February 2011 CreativeMornings

Here’s an overview of the upcoming February CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich, Los Angeles and … drumroll… San Francisco!

N E W Y O R K
Date: February 25, 2011
Speaker: Debbie Millman
Host: Galapagos Art Space
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
Organizer: swissmiss

More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com

Z U R I C H
Date: February 4, 2011
Speaker: Alexander Mazzara of JOIZTV
Host: JOIZTV
Sponsor: Crystal Catering
Organizer: Daniel Frei

More info and rsvp at joiz.eventbrite.com (It seems as the event is already full!)

L O S A N G E L E S
Date: February 25, 2011
Speaker: K.Kirk+N.Strandberg of Eight Hour Day
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsor: Media Temple
Organizer: Jon Setzen

More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com

S A N F R A N C I S C O
Date: February 25, 2011 | Chapter Kick-Off!
Speaker: Laura Brunow Miner
Host: Typekit (crazy awesome space!)
Sponsors: Happy Cog and Typekit
Organizer: Greg Storey

More info and rsvp at sfcreativemornings.eventbrite.com

Check out our brandnew site creativemornings.com!

Rainbow Headboard

How incredibly charming is this rainbow headboard! Tried to find the original post over on the Tumblr blog that this Pinterest post quoted as the source. Couldn’t find it. Oy!

Knife Rack

This minimalist bamboo knife rack by Taylors Eye Witness would look good in our kitchen. Wondering if it could also be used to hold keys?

Why Knot?

I wish I would have known about Why Knot? video featuring work by Seth Goldstein last friday when my four year old asked: “Daddy, how to you make that knot in your tie?”

(via FoundByJames/via triangulationblog)

Boot Pull

Now that everyone in NYC seems to be walking around in boots (especially Hunter Rainboots) I think this Boot Pull would come in handy. Not that I have room for it in my apartment, but it sure would make a great conversation starter.

Make Do and Mend

I love clear messages like this one by Gail Bryson: Make Do and Mend. Or take this “Completely perfect” one. Ha!

Tolix Stool/Bedside Table

This stool/bedside table by Tolix made me look.

1994: What is the internet anyway?

(Thank you Jennifer)

Grid-A-licious

Grid-A-licious is a stunningly clean and beautiful WordPress theme. See the demo site here.

(Thanks Andreas)

Humble Pied

The recipy for Humble Pied:

One inspiring creative
…sharing one piece of advice.
Over iChat.

Voila.

Hat tip to Mig Reyes for this clever idea. (And yes, I realize I featured this site before!)

Yummy



I completely agree with BBlinks, this apron from Merriam Webster is totally ‘adorkable’.

Paola Antonelli on Humanized Technology

I truly enjoyed the below interview with former CreativeMornings speaker Paola Antonelli in which she speaks about her latest MoMA show called Talk To Me:

More over on Brainpickings.

Race Tracks Of The World

Race Tracks Of The World is a supercool wall decoration for the Formula 1 fan in you. (Or someone like me that just simply loves the visual quality and overall concept.) They are made from high quality Baltic birch plywood and matte black Formica. You can select from almost every track around the world. The average size is 36″ square depending upon the track shape. Cool? Definitely!

(via Stilsucht)

Inspiring André Da Loba



I stopped by André Da Loba’s studio yesterday and was hit with a big giant brick of inspiration. André lives and breathes creativity. If I could pick a parent for my next life, it would be him. I can only imagine how crafty he’ll get if ever he’ll have a junior. Give him cardboard, paper-mache, cork etc and he’ll turn into into a whimsical work of art. Next time I am going to get crafty with Ella (4yo), I’ll make sure to pull up his site for inspiration!

ps: Just noticed that André is selling his Narigudo Balancing Toy on his site. Ella has one and loves it!

Temptation



This piece called Temptation by Brooklyn based Ian Trask made me chuckle. (He’s done some amazing work as Artist-In-Residence at the Invisible Dog Gallery in Brooklyn!)

NYC Mindrelic Timelapse

Really love some of the NYC scenes of this timelapse video by Josh Owens. (Couldn’t watch it with the music though, it bugged me)

NYC – Mindrelic Timelapse from Mindrelic on Vimeo.

(thank you Antoine)

The Bermuda Triangle of Productivity

This Bermuda Triangle of Productivity by Fuchsia Macaree made me chuckle. (Even though the Facebook corner doesn’t apply to me. It would have to say “Google Reader”.)

(Thank you Fuchsia)

LongReply

I just read Ben Chestnuts post about how until recently he found himself glancing at his Twitter Stream during family time and letting it interrupt his precious personal time. Anyone running a business knows how distracting it can be searching Twitter for your business name or simply checking @ replies. (I do the same for swissmiss, teuxdeux and creativemorning.) In his blog post Ben mentions a service called LongReply: every hour it will search Twitter for non-neutral tweets, and sends them to Ben an email like this:

Ben says LongReply puts things into perspective:

“When you’re just scrolling through (what feels like) billions of realtime tweets, one or two negative ones actually feel like a lot more. It’s all happening in real time, your adrenaline is pumping, and you just think the entire twitterverse is conspiring to totally harsh your mellow with #fail hash tags. When you see even one negative tweet, you get all paranoid, and you want to solve it now. God help any family member who tries to get in my way.

But when you filter through LongReply, you can see that even though you might have 1 negative tweet, there are maybe a dozen more positive ones. Aaaaaah. The twitterverse is not out to get me!”

From what I understand, LongReply is a Mailchimp and not yet open to the public! I’d be the first one to sign up. Consider me ‘virtually standing in line’. More info on LongReply here.

Proxlet

(Of course, I am not muting my studiomate Maria, as indicated on the graphic above.)

Here’s a browser extension I have been dreaming of: Proxlet let’s you block apps, mute users and filter tags on Twitter. You can mute someone for a day, a week or … gasp… forever! It works on the web, with desktop and mobile clients. Brilliant!

I will definitely suggest Proxlet to my followers, next time I live-tweet from a conference.

(Thank you @Amrit)

Nasty Clamps

(image by David Tejada)

A gift exchange just went down at studiomates and one of the gifts was a Nasty Clamp. Yes, they are vaguely obscene looking but the idea is brilliant. Use it for the extra flash during a shoot or to get some cool angles with your camera. Definitely wishlisted. (Watch a video here.)

(via Maria)

Bottle

A love story between sand and snow. Superadorable. Written, directed, animated, edited, and sound by Kirsten Lepore.

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

(via Amrit)

House of Buttons

House of Buttons is a fantastic collection of UI buttons spotted in the wild. Curated by Jason Long. Love it!

Ola-Table

The Ola Table by Petter Danielson and Oscar Ternbom of AKKA is making my heart beat faster. A light-weight folding table, made of aluminium, that is easy to handle and beautiful. According to Minimalissimo it will be manufactured by MATERIA and will be launched at the Stockholm furniture fair in February.

This would be perfect in our studio, for when we need an extra desk or two when we have a lot of visitors. Brilliant. Beautiful. I want two.

Little Big Details

LittleBigDetails is a simple tumblr blog showcasing a collection of UI details. I love geeking out over UI details. Definitely will be checking back.

(Thank you Floris)