Friday Link Pack

How to dance properly to Daft Punk’s Get Lucky.

- I can’t praise Jocelyn Glei and her team enough for their fantastic book Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind!

- Steve Kroeter of Designers & Books writes about 10 Notable Design Books of 2013

- Jim Hopkinson couldn’t find a lot of real-world blog posts about healthcare for freelancers, so he wrote one.

- “It is not the critic who counts…”

- Listen to my studiomate Jason Santa Maria over on Happy Monday.

- Two Classic Sangrias from Smitten Kitchen.

- How large technology companies defend the rights of their users. Notice how Verizon has zero stars on that chart? (via)

- 38 Wonderful Foreign Words We Could Use in English.

- Fire Escape Wall Shelf. Very NYC.

- Marco Mahler and Henry Segerman sell 3D printed mobiles.

- Pretty IKEA Hack: add leather handles to IKEA Besta.

- The ABC of Contemporary Creatives. (via)

- Fast Company announced their annual “100 Most Creative People” list.

- Always loving to go back to Rules for my Unborn Son.

- A Michigan baby’s life was saved by the insertion of a 3-D printed trachea at two months old.

- XO Group in NYC is hiring a Junior Graphic Designer. (they have stunning offices, we had a CreativeMornings there once!)

- The secret speakeasy inside a NYC water tower.

- 130 Years Of Brooklyn Bridge Photos. Wow.

- Grace of Design Sponge featured me in her Biz Ladies Profile column. Thank you, Grace!

- Stewardesses and reverberated are the two longest words (12 letters each) that can be typed using only the left hand. The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is lollipop. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands. (one letter at a time) I heart useless knowledge.

Wake

Wake, the minimal iPhone alarm clock app definitely made me look. Placing your hand over your phone will trigger the snooze and flipping over your phone will turn off your alarm. And for heavy sleepers there’s shake mode which forces you to shake your iPhone until you get up. Impressive. Congrats to the Tiny Hearts team.

Origami Fox

origami-fox

This little Origami Fox just won my heart.

Shopify Build-A-Business Competition Winners

Love this video that Shopify put together to celebrate the winners of their third Build-A-Business Competition. It was quite the honor to meet all of the winners a few weeks ago here in NYC and to get to hand-over the substantial check to the founders of Goldie Blox.

My team and I won in the Arts and Design category with Tattly last year. I will never forget getting that call from Shopify HQs telling us we won. My entire team danced through our hallways! Being on the other side, as a mentor this year, was obviously quite moving. All of the winners impressed me on so many levels.

I have huge respect for Harley and his team, for putting this competition together. The impact is huge.

And if you’re thinking of starting an e-commerce business, look no further: Shopify.com.

Zen Bedroom

Minimal Bedroom

Beautiful minimal bedroom with built in storage designed by Studio Oink. Definitely will circle back to this image when we are tackling the project of building loft beds in our kids rooms.

Dymaxion House (1946)

Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House is all kinds of fascinating, especially the conveyer belt linen closet!

Arianna Huffington on Redefining Success

“At the moment, our society’s notion of success is largely composed of two parts: money and power. But it’s time for a third metric, beyond money and power – one founded on well-being, wisdom, our ability to wonder, and to give back.”
- Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington on Redefining Success: 2013 Smith College Commencement Address

Telecast

Telecast

Team Telecast wants to cut through the messy, noisy, uneven field of online video and deliver only the good stuff. Just like TV used to.

That’s why they built a iOS app that delivers three video “shows” that combine the best videos personalized to your taste. The videos are picked by real humans.


I am psyched to see they have a /purpose page. An idea that was started by my studiomates of FictiveKin.

(via Amrit)

Type Designers

“Don’t have a favorite font. Do have a favorite type designer.”
- Jessica Hische

Excellent read: Upping Your Type Game, by Jessica Hische

Excel Spreadsheet Art

Excel Spreadsheet Art

Artist Tatsuo Horiuchi uses Excel spreadsheets to draw elaborate Japanese motifs. Excel Spreadsheet Art!

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Studiomates Scuttlebutt

studiomates scuttlebutt

I am quite excited to introduce something new here, the Studiomates Scuttlebutt.

Wesley Verhoeve mentioned recently how hard it is to keep track of all the interesting projects coming out of our coworking space Studiomates. The pro-active gentleman that he is, he gathered the most recent and newsworthy accomplishments and delivered them to me on a silver platter, so I can share them with you:

- Fictive Kin launched Slash Purpose, an effort to get websites, apps, and products to share the “Why?” behind the project.

- Josh Stewart‘s Farmstand app, connecting users with locally-grown food, was featured in the App Store’s Food and Drink section.

- Laura Bohill designed Appysnap, a photo game app that just went live in the App Store.

- The folks at GNTLMN launched their re-design, announcing new handmade men’s accessories and events to come in the next few weeks.

- Kio Stark released her Kickstarter-backed book, “Don’t Go Back to School: a handbook for learning anything”, and is mailing out, by hand, about a 1000 books, by hand.

- Fifty CreativeMornings chapters will host events for May’s global theme: “Backwards”.

- Kisha Bari and friends won the Tribeca Film Festival award for Transmedia last week for their project Sandy Storyline.

- Next week, TeuxDeux launches a Little Printer publication, which allows users to receive a printed list of their todos using Berg’s Little Printer.

- Yoko Sakao Ohama and her friend Ken Quemuell announced At The Same Damn Time, a design project that illustrates a different song title every day.

- Marco Arment’s The Magazine published a history of Josh Clark‘s “Couch to 5k (c25k)” running plan.

- The folks at Symbolset released SS Steedicons.

- The folks at Oak had their app Blue featured in the App Store. Oak’s Skylar and Sawyer were also interviewed about their new project Gazette on Execute’s inaugural podcast.

- Kary Campbell designed and coded a custom subreddit called “Social Citizens” for Collaborative Fund.

- Jessi Arrington opened Typo San Francisco with a very personal talk on embracing your “you-ness.”

- Dan Blackman and Oak collaborated on the recently launched app Pizza Compass, which lets you find the slice nearest to you.

See you next month!

Ability to Change

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
― Albert Einstein


(via Amrit)

O.K.

it's going to be ok.

I saw this minimal letterpress print by Ladyfiners Letterpress at the National Stationery Show. Must get one for the studio.

Art of Decision Making

“The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don’t exist.”
- Seth Godin

Statue of a Critic

“I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.”
― Leonard Bernstein

National Stationery Show

NSS

There will be just a sprinkle of posts over the coming days as I’ll be working the Tattly booth at the National Stationery Show. We are at booth #1329, come and say hi! We’ll tatt you up!

(from left to right: Bekka, Sarah, Natalie)

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Doormat

geometric doormat

Love this geometric take on a doormat.

Friday Link Pack

- Vinepeek. And there goes your Friday.

- How to Piss Off A New Yorker in 36 Seconds

- The Swiss paramedics’ leather bag. A beauty.

- Made me laugh: Slow motion video of Kids trying new foods.

- Have More Meetings (But Keep Them Short)

- Did you watch Seth Godin’s CreativeMornings talk?

- The difference between price and value.

- A summer internship I want to apply to.

- Black-and-White Photos of Vintage NASA Facilities

- Interesting! The Do Lectures launched a book series.

- Robottle Corkscrew.

- Daughter covers drafts punk’s “Get Lucky”.

- I Don’t Want Your F***ing App.

- Bill Gates on Flying Cars, the Malaria Epidemic, and Article-Writing Robots

- Wow. MailChimp will switch to a new look and enhanced features in June.

- Do you live in NYC? You can find a Tattly Vending Machine in various awesome stores this summer.

- Pigeon Pillow.

- Stay True Felt Pennant.

- The fine folks of Great Discontent interviewed Jason Fried.

- Massimo Vignelli on the Secret of Great Book Design.

- Michael’s Still the Top Name for New York Babies, and There Are Reasons.

- Yikes. Top 10 Questions Millennials Ask the Internet.

- Monocle is looking to hire a Digital Designer.

CreativeMornings with Seth Godin

THE Seth Godin was our speaker at last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork, generously hosted by The New School.

In his talk, Seth challenges our perception of work. He talks about how people who take responsibility are often given responsibility and how these days, we all carry media companies in our pockets. Trust me, watching this talk is 20 minutes well spent. You can also watch the Q&A following his talk here.

Having Seth as a speaker was nothing short of a true honor. I am so grateful. You too? Let’s tell him.

A big thank you to Ben Hallman for filming and editing.

Method Ocean Plastic

Method

I just discovered Method’s Ocean Plastic Soap Bottle. It’s the world’s first bottle made with a blend of recovered ocean plastic and post-consumer recycled plastic, a combination that results in a uniquely gray resin.

How fantastic is this? How much do I love this brand?

DODOnotes

DODOnotesDODOnotes

I am a bit notebooked-out these days, but DODOnotes totally nailed it: It brilliantly marries the iPhone with the analog notebook. My compliments to DODOcase and Mohawk for this wonderful collaboration! Get DODOnotes for iphone 4 or 5.

NYC Tattly Summer Randomizer Tour

tattly randomizer

To celebrate summer, Tattly is sending Vending Machines on a tour around the streets of New York City. Tattly partnered with some of their favorite spots to bring you an extra little surprise for just 25¢! Check the Randomizer Store Tour list for locations!

Hat tip to Rusty, for making this happen!

Design Matters with Ben Chestnut and Aarron Walter

I am thrilled over Debbie Millman’s most recent Design Matters episode with Mailchimp co-Founder Ben Chestnut and Aarron Walter, Director of User Experience at Mailchimp.

Mailchimp managed to make email marketing fun, not an easy task. Over the past few years I’ve had the chance to see a bit behind the scenes at Mailchimp and I have the utmost respect for their company culture and values they operate under. I consider them “Design Philanthropists” as they support so many initiatives I care about in the creative world.

If you haven’t seen Ben Chestnut’s CreativeMornings talk, I recommend you bookmark it. It’s one of my favorites.

Debbie, Thank you for making this happen!