Let the journey begin,
As a multi-discipline Creative director, I specialized in Interior Architecture and design, Graphic Design, Merchandising and Marketing! Over the last 18 years I have had the privilege to work on a wide range of design projects in the US, The Netherlands and Tanzania.
My journey started in Los Angeles where I studied Merchandising and Marketing at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Where I discovered my love for retail design. Art Center College of Design took me into a much wider aspect of design. They have prepared me to be an all round designer. Understanding the importance of visual communication, to create compelling and functional spaces where visitors want to stay at. Being able to see things in a different way gives me the ability to push the boundaries, solve design problems and combine my graphics with interior and architectural design.
I realized then that my love to create came from being raised in The Netherlands where design is interwoven in every day way of living.
Now I live in Tanzania where the African culture has taken me back to basics. Being exposed to a completely different life style makes you rethink everything. The function of a designer is being blurred. Whatever I know, believe or stand for has been thrown upside down. Which gives a designer a whole set of new tools to work with.
As a westerner the need to understand is an everyday challenge. Letting go is the key to start seeing, listing and experiencing in a different way. Your senses are being triggered. Design is more emotional. Retail spaces are created with in mind on what is missing in Tanzania. Challenging the now will give you the future.
I have been blessed to work for a wide variety of companies.
From Fashion to the Movie industry such as Contempo Casuals (USA), Rampage Clothing (USA), Docker Europe (NL), Universal Studios (USA), First floor features (NL), RTL Ned / Endemol Film Production (NL)
From Dutch design firms to Safari companies and Private Lodges in Tanzania such as Hectic Illusions (NL), Initzio Communications (NL), Moivaro Lodges and Camps (TZ), Mbali Mbali Lodges and Camps (TZ), Tropical Trails (TZ), The Arusha Hotel (TZ), to Elewana Africa (TZ)
From NGO companies to Technology and Gemstone companies. Maasai Women Art (TZ), Dosi (TZ), Maridadi Fashion Show (TZ), Swala Gem (TZ), Warrior Security (TZ), Gadgetronix (TZ) to Tanzanite Experience (TZ)
The experience has made me an all round designer that enjoys adapting and morphing her self. I have been blessed to be able to work with people and cultures from all around the world.
I hope you like what you read...join me next time on creating an experience in Manyara, Tanzania
Before I forget I want to thank you my friend Seyi @cryptoactive for introducing me to Steemit and thanks to @afro-voice for helping out.
Talk to you soon!
Zhaleh
Welcome to steem nation
Welcome to Steemit, it certainly sounds like you live an interesting life! I can imagine the lifestyle in Tanzania is a lot different to LA and Holland. Which do you prefer?
Hi, thank you for reading my post! That is a hard question..all 3 countries are so different! I love to vintage style of LA. The amazing hilly environment...so much to see and experience! Holland is farmer meets Amsterdam edginess. Love the out of the box architecture...old meets new! Tanzania on the other hand is coming back to mother nature. You realize you can live with almost nothing! Tanzania is pure! Well which on do i prefer...if i can have it my way i must say a combination of all three would be ideal! So that is why i am trying to create a life for my self where if can travel for work to all three places and beyond!
The secret is making enough money online to maintain a LA and Dutch lifestyle but while loving in the cheaper Developing world like Africa or South America or Southeast Asia or some parts of china, and you can chill and have a small business, u can live like a king and help those around you!! u can help the african people surrounding ou as u live like a king you create jobs, you show everyome how you make alll your money online!
African people are so used to seeing white people make money from Africa that when they see white peopel making their money ONLINE they see a new world a chance for a life where they ENJOY the tropical weatheer but have AC and cars and comfortable homes and jobs online HDTVs and everyone has an electric motorcycle and a solar panel, im serious!
everyone will live like you live in Amsterdam! I love your photos wow u can make so mch just posting photos of how we SHOUDL ALL get to live
the whoel world would be lucky to have a village liek amsterdam
Thank you Zachary, i really appreciate it! I agree completely. I have started spreading the word about Streemit and how everybody can be part of the Streemit community! As an example i just had a discussion with a friend of mine what a hard time she was having finding a well paying client. Being a copy writer in Tanzania is not easy! She is not valued the same as in the UK where she studied. She was very excited about streemit and being a streemitian. We both want to make a difference for many Africans and none africans alike to share their story and create an income. So Zachary your input is valuable to me so let me know what you think about my other post. "How i ended up living with the Maasai" Talk to you soon.
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Thank you so much for welcoming me! i just followed you.
Hiii OnePointOrange, this is amazing !! I'm interested to know more about you and your activity. Welcome to Steemit my friend :)
Thank you for your warm welcome! I am looking forward reading your posts! I will do my best! My next posts will be about my experience at Manyara Airport where i will be building a Tanzanite Museum and Jewelry shop! Looking for ward hearing from you.
Hi @onepointorange !! Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit ! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure ! Here you can win money while blogging ! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be alright. ! Cheers! Greetings, @ashwath
Thank you i will! Thank you for your support.
Seems like you're having a great time in Tanzania. Keep up your good work there. I hope Tanzania will prosper in peace without unnessary intervention and modern day colonization.
My vote, follow & resteem for u
Thank you for welcoming me! I appreciate it! For now Tanzania is very peaceful even the new president is changing all the rules and regulation which have lead to a massive number of expats leaving including there business! Lets hope everything gets stabilized soon.
Very cool! I can tell from your pic that you are a real person so lets be friends. :)
haaa sounds good! Thanks for your appriciation.
Hey mede Nederlander welkom op #steemit. Interessant hoe je de westerse wereld hebt ingewisseld voor Tanzania
Hoi bedankt voor je berightje. Ja het was niet mij plan. Het is interesant hoe je some ergens terecht komt en blijft hangen. Welcome in Tanzania.
I think you will love your time in Tanzania. I am living away from my home country also. I currently live in Thailand, but will shortly be moving to Vietnam. I actually have a few blog posts that are written from the perspective of an expat. The blog points out the challenges as well as the happy life many expats lead. Hope you can drop by and check it out.
Thanks i will check your blog for sure. I have been an Expat for a long time! I must amid that i like the expat live style. It is not always easy but life is very interesting especially the people you meet.
Welcome dear love from Nigeria.. Nd from the name seyi i think u got some Nigerian friends too.. Big steem ahead lets steemit
Thank you! Yes i have several Nigerian friends here in Tanzania. I love the Nigerian craziness the music and the food. Follow Seyi @cryptoactive he would appreciate it!
Loooool....u love the Nigerian craziness, yeah too much of craziness.. Lol.. Its in the blood
Can't wait to visit Lagos and experience the craziness full on...haaa!
Ooo cool, ure welcome to visit anyday, anytime, in any weather
Thanks will do! he have you up vote me? if not please do...thanks
Hi there! I'm a new steemitian too) We can be friends and help each other, and the whole community as well.
I'm writing about my life and the life of my golden retriever puppy Mr. Oliver. If you're interested, follow me, upvote one of my recent posts and leave a comment there, so I will know you did it, and will do the same back!
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Hi Vikky, nice to meet you too! i will take a look at your stories about Mr Oliver.
Welcome to steemit fella, nice to meet you here, just followed you so feel free to follow me back...
Hi i will thanks for following me. Can you also up vote me please. thanks
I am also following you.
Hi! Welcome to Steemit :)
Thanks, i am excited about it!
wellcome to steemit , you'll find the community very helpfull,open-minded and great content consumers . If you keep writing great post , you'll get great feedback . I'll drop a follow
Thank you for your advise...i am looking forward read and write interesting posts.
Welcome to steemit. This is an amazing place with awesome content. Look forward to seeing some of your posts. Come and have a look at @yoda1917 I am sure you will find something there interesting and I give my best to help the new people :)
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Thank you Yoda for your wise words! I will take a look at your post and learn from you.
Anytime :) follow me and just message me and I'll be happy to help you :)
Thank you i am following you. To make money is it more important to get followers or up votes? if so what can i do to get more of both?
Upvotes are important, but followers are even more important. Come to @yoda1917 and look through my work, a lot of it was created to help new people get ahead :) Hope some of it helps you :)
When you read these send me comments if you have questions and I will be there to help you.
Ok will do thank you so much!
Welcome to steemit. followed n upvoted
Thank you i will do the same.
You're welcome
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Welcome to Steemit @onepointorange and thank you for a great introduction post!
I´ve lived some years in Kenya and Congo and I´m now importing fruits and vegetables from Kenya and Tanzania.
Looking forward to following you and reading more!
Feel free to follow me as well if you like to :)
Peace, Peter
I got your message! i will haveto go look overmy wallet moreoften to see if anyone has sent a small micropayment to get my attention!
Yes please connect with @tj4real and @xpency and @ortigas100 and talk about some Operation Upgrade Africa steemit programs to help all the Africans who get it!
all the african who LIKE the idea of crypto currency who HAVE ideas who just WISH they could get funding we can REALLy educate educate edumakate and get africans online so they can REALLy bring inmoney from all over the world in the form of actual cutting edge cryptto curency investments
we really have to make the most off what we have, and usethe whole Decentralized aspect of Bitcoin and steemit and TEACH how its JUST like the decentralized African Culture! show how the Blockchain can help keep track of all the african villages and all the structures and all the interconnected networks that people see as inefficient, we must work with it all and get africans to embrace this decentralized method of trusting a large amount of people online....Mathematics can PROVE that youre being FAIR
Africa is VERY paranoid about Fairnes right people always want to make sure they arent getting screwed over...and i would be too, i would want to just make sure there is a way to keep their politiians and finnace ministers acountable! b;;olchain and bitcoin or Steemit would just let anyonee able to check th finances of the ntion...why wouldnt we wanttranpareny This will single ot the corrupt peoplee! the corrupt ones will be thee onees who DONT want transparecy, everyone GAINST crypo currency is basicallly a criminal!
so we will use Bitcoin in Africa to show the world what Bitcoin and cryptto curreency and especially STEEMIt can do for a ntions GDP! its possible to bring billions of humans out of povery using just one simple website, steemit.com !
hahaha Solve Global Poverty with this ONE simple trick!
Exactly...one step at the time! There are different ways of getting there...Bitcoin will be part of African life! Faster then we think. Nigerians are very much into bitcoins and bitcoin harvesting. So now it is up to us to expand our Streemit knowledge to our direct family, friends and colleagues. So they also have the ability to express and make and income. cheers Zachary!
Great intro post. Welcome to steemit!
Hey thanks! Have your read my other two posts? Would love to hear what you think...
"How i ended up living with the Maasai in Lake Natron"
"I never expected this!"
Will do so ASAP