Happiness, determination and quality.

I’ll never stop chasing the high you receive from happiness. Fortunately, beyond being a loving father and husband, my dedication to forming my life through creativity eliminates all senses to cut corners.

My work and energy should only ever live as inspiration to the next generation or current creatives and entrepreneurs. If I’m not motivating or creating a blueprint for others to follow, then my life’s work is useless.

I try my best to focus on what’s happening now and what I have control over today. When in doubt about a decision I’ve made or curious about the future, I remind myself that I’m doing everything I can in the best way possible every day. By believing in that idea, there’s no reason to stress about the past or future when you’re doing everything you possibly can with your best intention, today.

Positive energy is my only energy. As for problem solving, I’ve been blessed with a double-edged sword of a brain that can attack creatively and what I believe in is a professional, entrepreneurial mindset. Every day we have to conquer new ideas or problems, but I thrive with pressure.

Failure through creativity and ideation is why I’m here today. Surely, my Instagram or Google search may look effortless and successful, but I don’t tell stories around a campfire of my wins. I tell you about the near death experiences or shattered dreams that shifted my life for the better. When I think of where I want to be, I’m reminded of where I’ve been.

Try everything once and make everything you can, while you can.

I can list a thousand people here that I either look up to or who have paved the way for me as an artist, but the person that inspires me, I am most proud of, and seek answers for most – is myself.

Time. I flew into Milan on a Tuesday and the collection had to be designed on Wednesday.

Family and victory. The victory part was easy. We were able to reference photos and magazine pages of champions during the Olympics wearing Colmar. As far as family goes, being a guest in the house of Colmar, it was important to take off my shoes and wash my hands before entering the space. I did my best to implement my creativity into their world without knocking over a glass on the floor, just out of respect.

The jackets being of such high quality and far from anything I could ever produce myself. But also the simplicity of the beanie and its design might be at the top of my list, too.

Definitely in my younger years – Colmar was a symbol I recognized when venturing in the mountains with my family. I didn’t know exactly what it was, but I knew what the product symbolized and why it existed. Once this opportunity came about, it felt like tapping back into my past to reference where I was and what I was doing when I first experienced the brand.

Hopefully on the mountain, as someone zooms by me. As the design is so bold and identifiable, that image will be difficult to forget.

I think the global economy in general is in a large adjustment phase. In times like these, it is where true craftsmen and cultural trailblazers thrive. Once the economy bounces back, only the strong will have survived.

I think we’ve already seen a big jump in sustainable products being created, which is amazing. AI seems to be the next wave of not only assisting with design, but also preparing for big collections or shows.

I have yet to use it for myself. I applaud anyone taking advantage of the resource and finding success with it. Does it frighten me? Maybe a little, but as I mentioned earlier, I only focus on what I can control. AI is out of my hands.

A lot of my creative practice has fallen into the ceramic world. All I know is that I’m really enjoying it right now and I’m doing my best to get better every day. I’ll continue to explore my creativity through ceramic works until the next medium or source of expression comes knocking on my door.