“The absolute heart of loyalty is to value those people who tell you the truth, not just those people who tell you what you want to hear. In fact, you should value them most. Because they have paid you the compliment of leveling with you and assuming you can handle it.”
– Coach Pat Summit
Loyalty
The Internet Can Wait
Visited Vice this morning. This is what I saw. BOLD. Love it.
“Tourist” Quilt
This two sided Tourist Quilt is beautiful.
Contemporary Loneliness
“I feel like so much of contemporary loneliness in motion is this compulsion to share my web browser. It’s like there’s a way of aesthetically stating your browser, which is kind of where you move and how you look and what you see. Even just breaking it up into close shots and long shots, and like what’s at the center. It’s not about a golden mean, but it’s a signature as poetry—which is how I see and how I move and what stops me—and putting them together.”
Eileen Myles on writing and social media
Invisible To The Eyes
From Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“Love after Love”
“The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.”
Floss Dance
Avoiding Life
“You can not find peace by avoiding life.”
– Virginia Wolf
(via)
The Solid Brass Tinder Box
This Brass Tinder Box is a beauty. Wouldn’t mind using it for my jewelry.
Friday Link Pack
MANERA – ISLANDS OF THE STRANGERS from MANERA – Stay Salty – on Vimeo.
– Wow! Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. (via)
– I would LOVE one of these blankets.
– String art. Love it.
– Emily Cohen has tons of experience in running and advising design studios and agencies. She came out with a book.
– Please tell me you know about Various Keytags? Right?
– Skim reading is the new normal.
– Interesting! Collaborative gift books for your favorite people.
– More of this: Phluid is New Yorks’ first ‘gender-free’ clothing store celebrating non-binary fashion.
– The Art of Being Completely Alone
– Hey US based folks, are you registered to vote? Do you need an absentee ballot? (No link, just a question!)
– This photo!
– What if we only worked on projects we’re willing to commit to doing 100 times?
– Dense Discovery is a weekly newsletter helping web workers be productive, stay inspired, and think critically. I admire Kai Brach’s work.
– Ooooh! Giant Paper Sculptures Inspired by Microscopic Organisms
– Wait what? You can buy a $4,759 meat slicer in the MoMA store. I would have loved to be in that buyer meeting.
– I keep coming back to this one. I don’t have a dog. But I want this dog bed.
– This new Fuchsias Tattly by Vincent Jeanerot is beautiful.
Cool jobs to apply for:
– Herman Miller is looking to hire a Product Manager.
– Factory 360 is looking for a lead designer.
– Adobe is hiring a Creative Director.
– UncommonGoods is looking to hire a COO.
There are over 1,300 jobs listed on the new CreativeMornings job board.Search full time, part time, contract, remote, freelance, internships.
Be Responsible
“Be responsible for the energy you are projecting into the world.”
– Brendon Burchard
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Times Newer Roman
I wish I had this typeface when I was at university: Times Newer Roman looks like a teacher-approved font, but it actually lets you cheat on your paper, as this typeface runs bigger than the regular Times Roman.
Dear Professor Ford
Dear Professor Ford, I applaud your courage and strength in coming forward. I believe you.
Dear Senators, do the right thing.
Dear men, step up.
Humidifier Factory
Fill the Humidifier Factory with water. Place on heater. Cute.
Books Are Bananas
This poster. So good.
Food Puzzles
Love these food puzzles!
We Need A Red Box
“Wanting to combat the cultural taboos against criticizing management, Toyota’s leaders painted a big red square on the assembly line floor. New employees had to stand in it at the end of their first week, and they were not allowed to leave until they had criticized at least three things on the line. The continual improvement this practice spawned was part of Toyota’s success. I asked my team what they thought: did we need a red box?”
– Kim Scott
From the book Radical Candor
In Defense of Scooters
This defense of Bird Scooters made me laugh.
(via Chris)
Eric Liu
Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence over everyone else. “We need to make civics sexy again,” says civics educator Eric Liu. “As sexy as it was during the American Revolution or the Civil Rights Movement.”
The Coat Canvas Tote
A simple, beautiful canvas tote.
You’re More Powerful Than You Think
“If you don’t learn how to practice power, someone else will do it for you—in your name, on your turf, with your voice, and often against your interests.”
– Eric Liu
From his book: You’re More Powerful Than You Think
(via)
You Are Magic
You are magic trinket tray. Lovely.
Too Much For Some People
This quote pretty much sums up my childhood on the Swiss countryside.