Behind that unsmiling and fringed face, there is more that it can be seen. Jessica Walsh is not just a designer; she has become a humanitarian.
It all started with her struggles in the design industry. People thought she was just an empowered woman; however, her remarkable success was not a trouble-free path. As she stated in her studio’s website, “I’ve experienced sexism before in my career, even from other women” (Answers – Sagmeister & Walsh). Nevertheless, in an interview for The Great Discontent, she bravely exclaimed: “…I’ve had some hard times in my life, but I feel like all those experiences have led me to where I am today and made me who I am…” (Jessica Walsh).
Then again, regardless of her difficulties in the design business, Walsh handled to establish a balance between her job and personal life. As a matter of fact, this was the decisive moment of her life when she realized she needed –for the first time– to put aside the client’s desires and pursue her own. In Jessica’s words, “I don’t want to play it safe in my life. I immediately thought it was a great idea that would combine our love for design with our personal lives” (40 Days of Dating: An Experiment, 17).
In consequence, the “40 days of dating” project was born. An experiment she created with her friend Timothy Goodman, based on the idea that in order to change a bad …show more content…
Walsh and Goodman put their lives as examples of childhood conditions and broken family ties, to show the need of becoming more compassionate people. In the same way, Tim struggled to bond with his estranged father, and Jessica faced her anxieties of becoming a mother. Likewise, the two discussed topics such as religion, discrimination, and also smiled at people, gave money to strangers, and even bought shots to everyone in a bar. All of this with the intention of “Killing them with
It all started with her struggles in the design industry. People thought she was just an empowered woman; however, her remarkable success was not a trouble-free path. As she stated in her studio’s website, “I’ve experienced sexism before in my career, even from other women” (Answers – Sagmeister & Walsh). Nevertheless, in an interview for The Great Discontent, she bravely exclaimed: “…I’ve had some hard times in my life, but I feel like all those experiences have led me to where I am today and made me who I am…” (Jessica Walsh).
Then again, regardless of her difficulties in the design business, Walsh handled to establish a balance between her job and personal life. As a matter of fact, this was the decisive moment of her life when she realized she needed –for the first time– to put aside the client’s desires and pursue her own. In Jessica’s words, “I don’t want to play it safe in my life. I immediately thought it was a great idea that would combine our love for design with our personal lives” (40 Days of Dating: An Experiment, 17).
In consequence, the “40 days of dating” project was born. An experiment she created with her friend Timothy Goodman, based on the idea that in order to change a bad …show more content…
Walsh and Goodman put their lives as examples of childhood conditions and broken family ties, to show the need of becoming more compassionate people. In the same way, Tim struggled to bond with his estranged father, and Jessica faced her anxieties of becoming a mother. Likewise, the two discussed topics such as religion, discrimination, and also smiled at people, gave money to strangers, and even bought shots to everyone in a bar. All of this with the intention of “Killing them with