Learn! Think! Create!

Design is a craft. It is not an art, although it can be esthetically artistic. Anyone can learn it. There are no natural designers, there are only people who are interested in why their environment is exactly the way it is and how to improve it. The best way to learn how to design something is to mindfully observe the environment and how people experience and use things and then to think deeply about it. Everything else is just using tools.
Stefan Nitzsche

It is known that, when we learn or train in something, we pass through the stages of shu, ha, and ri. These stages are explained as follows. In shu, we repeat the forms and discipline ourselves so that our bodies absorb the forms that our forebears created. We remain faithful to these forms with no deviation. Next, in the stage of ha, once we have disciplined ourselves to acquire the forms and movements, we make innovations. In this process the forms may be broken and discarded. Finally, in ri, we completely depart from the forms, open the door to creative technique, and arrive in a place where we act in accordance with what our heart/mind desires, unhindered while not overstepping laws.
Endō Seishirō shihan