Design Philosophy

How would you feel, if after all hard work and striving for many precious years, you realize that you wasted your entire life? To avoid such repentence, the ancient yet effective philosophy of stoicism is the way to live the modern life.

Seneca's work has been distributed and read for nearly 2,000 years, yet this brand-new version of some of his best essays on how to be happy has been illuminated by UCLA Design students to kindle a spark of enthusiasm for his ideas. This illuminated book consists of four essays, each with ornamented pages and highlighted quotations created specifically for this timeless edition.

Får man njuta om man är svensk? Livet är förändring.Livet kommer och går. Livet är inte raka spåret.Det kan vara trögt ibland. Så helt plötsligt tar det fart, känslorna svallar och man känner att man lever. Våga Leva handlar om livets berg och dalbanor. Här finns nycklar till nya vägar, nya insikter, nya sätt att vara. Här finns lösningar för individer, organisationer och ett samhälle i förändring. Här finner du modet att våga ta ett första steg...

Imagine having more time and energy to do what you love. Minimalism will help you reduce your stress levels, pointless distractions, and even improve your overall mental health, well-being, and happiness. Do you want to live a simpler way of life? Are you tired of all the clutter around you? Are you finally realizing that owning more stuff does not equate to happiness? With minimalism, the less you have, the better!

"In the West, we know how to achieve - in spades! We know how to plan and execute. We know how to set goals and objectives. We know how to live life from A to Z. But how do we get from Z to A? What do we know of navigating that space in between? When life as we know it ends, before we see a new beginning, there is a creative void where all things are possible. That’s what this book is about. I call it Z 2 A."

You might not know it yet, but you and everyone on Earth are experimental philosophers; building our view on life, and the worlds inside and outside us. We experience, research, and discover these worlds, beginning in childhood and continuing to do so for as long as we live.

Live your best teacher life! Despite your best efforts as a teacher, you feel tired, disrespected, over-stressed, unprepared, ineffective, and broke. You aren’t alone. There is a better way. You can re-create yourself at any stage of the school year and finish it like the champion you were meant to be. Best Teacher Life: Self-Care, Work-Balance, and Classroom Strategies was designed to be the most concise, useful, and irreverent educational book ever written.

Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other schools only to be suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty.