Hide × Stitch is a New York-based workshop producing leather accessories. Each item is constructed entirely by hand from start to finish without any mechanical aid. Congrats to Cheryl Yau, the force behind hide x Stitch!
(Interesting fact: The site runs on the brand new Squarespace commerce platform!)
- niice. a search engine with taste.
- Newly published: The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy. This book makes me all kinds of happy.
- US related businessy stuff: LLC vs S-Corp vs C-Corp
- Spark: A Burning Man Story, Documentary Feature Film Goes Behind the Curtain of the Annual Event
- PBS Documentary: Makers: Women Who Make America
- Spencer Fry put together a thorough Startup Launch Checklist
- Popping Water Balloons in Space
- Fascinating glimpse into how Tweens use Instagram. (via)
- Kickstarter launched an iPhone app. This is dangerous! (I prefer backing over shopping) (via Amrit)
- What the White House Looks Like Completely Gutted. Pictures from 1950. Wow.
- We found our son in the subway, by Peter Mercurio. Most touching story I have come across in ages. There are truly *good* people in this world.
- A Music Video Dropmark Collection my studiomate Sawyer Hollenshead plays sometimes when designing. Don’t know about Dropmark? I use it daily!
- Are you a web designer in NYC, loving Broadway shows? Here’s a potentially ideal job for you.
- One of Dr. Seuss letters as a response to one of his fans.
- When I Grow Up, An Inspirational Animated Short for Kids and Adults
- This year the $1 million TED prize goes to self-organizing learning environments by Suguta Mitra. His wish: School in the Cloud.
- Always makes me smile when I spot a Madpax Bubble Backpack in the neighborhood.
- A group of international scientists have found evidence that an ancient, lost continent may be buried beneath the Indian Ocean floor.
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Paola Antonelli, MoMA’s senior curator of architecture and design, talks to Stephen Colbert about the evolving definition and scope of design. I heart this woman.
“Be yourself, be in the moment, you’re going to be modern.” – Paola Antonelli
(via explore)
“I study you so much to discover the possible flaws, the weak points, the danger zones. I don’t find them—not any. That means I am in love, blind, blind. To be blind forever”
- Henry Miller
From a stunning love letter by Henry Miller written in 1932 to Anaïs Nin.
Always coming back to this poster by Joey Roth. Who also by the way now sells a beauty of a subwoofer for his ceramic speakers.
These beautifully wireframed letters have been created by Dan Hoopert. Would love nothing more than to cover my living room walls with these.
This Jetpack Solves Everything Illustration made me smile. You can buy it as a print. (view large)
(via bblinks)
“The Big Bore lurks inside us all. It’s dying to be set loose to lecture on Quentin Tarantino or what makes good ice cream. Fight it! Fight the urge to speak without listening, to tell a bad story, to stay inside your comfortable nest of back-patting pals. As you move away from boring, you will never be bored.”
- Scott Simpson
You are Boring, by Scott Simpson
(via Kevin)
Normann Szkop took these stunning photos while flying over Dutch tulip fields.
Today the team of Tapestry made me laugh out loud with a link to this Tapestry Story titled #itshardbeingtwo. It’s best experienced on the iPhone, so do yourself a favor and download the app. Tapestry is a fun new way to tell and experience stories. Congrats betaworks, consider me a fan.
“Every woman I know who feels like she “has it all”—and there are many—has done it in a unique way.”
- Sarah Lacy
Fantastic (and passionate) article by Sarah Lacy over on Pandodaily: In this corner there’s Sheryl Sandberg. In this corner there’s Anne-Marie Slaughter. And then there’s reality
(Thanks Jen)
“If my idea isn’t worth copying then it’s not a very good idea. If my product or business can’t handle a new competitor, then it’s not a very good product.”
- Nathan Kontny
From this interesting post on competition: Group email address. Did 37Signals Copy my idea?
(thanks Nate)
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. In this TED Talk social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success. Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
Watch it until the very end. It’s powerful.
(Thank you Bernadette)
My three year old, Tilo, is in love with two iPhone games I recently discovered: WeeRockets (above) and WeeSubs. I admit, I play with them as well.
(Thanks Cameron)
The simple, yet playful idea behind the ceramic Set Sail Napkin Holder made me smile.
The Infinite Home Tool is quite a poetic object, serving a double function of a suitcase and a furniture piece. Living out of a suitcase gets an entirely new meaning with this piece, as the suitcase is more like a instant shelving unit, whereever you put it down. Charming. (And yes, probably not all that practical)
(Thank you Jolien)
Was It Worth It is an iPhone app that lets you quickly assess whether projects you’ve done were worth doing or not according to how much Fun, Knowledge or Money you’ve gained from them. It’s always a good idea to reflect on projects, not sure if you need an app for it, but I definitely like the idea.
Lumio unfolds from a book into a multi-purpose portable lamp. I just gasped watching the Kickstarter campaign. A beauty!
(via the Post Family)
Words can not express how much I heart Michelle Obama for dancing along with Jimmy Fallon in honor of her Let’s Move Campaign.
The Moves iPhone App tells you how much you move (or not). Moves automatically records any walking, cycling and running you do. The app is always on, so there’s no need to start and stop it. Love it!
