IPOD IS THE CENTER OF MUSICAL ACTIVITY OF MY DAY. WHEATHER WALKING TO SCHOOL OR BEING INSPIRED WITH MUSIC THE IPOD IS ALWAYS A MUST HAVE AND I CARRY IT EVEYWHERE.

KEYS REPRESENT MY APART-MENT AND INDEPENDENCE. AFTER LIVING ONE YEAR IN SCHOOL DORMS MY PARENTS FINALLY AGREED THAT I WAS MATURE ENOUGH TO LIVE ALONE. AFTER WEEKS OF LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT AND BEING UTTERLY DISAPOINTED AT TIMES, I FINALLY FOUND MY DREAM STUDIO AND MY KEYS WERE GIVING TO MY BY MY PARENTS WITH A KEYCHAIN THAT IS VERY SPECIALTO ME

THE BOOK ‘MY NAME IS CHARLES SAACTHI AND I AM AN ARTHOLIC’ IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, AND IS WHERE MY INTEREST IN DESIGN BEGAN. ITS LOCATION IS ON MY NIGHT STAND TO BE A REFRENCE FOR THE INDUSTRY I WANT TO PURSUIT

LITTLE BLACK BOOK NOTE-BOOK IS A BOOK I TAKE EVERYWHERE I TRAVEL TO MAKE SKETCHING OF THINGS I SEE AND NOTES ON THINGS I MUST NOT FORGET. LOOKING OVER THE LITTLE BOOK BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF VACA-TION AND SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SCARF WAS A GIFT IN WHICH I LOST FOUND IT AGAIN, AND IS AN ICON OF FUN TIMES IVE HAD WITH TGHIS SCARF ON.

SEWING KIT GIFT FROM GRAND-MOTHER, MOVING AWAY FROM HOME I NEEDED TO LEARN TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF, MEANING SEW, COOK AND THE KIT IS ACTUALLY MORE OF A SURVIVAL KIT IT HAS SAVED MY MANY TIMES FROM WALKING OUT WITH A MISSION BUTTON.

NUTELLA IS ONE OF MY OBSESSION; ONE ITEM THAT IS NEVER MISSING IN MY KITCHEN IS MY BELOVED NUTELLA

CHOCOLATE SPREAD. IT

REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD

WHICH I WOUYLD EAT NUTELLA.

LA ROCHE POSEY IS KIND OF A FAMILY

SECRET OF BEAUTY, MY MOTRHER, AUNTS

AND GRADMOTHER USE IT AND TRHEY

ALWAYS ADVISE ME TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY SKIN, ALWAYS USE SUNSCREEN AND

MOISTURIZE WELL USING PRODUCTS

THAT ARE A TRADI-TION IN THE FAMILY

COMING FROM BRAZIL I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE FREEZING IN HARSH WINTER WEATHER AND SNOW STROMS. IN THE IMENSE DESPERATION MY MOTHER BOUGHT ME MOON BOOTS SO I COULD SURVIVE MY FIRST WINTER . ITS COMICAL BECAUSE THESE BOOTS ARE SO BIG AND LOOK LIKE AUSTRONAUT BUT ONE OF THE ONLY THINGS THAT KEEP ME FROM BEING VERY COLD.

I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER WITH MY BOYRFRIEND FOR A WHILE NOW AND THE TEE SHIRTS ARE SOMETHING I ALWAYS BORROW AND NEVER RETURN I HAVE A COLLECTION IN MY HOUSE, THEY ARE SO REPRESEN-TATIVE OF MY BOYRFRIEND.

MY BEST FRIEND GAVE ME THIS BRACELET AS A FRIENDSHIP ICON. I HAD LOST MY FAVORITE BRACELET THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT EXPENSIVE I HAD BOUGHT IT IN JAPAN . MY FIREND TWO DAYS LATER GAVE ME THIS TO REPLACE THE LOST ONE. REMINDS ME OF HOW IMPORATNT HER FRIENDSHIP IS TO ME.

MY GRANDMOTHERS RING, ITS GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES. THE STONES ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN BRAZIL. MY GRAND-MOTHER IS THE TYPE THAT WEARS ANY JEWLERY ON HER, SHE IS FILLED WITH THEM. THIS ONE SHE GAVE ME WAS THE FIRST AND VERY DEAR TO ME.

AFTER YEARS OF DECIDING WHAT I WANTED TO DO WHEN I GROW UP, TRANS-FERING 3 TIMES FROM DIFFERNT UNIVERSITIES I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY MY PARSONS NEW SCHOOL ID CARD.

MY PORTOFOILIO IS FILLED WITH MY HIGH-SCHOOL AP ART ARTWORK AS WELL AS SOME MEMORABLE PROJECTS I’VE DONE AT PARSONS. MOST PICTURES ARE TAKEN IN JAPAN. JAPAN GAVE ME SO MUCH DESIGN INSPIRATIONS I LOVED GOING TO THE STREETS OBERSVING, SKETCHING AND TAKING PHOTOS AND THEY ALL ARE REFLECTED IN MY WORK.

CHINESE TASSEL I BOUGHT IN CHINA OVER THE SUMMER OF 2010. I WAS DOING A COURSE AT LSE ABROAD IN BEIJING AND WAS MESMERIZED BY THE CHINESE DESIGN AESTHETIC. I COULD NOT BRING BACK EVERYTHING I WANTED BUT THIS SMALL TASSEL I HAD TO. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST SUMMERS I HAD AND THIS TASSEL REMINDS ME OF CHINA AND MY EXPERIENCE

THE HOME PERFUME IS THE SAME SMELL MY HOUSE BACK HOME IN BRAZIL IS., MY MOTHER USES THE SAME. THE SMELL IS SO CONFORTING AND BRINGS ME BACK HOME IN BRAZIL.

THIS CAMERA TRAVELS EVERY-WHERE WITH ME, IT HOLDS MEMORIES FROM MOMENTS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS WELL AS MY EXPLORATION OF NEW PLACES. I HAVE HAD THIS CAMERA FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND IS ESSENTIAL IN MY LIFE. THE PHOTOS IN THIS CAMERA TELL STORIES

MY GOOD FRIEND GAVE ME A OVEN MITTEN TO SEE IF IT WOULD INSPIRE ME TO COOK MORE AT HOME AND IT HONESTLY DID. I LOVE COOKING AND AM CONSTANTLY USING THIS FASHIONBLE UTENSIL.

MY READING GLASSES ARE A SYMBOL OF HOW I AM GROWING UP, I USE THEM DAILY TO READ AND DO HOME-WORK AND I REMEMBER BEFORE SEEING MY MOM AND DAD USING GLASSES AND THINKING ITS SO OLD TO USE IT NOW I USE THEM AND ITS SYMB-LOIC OF GROW-ING UP FOR ME.

HAVAIANAS FLIPFLOPS ARE SUCH A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF MY NATION-ALITY. BRAZIL IS WARM AND MOST PEOPLE USE FLIPFLOP I HAVE GROWN UP USING AND WILL USE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. ITS SO SYMBOLIC TO USE THE FLIPFLOPS WITH THE BRAZILIAN FLAG MAKES ME VERY PROUD AND ALSO MISS IT.

I CARRY MY MOBILE PHONE EVERYWHERE. IT CONTAINS ALL MY CONTACTS AND IS LITERALLY SOMETHING I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT.

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