12-01-14
generation flux

“Our Lives Are Our Biggest Projects”: Creating Your Own Original Life

Ayse Birsel designs products, but she also takes the same principles she uses in her work to help people rethink how they’re living.

By FastCo Studios 1 minute Read

Product designer and all-around design thinker Ayse Birsel sits down with Casey Gerald, as part of our Generation Flux series, to discuss how to work on your life to make it the life you want.

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