Design the Life You Love with Ayse Birsel

balancing work + life + creativity.

Book Release: Designing the Life You Love
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Life is our most important project. But it’s also full of constraints and challenges, just like a design project. Not everything can be the most important thing. So how do you prioritize work, play and family to live your life to the fullest? 
Join renowned designer Ayse Birsel as she walks through a series of questions and visual exercises designed to help you reflect on your work/life/creativity balance based on her book, Design the Life you Love.

Course Instructor

Ayse Birsel

Ayse Birsel

Ayse Birsel has been designing award winning products for over twenty years.  She is the co-founder of Birsel + Seck, an innovative New York design studio that partners with leading brands and Fortune 500 companies. She teaches at SVA and has taught at the Pratt Institute. Her work is in the permanent collections of the MOMA and Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. She has received numerous design awards, including the IDEA Gold Award, ID Magazine Excellence Award, and Athena Award for Excellence in Furniture Design from RISD.

Design the Life You Love with Ayse Birsel is rated 4.1 stars by 11 students

  • doan A. Mar 19, 2021

    Ayse Birsel wrote the great book. I bought her book in 2015. It's very help me to plan my life. Back in that day, i have problem in my life and i struggle to solve it. I do not know what to do. Ayse Birsel books give "the fun factor" to restart again my life and fight my fear.

  • Lu G. Mar 13, 2019

    Aysa has this natural and peaceful way of speaking that makes you want to keep listening to her as she describes the exercises in the book and the design process she shares. I don't agree with those who might think that this is just for selling her book, and in the case it was, I found it inspiring. She shares a powerful way to prioritize our desires, needs and dreams. Life is simple, you just need courage to make the choices of what you really care about. That's the message. I loved it.

  • Jenny D. Apr 30, 2018

    Always trust that first feeling and build on it- she breaks down her process to elevate you to tap into your own- trim the negativity and allow the natural inspiration to rise. Awesome workshop!

  • Arindam D. Dec 16, 2017

    This is just an advertisement of the book. This should be free. I do not understand why would you charge money for this.

  • A. Mar 23, 2017

    Loved it. Gonna buy the book right now and can't wait to get it.

  • Noelia G. Feb 8, 2017

    I never leave reviews but I loved this woman.

  • Paje R. Feb 4, 2017

    I read and watch a lot of personal development books so most of the things shared on here are familiar. However, her unique approach of designing the life you love in terms of creativity is inspiring and makes the "work" or exercises enjoyable. :)

  • K. Nov 15, 2016

    Ayse is a lovely, gentle woman who guides us through her thought processes clearly and visually. She provides moments of interactive exercises so we may experience what she is illustrating. Very thought provoking and I would love to have this book on my shelf as a go-to. Get a cup of coffee and a pen and paper....

  • I. Aug 8, 2016

    Very inspiring

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