The Heart of Design: Spirituality, Creativity & Entrepreneurship
An inspiring guide to seeking spiritual alignment and fulfillment in your work and life journey, by nurturing a heart-centered designer mindset.
- Discover spiritually grounded strategic design tools to unlock your ideas with clarity and practical guidance on the path to developing meaningful projects, products, and startups.
- Develop your early ideas into clear concepts using a simple framework of timeless spiritual aspirations and foundational design principles.
- Illuminate your vision with inspiring stories from like-hearted founders, creatives, and dreamers who lead at the intersection of spirituality, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
- Reimagine career opportunities with a design journey to explore your ideas, develop product concepts, and virtuously serve humanity during globally uncertain times.
- Transform your outlook on innovation and design with a holistic approach that encourages design for remembrance in an age of design for distraction.
Whether you’re a professional who feels stuck or misaligned at work or an aspiring entrepreneur who seeks spiritually grounded guidance and inspiration. this book will help you design a new path for your next season of life.
“Deeply considered guide to finding spiritual and creative equilibrium in a world that is increasingly out of balance.” –
The Heart of Design is the ground-breaking outcome of Australian entrepreneur and graphic designer Peter Gould’s decades-long quest to balance the worldly demands of his profession with the spiritual demands of his faith. It is an engaging, lucid, deeply considered guide to finding spiritual and creative equilibrium in a world that is increasingly out of balance. Every Muslim creative should read this book.
:- Michael Sugich, Author.
“The Heart of Design” is a rare and essential resource for today’s creative professionals. –
“The Heart of Design” is a rare and essential resource for today’s creative professionals. Peter Gould masterfully bridges the gap between spiritual values and design practice, offering a path for those seeking to create work that resonates beyond the surface level. Through his own journey of contentment (Ridaa) and experimental curiosity, Gould demonstrates how design can serve as a form of remembrance rather than distraction. Whether you’re a designer, entrepreneur, or creative seeking to infuse your work with deeper meaning, this book provides practical guidance for integrating spirituality into your professional life without compromise. In a world obsessed with materialistic success, Gould’s approach reminds us of design’s power to manifest beauty, inspire connection, and elevate the human spirit.”
:- Mohammed Faris, Author, The Productive Muslim.