Russian-Lithuanian, Darija is currently living in Oslo, Norway. Darija's education reflects her multi-nationality well, counting the Vilnius Academy of Arts, the Lahti University of Applied Sciences and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. It is also a symptom of her broad-flavoured list of creative interests. Although working mainly as a graphic designer, her artistic works span a whole range of fields – painting, illustration and multimedia.

Interests

Design, mingling, inspiration, creative and all that is new. Marketing, communication, user psychology, multimedia, photography, oil panting, art in general, sound design. Tours in nature, snowboard, cooking, travel, good books, party, family & friends, tea.

Personality
Self confident, outgoing, multifunctional, funny, effective, curious, skilled, responsible, ironic, inspiring, creative

Membership
Grafill – Norwegian Organization for Visual Communication
Red Beast Concept – Concept about universe
LinkedIn – Business Network utility  

Data
Top 3 programs for everyday use: Adobe CS - InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator. I am also good in Flash, CorelDraw. Other programs: Dreamweaver, different sound and multimedia software. MAC & PC, Wacom intuos3 pen tablet. And i love my iPhone4 & Skype.

My beliefs

Everything consists of smaller pieces and at the same time is a part of bigger things. I believe that this rule can be applied to everything. Endless cycle of consistence.

I believe in the law of cause and effect. Everything that happens to you happens BECAUSE of you.

I believe in the power of one person. Each individual is in charge of creating own life-story.
Everything is possible, it is just a matter of wish, believe and will.

I believe that miracles exist. It is about to being lucky to meet them and ability to see them. To begin with, one should start looking for miracles in one’s everyday life.

It is healthy to get "outside of the box". Though there has to be a balance for the free-yourself action and staying as you are.

I believe in happy ending: everything that happens - happens for the good.