Very Semi-Serious is a documentary aiming to go behind the scenes of the New Yorker. It introduces the past, present and future generations of cartoonists who have inspired, baffled—and occasionally pissed off—all of us for decades.
Totally backing this Kickstarter. Let’s make it happen.
(Thanks Joanna)
Apple explaining their evolving design philosophy. Beautiful.
(via Laughing Squid)
ELIOOO is a brand new book, by Antonio Scarponi, teaching you how to grow food in your apartment using inexpensive IKEA boxes. The system uses hydroponics, a farming technique that can be used to grow plants in water instead of soil. Hydroponics allows you to save up to 90% of water used in traditional agriculture systems, requires much less space, and you don’t have to worry about watering the plants.
Now go and grow your own food. Available on iTunes and Amazon.
The Lomography Film Scanner affordably scans 35mm film and slides right to your smartphone. It adjusts to fit any phone. Smart, says the woman hat has a stack of negatives in her closet.
Has anyone of you tried this yet?
Consider me intrigued by the bioscope, a project by Jon Stam & Simon de Bakker. It was inspired by an early movie projector of the same name and is a medium to experience memories in relative time. By rotating the handle, the digital (or digitized home) movie is animated frame by frame, forward or in reverse, relative to the speed and direction that is used to turn the dial.
(via kidsroomzoom)
“I wasn’t trying to make money,
I was trying to make a point!”
- Seth Godin
From the PressPausePlay Trailer.
This is a short trailer of the 2011 documentary called PressPausePlay featuring Seth Godin.
PressPausePlay explores the massive digital revolution of the last decade which has unleashed and democratized creative opportunities. Does democratized culture really mean better art, film, music and literature?
You can download the movie over at PressPausePlay.com. Or you can buy it on iTunes.
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Explore Create Repeat is an online magazine for the creative community published weekly by 4ormat. Fantastic!
- Flying, a new iPhone app for all your air travel.
- Literally Tweet your Tweet. Made me laugh. (Thanks Pablo)
- Dots, an iPhone/iPad game about connecting the dots.
- Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes. Fascinating!
- Stunning, geometric, single-piece mobile: Themis Mono Mobile
- A sleeping bag I wouldn’t mind calling my own.
- When words aren’t enough, say it with bacon. Made me laugh. Make sure to watch the film.
- Sixty Seconds of Salary by Bard Edlund
- Google’s sick of your sucky passwords, so it posted a video to help you out
- This teeny tiny DIY Father’s Day gift idea made me smile!
- HUGE congratulations to Caroline Baumann for being named Director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- 9 Rules for a Simpler Day, by Leo Babauta
- Helpful post: How to Fix iCloud’s Biggest Annoyances
- Etch, Personalized Foursquare Check-in Map Prints. Wait, people are still using Foursquare?
- Did you know we made custom Tattly for NPR?
- I totally want one of these old fashioned Popcorn Poppers.
- Most Highlighted books of all time: 1. The Holy Bible 2. Steve Jobbs
- Good news: The Tattly subscription is back. Only happens twice a year. Current signup is open until July 5th.
- A short segment on my coworking space Studiomates from the Collaborative Cities documentary.
- XO Group Inc is looking to hire a Senior Designer. (You’ll get to work with my fab friend Lori.)
- The neighbors have better stuff doormat.
- Best 404 Error Page I have ever seen. There goes your Friday.
How wonderful and smile-inducing is this VW Bus Tent? It actually makes me want to own a tent. But then, maybe not, I just looked at the price tag. Ops! Maybe I’ll stick to the toiletry bag.
“If you’re not living a life on the edge you’re taking up too much space! … You learn the most when you’re out of your comfort zone!”
- Jim Whittaker
Taken from this short by Eric Becker.
Fifty years ago, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mt. Everest.
“One of the finest protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.”
- Alain de Botton
This is one of the most moving things I have seen in a long time. Pascale Honore has been in a wheelchair for 18 years and recently went ‘duct tape surfing‘ on the back of her friend and experienced surfer, Ty Swan. Read more.
(via LaughingSquid)
This is one of Open University’s six Design in a Nutshell videos.
I also recommend Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, Modernism, American Industrial Design and Postmodernism.
(via the always amazing Open Culture blog)
Design in a Nutshell is a series of beautifully animated videos by Open Learn, explaining 6 key design movements. Watch short videos on Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, Bauhaus, Modernism, American Industrial Design and Postmodernism.
Or Simply discover your design alter-ego. Take the quiz.
(via the always amazing Open Culture blog)
My super talented studiomates of Oak just launched Siteleaf, a simple content management for your site.
Oak believes content management systems should be simple but not overly simplified. They believe you should own your content and that your sites should be able to outlive their CMS. Agreed.
Choose from their three plans and take advantage of the 14-day trial period.
I saw this Fluoro Heart Print at the National Stationary Show. It’s all sorts of stunning and fluorescent. #Wishlisted
Prisms is a beautiful 13″x16″ Giclee Print by Magna Paint.
“The more you know, the less you need.”
- Yvon Chouinard
OTO is a seriously adorable cardboard food truck for kids with a campaign going on over on indiegogo. My kids would get a total kick out of playing with OTO! I just backed the campaign, join me?
This handmade waxed canvas lunch bag stands upright and is fixed with an oil-tanned leather strap and brass buckle. All materials are locally sourced and it is being constructed in Asheville, NC. What’s not to love?
“Consume less, but better.”
- Yvon Chouinard
