Simplicity

Classic - simple and efficient. It’s a luxury in my messy craftsman’ mind. This is the proof for necessity of spirituality. Work as meditation session - that’s the right approach.

It’s not that I’m making fun of it. I'm having fun—that's different. It is one of my latest pieces as a bottom maker. Stands out, due to its unapologetically plain form. I’m impressed by the simplicity of this project. That kind of outcome is somewhat undoable to me still, because I suffer from the tendency to over-complicate things.

One needs to stay humble. One needs to be patient. The more extraordinary stuff you do, the more mentally you wanna get back to the basics.

A wild period is necessary to fully realize that simple truth.

Just like in life itself. "If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." Or so they say…

Back in my IT days, I learned that the real sophistication is embedded in simple solutions. The same paradox is to be found in design language of physical products too. The end goal is to make the solution feel like something intuitive or even inevitable, as years of research into “how?” stands behind it.

Clean lines, nice curves. Everything’s for a reason here.

For now, I'm enjoying inventing tricks that are difficult to pull off.

But deep down, I feel tears of joy welling up inside me.

It's time to cry for a reason. And that reason is the simplicity of the design and execution.

I'm someone who explodes suddenly. When I want to write something, for example, I sometimes feel like I have nothing to say for a long time. It's a nightmare! Suddenly, a beautiful waterfall of words flows from my brain to my fingertips. Similarly, I might not have a clear vision for a shoe design for weeks, but eventually it emerges and becomes permanently ingrained in my imagination.

These explosions need fuel. They need inspiration. This topic is so important that a whole new post could be written about it. I want to say that this type of commissioned work, when the design of the upper comes from someone else, beautifully clears my mind and opens me to new adventures.

My day job for Warsaw workshop is like a constant gift of serendipity. Powerful fuel for my own career.

God bless shoemaking!