VQSV began as The Strenuous Life Class 061 motivational motto which accompanied the class logo. Vincit qui se vincit captures the spirit of individual will, perseverance, and determination to reach the heights of success, however each individual may define that success. VQSV also emphasizes the importance of the journey or taking action (expressed as conquest) to overcome one's limits within, in order to overcome the limits without. In addition to positioning the individual at the fore as the fundamental unit of growth and success, the allusion to the balance of inside-outside, not unlike the above and below, has personal resonance. Subsquently, VQSV appropriately accompanies my own logo, the Ensouroboros, itself a symbol embodying personal development and personal history, movement or perpetual improvement, self-awareness, self-exploration and a dynamic sense of life and aspects of it returning in new and unexpected ways.

Currently, I am exploring ways to extend these ideas symbolically into designed objects. For me, VQSV.002 has become something of a uniform, and I wear the wristband every day as a reminder - perhaps a power gauntlet of a kind.

 VQSV.008 / $40

Celebrate nuclear power - the cleanest, most efficient and most reliable source of energy we have at present. Don't let it be a relic of the past when its future is still so bright and potential still untapped. E-mail to purchase.

 VQSV.002 / $40

America. Individualism. Rational self-interest. He conquers who conquers himself. E-mail to purchase.

 VQSV.001

Some people prefer stickers, but what better way to commemorate your vaccination status and show everyone how you're saving their life than with a t-shirt?

 VQSV.O / $17

VQSV.O is a minimal reminder of wholeness and the pursuit of individual perfection. All black with the alchemical water and fire and the numeral 8 (or infinity) inscribed. E-mail to purchase.