Gina M. Maiolatesi

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Despite the connectedness of the current business world, aspiring design professionals face new challenges in the age-old problem of getting noticed, especially by the elite practitioners. George Nelson’s wit and insights helped me understand design as both a serious profession and a creative adventure. Here are a few of his choice observations and some thoughts on the special relationship we know as mentoring.

Manila-born, San Diego-based designer Bennett Peji embraces the self-coined aphorism "form follows culture" in his work for cities and communities.