8.26.13 | New York, NY | Ayse Birsel will present a Design the Life You Love (DLYL) workshop on Saturday, Sep. 14 at the School of Visual Arts D-Crit Studio.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE WITH CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.

"I think our life is our most important project. It is full of constraints and challenges, just like a design project. It's this realization that inspired me to apply my design process to my life - that is how Design the Life was born. It has been growing by word of mouth ever since.

People who have come to the workshops have told me that they wanted to pause to reflect and think about their lives differently, creatively. Some because they were just beginning a new phase in life; others because they were contemplating what would be next. Regardless, all were interested in design or at least, in the idea of designing their life.

Whatever your reason for coming, I want to give you the design tools to think about your life, playfully and optimistically.

I hope you can join us."

Ayse (Aishé)

The Location, Time and Cost

School of Visual Arts
D-Crit Studio
136 West 21 Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Saturday, Sept 14
10am-4pm
$250.00, lunch + snacks included

Praise for Design the Life You Love (DLYL)

"Ayse led a workshop at our annual sales meeting. I had hoped that it would provide an introduction to design thinking... It accomplished that, but it also did much more. We laughed, we cried (no real tears but many profound insights), we danced, we bonded, we shared, we learned - it was a powerful inspiring journey and Ayse is a delightful guide... I can't wait to do it again!"
- Susan Lyons, President, DesignTex

“I am sending you a big salute and special thanks for bringing such HUGE ideas, creativity and insights to the art of redesigning our lives! I loved every minute and you attracted a very special group of fascinating people, for sure."
- Mary van de Wiel, Brand Anthropologist, Zing Your Brand & Co.

"Just knowing that I have shiny, new tools - new ways to visualize change, should I want it - is as empowering as it is unsettling."
- Linda Tischler, Senior Design Editor, Fast Company, and blogger, Huffington Post

"Congrats Ayse...Your class inspired me to go back to school. I am now in the Executive MBA program at NYU!!!!"
- Kathy Thornton, President, Retail Division, The Museum of Modern Art

"I wanted to thank you for the workshop yesterday. I found it very useful, personally and professionally. I left work feeling more relaxed, more in control and happier. I feel like I have a better understanding of what is in my life, what I want in my life, and ways to go about getting what I want."
- Lisa Winter, Designer, Stupid Fun Club

"Today, I attended a Breakfast discussion in Japan at the US Ambassador's residence with 20 top-level women. To my surprise, I found my hero, Ms. Sadako Ogata, Special Advisor to the President there! I couldn't believe it!! Suddenly my dream came true. I believe it happened because your workshop opened my eyes. Thank you so much."
- Kim Ito, Director, Business Development, IBM, Japan

Please also read the blogs written about DLYL by Linda Tischler for the Huffington Post - www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-tischler/forget-new-years-resoluti_b_798710.html - and by Molly Klimas for Metropolismag.com - www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/February-2013/Designing-Life/.

Registration

REGISTER AT EVENTBRITE: https://designthelifeyoulovebyaysebirsel-sept14.eventbrite.com/

For more information on Ayse Birsel, Birsel + Seck or Design the Life you Love and our other workshops please visit www.dereconstruction.com or connect with us at [email protected].