Lower East

The Four Agreements

Earlier this year we created this series of postcards based on the Mexican, spiritual teacher Don Miguel Ruiz’s “Four Agreements“, which we find very inspiring, both in our professional life, as in our private lives.

The cards are illustrated and designed by the talented, newly graduated graphic designer Hejdi Pattey, who we had the pleasure of having as an graphic intern in 2015/2016.

Here is how Don Miguel Ruiz summarises ‘The Four Agreements’:

Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Don’t Make Assumptions.
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

Don’t Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering…

Always Do Your Best.
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

We hope that you will dive into the four agreements and find inspiration in it! Reach out if you want a printed set of the postcard.

Meet the new ones

We love to have trainees in the house, they add to the picture, they come with open minds, tons of questions and tons of good ideas and loads of good energy. We have stuff to share, we have the space, and we can add to their education and fill out any lacks and gaps they might have in their learnings and trainings.

In Lower East/Lower East Lab we have right now Hejdi Pattey, she’s already been here for more than two months, and we are happy that we can keep her with us until around May 1th. She studies graphic design at School of Visual Communication in Denmark and will finish her education this summer. Just a week ago, Viktoria Litzén joined the force and will stay here for 3 months. She studies at the KaosPilots Switzerland, she will also finish her studies this summer.

Hejdi is for the moment focusing on both a larger school task and is playing a part on the graphic design jobs we have right now in the company. Viktoria has thrown her energy on some of the many projects we have in the pipeline, and ideas on interior, lightning, identity, tote bags and a lot more seem to jump from her brains.

We are looking forward to a very creative and lively spring in Lower East!