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Mood boosting essentials for working at home

  • by Jin Cao
  • Posted on August 8, 2024January 3, 2026

Discover simple yet effective mood-boosting essentials to make working from home more enjoyable and energizing, beyond the usual productivity hacks.

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Being Intentional: A Small Change with Big Impact on My Blogging World

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on August 6, 2024August 6, 2024

Discover how SMALL intentional changes transformed through blogging journey and led to unexpected BIG growth.

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Top 5 practical Questions about building Laneway Houses and Garden Suites in Toronto

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on August 1, 2024August 1, 2024

None of Them involve Design questions

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End of summer blues by reflecting on one impossible project completion

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 30, 2024July 29, 2024

biggest summer project-How I became my own tech support this summer

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Achieving True Comfort by Shifting from Physical to Intangible

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 9, 2024

Ever imagined comfort meant having everything perfectly organized? I did.

But chasing that ideal left me overwhelmed.

Now, comfort’s in the unplanned moments, like lazy Sundays.

How do you redefine comfort in your life?

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The Evolving Value of Design in Today’s World

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 4, 2024July 4, 2024

Design connects aesthetics with practicality, driving innovation and functionality forward!

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How Past Experiences Shape Our Excitement for the Future

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

Learning to become an optimist

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June 2024 Recap: Stories, Insights, and Key Moments

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 28, 2024January 3, 2026

Monthly roundup time! Check out a sneak peek from each post, find your favourites, or better yet, check out all of them!

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How to turn your potential client to your biggest advocate?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 27, 2024June 27, 2024

The architect’s fee proposal that did not win the project but ended on a high note – created the team of our biggest cheerleaders!

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Sustainable life choices do not require money, but it does require this one thing.

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 25, 2024June 24, 2024

The True Cost of a Sustainable Lifestyle

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Founder of DESIGNwith, shares her insights on driving social change through design

  • by Guest
  • Posted on June 21, 2024January 3, 2026

Meet our guest writer, Ranee Lee, an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at OCAD University.…

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Can You Win an Architecture Competition without Understanding the History of the Project Site?

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 20, 2024January 2, 2025

Background story of Dongdaemun Plaza (DDP), Seoul Korea by design architect, Zaha Hadid

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“Could This Simple Morning Habit Revolutionize Your Self-Care?”

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 18, 2024June 17, 2024

Pen/Paper-best kept secrets to self-care 

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Seoul, Korea Reflections: Reconnecting, Aging, and Architectural Marvel

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on June 11, 2024January 3, 2026

Just got back from an amazing trip to Seoul, Korea! 🌆✈️ Reconnected with family, explored the stunning Dongdaemun Plaza by Zaha Hadid, and experienced the city’s vibrant culture.

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Overcoming motivation slumps – an emotional person’s guide

  • by Guest
  • Posted on May 9, 2024May 9, 2024

Are you feeling a bit demotivated lately? Is it possible that the month of May has something to do with it?

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Story of career detours: architecture school graduate at an engineering office

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

Best laid career plans requires adoptation.

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Learning to become a mental health advocate in a classroom setting

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on May 3, 2024May 8, 2024

Education is more than just academic learning.

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All Design work is not created equal

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on May 2, 2024May 2, 2024

There are 4 distinct stages of design work, and they do not always help one another.

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Advice for my fellow graduates who are feeling the pressure

  • by Guest
  • Posted on April 25, 2024

No, it is not the kind of pressure you feel when you know you have not prepared for the exams. It is a different kind of pressure…

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There are no professional risks, only the losing face potentials.

  • by Onah Jung
  • Posted on April 23, 2024April 22, 2024

When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?

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