During my internship at Overpriced in Kuldiga, I worked closely with
Aigars Mamis, my mentor that summer. He shared a lot of advice about
design, work and life, which I didn’t want to forget, so I started writing it
all down in a note on my phone. I jokingly called it “The Proverbs of
Aigars”, a little nod to the biblical “Book of Proverbs”.

Over the summer the note kept growing, so I decided to turn it into a
small book. It has two parts. The first is a diary of my time in Kuldiga,
with the main experiences and reflections of each week. The second is
a collection of the lessons and ideas from those weeks that I found
most valuable.

I wanted the book to be small enough to fit in a pocket, something easy to
carry around. The format was inspired by this little book by Imants Ziedonis
that I came across in Aigars’ studio. I liked the idea of making something
small and personal, almost like a notebook you keep close at hand.

For the covers I chose blue, the color used for Celms bakery and
across all of its merch. During my time in Kuldiga I saw it everywhere,
and it became the color I connect with that experience, so it felt like
a natural choice for the book.

Katrīna wearing
my Celms cap

Celms bakery

In the end, “The Proverbs of Aigars” became a keepsake from that
internship. It holds both what happened and what I learned. It is
my way of keeping a little piece of that experience with me.

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Personal project

2026

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