possible for practical reasons.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a fresh, energetic, and interesting take on assessing what's important to include in their life and can tell the difference between Rashid's generally helpful insights and his exhortations on his personal taste and is not bothered by needing to do so.
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