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“Swiss Miss” Tina Roth Eisenberg on Eccentric Aunts and Side Projects!

“Swiss Miss” Tina Roth Eisenberg began our first TYPO SF conference today with a talk on “The Power of Side Projects and Eccentric Aunts”. Tina’s own eccentric aunt was a designer who introduced her to the very idea that this thing called design was something that one could do for a living. The swiss miss passed down her own sage advice to the full auditorium with a list of 8 principles.

Photo Credit: Amber Gregory

Find What You Love
Don’t stop until you find it. You’ll know when you do.
Don’t Be a Complainer
Instead, make things better.
Trust Your Intuition
Your gut is always right.
If an Opportunity Scares You, Take it
Being scared means you’ll learn and grow.
Find Like Minded People
Make sure they’re a respectful and good bunch
Collaborate
Only good will come of it.
Ignore Haters
They deserve none of your time
Inspire Others

Tina Roth Eisenberg

Graphic Designer, Entrepreneur (New York)

Tina Roth Eisenberg is a New York based, Swiss born and raised graphic designer. Over the past nine years she started numerous side projects that have organically turned into businesses: a collaborative co-working space called FRIENDS, a global, monthly lecture series called CreativeMornings, a simple to-do app called TeuxDeux and Tattly, a designer temporary tattoo shop. Tina is often referred to as Swissmiss after her popular design blog which is also the name of her Twitter handle. Photo: Amber Gregory

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Text — Jack Whittington