<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 2]]></description><link>https://www.derekernstdesigns.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:09:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.derekernstdesigns.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond The Brief]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEYOND THE BRIEF Vincent Van Gogh. Yayoi Kusama. Banksy. Van Gogh spent his life largely unrecognized, and his impact still arrived — quietly, decades later, and changed everything. Kusama turns an overwhelming inner world into infinite beauty millions of people find healing in. Banksy stays anonymous so the art speaks louder than the artist, putting it on walls and streets so that being moved was never something you had to pay for. Maya Angelou. Brené Brown. Oprah Winfrey. One turned...]]></description><link>https://www.derekernstdesigns.com/post/beyond-the-brief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3e4403a79d1da57f721062</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:19:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56371e_4ddd0dc514c14b91a5d317f7b4ef42e4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Derek Ernst</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotify Wrapped 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[SPOTIFY WRAPPED 2025Culture is Cyclical. Design is the Proof. Why This Campaign Music has always spoken to me. Not just as background noise but as a feeling, a memory, a moment in time you didn't know you needed to hold onto until it was gone. There's a Switchfoot song I've listened to before every competitive swim race, every important interview, every moment in my life that required more of me. It's not what you'd expect — not a pump-up anthem, not loud or urgent. Just words that found me...]]></description><link>https://www.derekernstdesigns.com/post/spotify-wrapped-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4f75e53089c583681f30a4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:20:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56371e_f28654d58c1a4091a74a40f98660a3c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_835,h_819,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Derek Ernst</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Became The DJ.]]></title><description><![CDATA[YOU BECAME THE DJ.Napster brought convenience. It just forgot to bring the ethics. The Boombox I was a kid. All I wanted was a CD. A curated playlist of my favorite bands, my favorite songs, the specific tone and feeling I wanted to hand my mom to play in the car. I remember the boombox sitting on my tall dresser — the thing was so wide the speakers actually hung off the edge on either side, wires running everywhere. That thing was a small monument to how much control a person could have over...]]></description><link>https://www.derekernstdesigns.com/post/you-became-the-dj</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a48d4c8f7b480551f0ee19c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/56371e_3469a1c5be4347538d397667413c35ff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Derek Ernst</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>