Work is no longer a place we go to. It's what we do!
We live and spread the workisnotajob. philosophy and found the companies we want to run, invent the jobs we want to have and create meaningful things we can be proud of.
These are our own companies and some projects we're involved in:
work is not a job - The Book
Catharina just wrote and illustrated her first book, coming out in September 2013. It will be published by the renowned publishing house Campus Verlag and is available only in German language for the time being. Time to learn German ;)
Campus Verlag
supercraft
Catharina and Sophie are the founders of supercraft. The idea behind it is simple. We want to inspire you to be creative and discover the love for making things and DIY. supercraft are bimonthly DIY Kits that provide you with How To's and all supplies for hours of DIY fun. We also organise supercraftlabs to bring you together and build an offline community of makers. The things you make have a uniqueness and meaning that you can't find in stuff you buy. Come make with us!
www.supercraftlab.com
superwork
superwork is a blog and interview series with dreamers, doers and aspiring culture-shapers to inspire you to work on what you love too. We show people and their inspiring approaches to work and life. First interviews will be published in summer '13. Only in German - mainly because Germany really needs the inspiration.
www.super-work.tumblr.com
Lemon Books
Lemon Books is a publishing platform for customised pocket note books. The projects is currently in the foundation phase. This is a collaboration with our favourite printing house Thomasdruck in Leipzig, Germany. Create your own Lemon Book! Starting late summer 2013.
www.lemonbooks.de
University of East London - CEWE / Mentorship
CEWE is the Centre of Excellence for Women's Entrepreneurship - a place for enterprise development, based at the University of East London. workisnotajob. founder Catharina is part of their Patron Scheme, working as a mentor with aspiring female entrepreneurs. Main goals are to provide support to female UEL students and graduates to develop their entrepreneurial skills and support them to start up their own businesses.
www.uel.ac.uk/cewe
hello handmade
hello handmade is a place for independent, handmade design and original ideas. Germany's famous handmade platform is full of DIY inspiration, celebrates handmade culture and organises an annual fair in Hamburg, Germany. Each year, we invite a hundred professional sellers to sell their handmade goods and host a few thousand visitors. We created the official hello handmade manifesto and it's available as letterpress and screenprint poster in different colours and two languages, english and German. You can grab yours from our shop!
www.hello-handmade.com
Tattly / Typographic Design Temporary Tattoo
Tattly is a temporary tattoo store for design-minded kids and kids-at-heart created by Tina Roth Eisenberg, also known as "swissmiss". We are proud to be part of this fun idea and created an exclusive workisnotajob. tattly that you can purchase in packs. Get your Tattly on!
www.tattly.com
Product line / Design, Production and Distribution
All started as a tiny one-woman design studio. Apart from our mission to inspire you to work on what you love, we've created a selection of Prints and Wood Block Mounted Prints as well as T-Shirts and Hoodies to cover your beautiful body. Check out our very own workisnotajob. shop and grab your favourite workisnotajob. design today.
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How To Find Work You Love E-Book / Art Direction, Design & Illustrations
The E-Book "How to Find Work You Love" is a collaboration project between workisnotajob,
career coach Phil Bolton of Less Ordinary Living and Escape the City, a UK based Online Platform and movement for people who want to do something different. This awesome electronic publication is full of original workisnotajob. artwork and we've also done the layout, design and illustrations. Everyone who dreams of finding work they love should use this amazing toolbox packed with exercises and inspiration. Find out more or buy by clicking the link below!
www.startsomethingyoulove.com
