Hello Steemians!

I'm Sam I live in Chicago, Illinois and I am in my last semester studying Industrial Design. I really like to make things with my hands and solve problems and manifest ideas from my mind to reality. I do this through many mediums, and don't like to limit myself, or box my ideas into any certain categories.

This is me with pieces from a weird project I have been working on lately called "I Can't Draw Hands" for which I recently launched a Kickstarter.

As a designer, I have become more and more frustrated with the over saturation of unnecessary products and content in the market. I care about creating things of quality and meaning, so please feel free to critique me in the future if I do not do this! I am all about learning and getting better. I am excited about joining this platform and community, because I feel like not only does it foster and encourage quality and personal content, but it shows the value of a community that cares about what they are feeding their minds with.

One of my goals for this year was to write more. So I thought this would not only be a great place to put out my ideas, but also a great place to get quality feedback from likeminded individuals.

Topics I write about may include:

• design problems I come across in daily life and solutions I find
• ideas that influence the way I live and think
• expanding on and giving my thoughts on popular idioms, quotes, or books that I read
• people that inspire me and why

It is a goal of mine to read 100 books this year! I have finished 7 so far, and have 8 others I have started. I will probably mention these from time to time, because they influence the topics that are on my mind.

Really I am just trying to better myself and get my ideas out there. That way I will have a record of them and I can see my progress throughout time. Another thing you should know about me, is that I really like to just try things. I strive to be a doer of everything and a master of nothing. I think this is one topic I will expand upon in the future.

I love both fashion and architecture. They are both so aesthetically and mathematically driven, and they both influence people everyday. These are two artistic mediums that produce a lot of influential figures in my life.

Thanks for reading a little bit about me, and I hope you stick around for future posts!