A book about the art of Swiss Cat Ladders. Love this so much.
(via Clay)
I Have Only Now
“No matter how much time I save, I have only now.”
— James Richardson
(via Jocelyn)
Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design
Dieter Rams Lists the 10 Timeless Principles of Good Design–Backed by Music by Brian Eno
The Trap of Early Feedback
“If you’ve created something that will delight and astound 10% of the marketplace, there’s a 90% chance that the first person who encounters your work will dislike it. He might even hate it. In fact, if you do the math, you’ll see that there’s more than a 70% chance that the first THREE people will hate it. And if you give up then, you’ve just walked away from serving the people you set out to serve.”
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Friday Link Pack
(via The Kid Should See This)
– “I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.” Greta Thunberg, 16 year old environmental activist, her poignant speech at the World Economic Forum can be found here. (via)
– The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: A Free Online Atlas That Helps Preserve Writing Systems That May Soon Disappear
– Need to name something? This site will help you.
– The Abandoned Grandeur of Crumbling Palaces Showcased in Large Format Photographs by Thomas Jorion
– Loving this ombre side table.
– These Galapagos tortoises dated for almost 100 years and then they broke up and now they hate each other and no one knows why.
– A website that automatically generates new human faces, generated through AI. Refresh the site for a new face. (via Wesley)
– The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It Can Help Stop Climate Change
– The 20 Most Influential Academic Books of All Time
– I dig this Levitating Moon Lamp
– I dig these banana pjs.
– Download Free Coloring Books from 113 Museums
– Where does your recycling go?
– I’ll be speaking at CollabFest at Clemson University on February 28th. Join?
– I wish these custom name bath towels came in black and white. I am trying to find super minimal, modern, customizable name towels.
– Matthew Walker says that sleeping well is the best thing you can do for your health.
– Psst… Tattly is running a rare 30% sale.
– A sentence we hear a lot: “The nicest people always come through the CreativeMornings Job Board!” A truly global job board with full-time, part-time, freelance, internships and remote opportunities.
– A big thank you to Ode to Things for sponsoring my blog and RSS Feed this week.
The Period Game
The Period Game got me with the spinning ovaries. I am definitely backing this Kickstarter.
Companies Going Through Big Transitions
What companies have gone through massive changes (i.e. business model, rebranding, renaming, …) and have come out stronger on the other side? And have been able to successfully bring their customers/community along? Anyone come to mind?
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) February 16, 2019
Some interesting answers on this thread. Do you have any examples I should put on my radar?
This is Happiness
(via Sue)
Cylinder Bar Stud Earrings
I am so happy I discovered these minimal cylinder bar stud earrings over on Etsy.
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To Wonder at Beauty
To wonder at beauty,
Stand guard over Truth
Look up to the noble
Resolve on the Good.This leadeth man truly
To purpose in living,
To right in his doing,
To peace in his feeling,
To light in his thinking.And teaches him trust,
In the working of God,
In all that there is,
In the width of the world,
In the depth of the Soul.— Rudolf Steiner
(Thanks for sharing, Sam)
What A Ride!
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson,
These Stairs
I can’t take my eyes of this stairs runner by Trish Andersen.
Brake Angle Shelf
Minimal and beautiful: Brake Angle Shelf
You’ll Be Criticized Anyway
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right —
for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Air
These art installations by Daniel Forero made me gasp.
Flourishing Needs
“The big prediction for the coming century is that enormous opportunities will open up for businesses that can skilfully address our Flourishing Needs. Technology, the wealth of nations and the shift in public taste will make this very likely. A great many of the multi-billion dollar companies of the future will be those focused on the fulfilment of flourishing needs: our need for self-knowledge around love, our desire for a satisfying social life, or our need for resilience. Bits of the tech sector are already nibbling at the borderline between Comfort and Flourishing needs, a trend aided by the forthcoming development of Artificial Emotional Intelligence. This, rather than the economies of developing nations, are what constitute the truly ‘emerging markets’ of the future.”
Be Soft
“Be soft, without being weak,
be strong, without being violent.”
— Imam Ali
The Bolted Book: An Avant-garde Masterpiece
In 1927, the Italian Futurist artist and designer Fortunato Depero created a monograph of his work unlike any book that had been seen before. Called Depero Futurista, or “Depero the Futurist,” it is also known as The Bolted Book, because it is famously bound together by two large industrial aluminum bolts.
Filled with bold typographic experimentation, daring layouts, and featuring work in nearly every artistic and design medium, it is universally recognized as a landmark avant-garde example of the “book as object” and is often considered the first artist’s book of the modern era. Today, however, copies of this trailblazing publication can rarely be found.
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