swissmiss

anything

Anything is a self-editing collaborative magazine that lets its contributors freely add/edit any image or text to it, as often as they wish. In each of its 64 main pages, there is an area allocated for 1 image (left side) and 1 body of text (right side). Upon registration, each contributor is asked to choose whether they wish to upload image or text, and they are permanently assigned a random page (shared with another contributor).

In addition to the 64 pages, visitors can also click on Show Me Anything!, which randomly combines any of the currently available images and text to create a ‘new’ page.

Because life is arbitrary.

03 / 02 / 2008
4
- inspiring
- photography

studio libertiny’s vase made by bees

This vase was made by 40,000 bees over the course of one week. Studio Libertiny constructed a vase-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagonal comb to encompass the existing form. WOW!

(Thank you Cary!)

02 / 27 / 2008
4
- inspiring

humus.nu

Humus is a territory where images, creativity, thoughts and expressions have no border line. Check it out.

02 / 27 / 2008
1
- inspiring

thingsihavelearnedinmylife.com

Picture_9

Stefan Sagmeister had an AIGA talk last night which I planned to attend but then couldn’t. Boo. I heard it was truly inspiring. Apparently Stephan created a website with a blog where other people uploaded more “Things I have Learned” type treatments. Check it out here.

02 / 20 / 2008
1
- inspiring

my paper mind

(via unfolded)

02 / 19 / 2008
1
- inspiring
- videos

beautiful losers

(via unfolded)

02 / 19 / 2008
comments off

10 Ways to Get Inspired by the World Around You

How many times have you heard someone say that there are no new ideas? While that may not be exactly true, you can learn a lot by “borrowing” ideas from the world around you. Are we condoning plagiarism? No way. Serendipitous inspiration? Absolutely.

10 Ways to Get Inspired by the World Around You

02 / 11 / 2008
comments off
- articles
- inspiring

create a custom font with your kid’s handwriting

Grant created a custom font with his daughter’s handwriting over at fontifier. Love it.

02 / 11 / 2008
2

LIFT08

Banner_carre_logo_dessin Bruno is doing a fabulous job documenting the LIFT08 conference in Geneva. It is a three day event to explore the social impact of new technologies. Meet tomorrow’s most important trends, those changing our lives and organizations on a daily basis.Most of the talks given at LIFT are available for free at videos.liftconference.com. Fantastic! Thank you internet!

02 / 08 / 2008
comments off

This Ain’t No Disco {it’s where we work}

It’s a well known fact that some agencies spend huge chunks of their hard earned money turning lifeless commercial spaces into bastions of creativity. These interiors provide insight as to the breadth and depth of their thinking and creative execution. They create spaces to envy. Places to shout about – loud. This Ain’t No Disco {it’s where we work} invites Agencies from across the world to show their inner sanctum and like Pandora’s Box, once you look inside nothing will ever be the same again.

(Above’s my current favorite: The office space of MSLK)

(thank you jacob)

01 / 31 / 2008
14

memory floor plan

Memory floor plan is a record of all the rooms Leslie Kwok has lived in since birth—a total of 16 rooms. The scale is proportional to memory.

01 / 20 / 2008
comments off

David Gallo: Underwater astonishments

David Gallo: Underwater astonishments. (Check out the flying turkey!)

01 / 17 / 2008
3
- inspiring
- videos

artlog

Launched January 1, 2008, Artlog is a social web application developed to map and support the art ecosystem. Artlog combines user-generated content with aggregated directory services, news, events and multimedia content. The success of Artlog is dependent on its diverse users. People share artwork, photographs, video and audio files and create multimedia slideshows, portfolios, downloadable walking tours and podcasts. Users also engage the Artlog community through messaging, blogging, social bookmarking and reviews. Artlog was founded by Dylan Fareed (iamstillalive) and Manish Vora (Nish) in New York City. Join the Artlog community today by registering free at http://artlog.com/signup

01 / 17 / 2008
1

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

101architecture634

This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation–from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory–provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. …

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by matthew frederick. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one…

(via girlinthegreendress)

01 / 16 / 2008
2

Richard St. John: Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

Why do people succeed? Because they’re smart? Or lucky? How about: Neither. Richard St. John compacts more than a decade of research into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success. (Hint: Passion, persistence, and pushy mothers help.) Inspired by a chance encounter with a high school student who asked him how to become a success, St. John interviewed more than 500 successful people, then distilled what they told him into eight simple principles.

01 / 14 / 2008
5

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of powerful women she has known, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace, dignity and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly.

01 / 04 / 2008
3
- inspiring
- videos

A site I keep coming back to: yugop.com

I just spent the last 5minutes staring at the screen watching the big black dots falling from the ‘sky’. A site I keep coming back to: yugop.com

12 / 13 / 2007
3
- designers i like
- inspiring

in love with ffffound.

I am completely in love with ffffound. A quick visit fills you up with tons of visual stimuli. (I gave all my invites away already, sorry)

12 / 05 / 2007
14
- blogs I like
- inspiring

100 Beste Plakate | european poster competition

100bp_06_berl_ggg_051

100bp_06_berl_hb_011

Oh, I wish I could see this in person: 100 Beste Plakate. Yearly competition for the 100 best posters of germany, austria and switzerland. (site is in german only)

(via swiss legacy)