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R.I.P Tina Turner. What a force! Proud to be her namesake. Fun fact, she became Swiss. I became American. A Tina-trade of nations.

– Yahia Lababidi, an Egyptian author I follow and who’s work I admire, has a new book out, titled Quarantine notes, Aphorisms on morality and mortality.

– Last week’s CreativeMornings/NYC talk moved me. Deeply. If you are someone who has a creative practice, or wants to pick one up, this talk is for you.

– A Trove of Video Profiles of Artists

– 4 stress-reducing Google Calendar settings you didn’t know you needed. The “View calendars side-by-side in day view” made me gasp! YES! (via the CreativeMornings newsletter)

– I love plants. I didn’t know humidity trays are a thing.
– Lay Lo makes some pretty design-y dog beds. I like.

– How long do frozen foods (0°F) maintain their quality?

– This vintage espresso maker from 1956 is something else! (via)

– I want a forest on my roof.

– My daughter LOVES bread. She would dig this bread bed.

– Is it really urgent?

– Explore the Extraordinary Eons-Old Details of the Moon’s Surface in an Astounding 1.3-Gigapixel Composite

– My friend Jocelyn is offering a new 8 week course that is all about connecting to your creative life force in a new way — one that empowers you to tune into inspiration, drop into flow, and manifest your creative vision with ease. Jocelyn is a force.

– Summer is here and I am overhearing more and more conversations around people wanting to get a tattoo. Did you know that you can test drive a tattoo by a real tattoo artist, for just a few days? Here you go.

– THIS! “Judge me for how good my good ideas are, not how bad my bad ideas are.” – Matt Damon on brainstorming and collaboration

– I keep coming back to Clay Herbert’s talk: The Best Way To Answer “So What Do You Do?” Share your answer on what you do in a comment below? I’d love to hear it!

– My remarkably talented large format color photographer friend Andrew Moore just launched a Domestika course teaching you how to shoot urban scenes. Super cool!

– I dig this tote.

– I want to hear more powerful men like Scott Galloway talk about kindness. Yes please.

– If you rub garlic on your fingers, you can pick up an egg yolk

– What’s your version of “Canoe to Work?”

– Love this house tour, mostly because of the abundance of plants. (Humans who don’t own books or plants are suspicious to me.)

– These photos made me gasp.

– Thank you Chris for introducing me to the concept of Documentary Family Photography. Sign me up!

– Has anyone tried the Take Back Bag? Is this the way to go?

– The Hero’s Journey according to Joseph Campbell. (I didn’t learn about this concept until I moved to the USA.)

– Ram Dass on Relationships

_ I am in love with Nik Ramage sculptural machines. Like this lemon stroker, Brick sculpture or Back and forth.

– Want to walk on clouds? Here you go.

– I want to cover myself in these ladybugs.

– Did you know CreativeMornings offers 20+ free, community-led, heart-forward, virtual experiences every month? We call them FieldTrips. Or you can attend our monthly volunteer-led events in 229 cities.

– An incredible resource of old German hi-fi/tv catalogues. Over 1700 of them!

– I would like a pet portrait. Yes please.

– Can you fall in love with blobby-type sculptures? I did.

– Love this minimal gold ring.

– 40 Things I Wish I’d known at 40

– Join the Responsible AI Challenge, by Mozilla Builders. In-person event: May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, CA.

– Glow in the dark pavement. Wow.

– A photographer who searches for doppelgängers. Love this.

– This clever device allows you to squeeze exactly the amount of lemon juice you desire, free of seeds and without risk of splatter, then protects the lemon (or lime) half in the refrigerator for maximum freshness.

– The World’s 25 Richest Countries by GDP per Capital

– The 100 best things to do in NYC for locals and tourists (via Chris)

– The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community

– The Future is Inclusive.

– Looking for a job? Try the CreativeMornings Job Board.

Almost over you by Önnu Jónu Son aka Haraldur Thorleifsson, founder of Ueno.

– How to help young people limit screen time — and feel better about how they look. (I see my 16 year old try to come up with all kinds of solutions to limit her screen time on her own. It’s fascinating.)

– Everything that is not love is searching for love.

– Solar Eclipses in the U.S. in 2023 and 2024

– A read I keep coming back to: Being Alone by Ankit Shah

– Wirecutter tested the best non-alcoholic wines.

– I like the design of this physical timer.

– Good read: Imagining a new version of a good life (via DD)

– This Paula Scher slide from last week’s Kinference in Brooklyn made me gasp: Creativity Staircase and Power by Decade.

– Promise yourself that you will never withhold love. I think of this post by Danielle LaPorte often.

– I feel this sticker!

– Free Learning List: An expansive list of educational resources from all around the web, including YouTube channels, podcasts, blogs, online courses, coding schools, and books. (via DD)

– If You Fail at Love

– Qi, be with me!

– My friend Jocelyn is launching an online workshop helping you find your voice.

– Designer humor. Always gets me.

– A simple mortgage calculator designed for non-financial experts. (via Chris)

– I keep taking out the stack of personal messages card and flip through them with delight. I then keep one out for a few months that feels the most relevant. These cards (I have all four sets) are one of my favorite possessions. Ever.

– It’s time to get some ladybugs on me.

– Do you know CreativeMornings runs 20-30 virtual, free experiences aka FieldTrips a month? Creative, big hearted generous humans tuning in from all over the world. It’s a thing of beauty. Our community teaching each other. Love this so much I might burst at some point.

I have recently discovered Sunday Service Choir and am deeply moved by their music. I am not religious but appreciate their music from an energetic point of view. I listen to it on my walk to work and I can tell how I am all high-vibes once I make it to my office. I consider it my walking meditation.

– These Cooling Eye Pads made me laugh out loud. Also come in rainbow.

– Colormoods.co is a color generator suggesting pairs of colors based on the amount of stimulation you desire. Think of stimulation as the effect or mood a color combination can create, ranging from sleep coma to hyper excitement.

– Weston Lambert makes beautiful glass/stone sculptures. Want.

– Cloud Berries? What?

– Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains. The physics of time, entropy, and death

– This underground library is making me swoon.

– Positive News. Delivered to your door.

– Well worth a listen: Dachner Keltner on while we all need daily doses of awe

– A Notion Habit Tracker. Intrigued.

– Trying Patch. Love it. (via)

– How to repair a broken Zipper

– I love the internet. So much.

– Your breathing is an operating manual for your nervous system.

– Whoa! How well can Magnus Carlsen identify chess positions?

– Instagram was bombarding me with ads for this entryway rack. Eventually I broke down. I love it. It’s well made and holds a ton of shoes. Ok, Instagram, you win.

– One day I will own one of these bear shaped cotton throws by Donna Wilson. They make me giggle.

– What makes a relationship flourish? Love the answer Yung Pueblo shared.

– 1K Project is a “not-for-profit collective focused on directly connecting sponsors in the USA and around the world to help Ukrainian families impacted by the senseless and inhumane war”. You give $1000 as a direct relief to a family in the Ukraine which in turn sends a picture, a brief story and a ‘thank you’ note. According to the site, more than $10.7M (going to roughly 11,000 families) has been given already. Tax deductible for US taxpayers. (via)

Love this Apple commercial. My dad went blind in old age and the Apple devices gave him so much freedom and connection to the outside world. Forever grateful.

– Stoicism: How to turn your sadness into strength

– Due to human bias, our search engines have learnt to prioritise sportsmen in our search results, even when the facts put sportswomen first. Correct the internet wants to change that. (via Chris)

– 8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year

– Here’s what Frank Lloyd Wright’s unbuilt designs would look like today

– Ever wanted to use unique, natural handwriting in a design but didn’t like your own? This website generates variable handwriting in 9 different styles. You can adjust speed, legibility, and stroke width, then download the result as an SVG file. (via Dense Discovery)

– I want to live in this town with a population of 400 that has eight independent bookstores.

– Why I wake early, by Marie Oliver

– 8 revenue streams you can add to your own business

– Apricity means the warmth of the sun in winter. What a lovely word.

– I love to propagate plants. These stone/tube propagation vessels make it look way prettier than the simple glass jars I use.

– Want a temporary, delicate looking tattoo that looks real? Check out this new one by Tattly.

– CreativeMornings is slowly but surely building the most radically generous peer-to-peer leaning space with their FieldTrips. Go and attend some free virtual events and dip into this friendly community. For example: Try Qigong on February 16, a moving meditation for those who can’t sit still.

The Prayer‘ is a super weird art-installation by artist Diemut Strebe, exploring the supernatural through artificial intelligence with a long-term experimental set up where a robot operates a talking mouth that is part of a computer system, creating and voicing prayers.

– This scarf situation made me smile.

– What are you reading?

– A playlist of uplifting tracks, by School of life.

– “So how do you actually work with your mind and create things of value? What I’ve identified is three principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, but obsessing over quality. That trio of properties better hits the sweet spot of how we’re actually wired and produces valuable meaningful work, but it’s sustainable.” The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down

– And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure — your life—what would do for you? “To Begin With The Sweet Grass“, by Mary Oliver

– Excellent read: The personal brand paradox, by Debbie Millman

– I’ll take two: Positive Vibes Blanket

– Intresting read: Tiktok’s enshittification

– Finding Awe Amid Everyday Splendor. A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us.

– Loving these tunes

– If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate

– Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening

– As someone who is ready to meet my person, this story made my heart go pitter-patter: Jennifer Douglas was “avowedly anti-marriage” after her divorce; Kent Shell, too. Until she got down on one knee.

– The Future is Inclusive. Agreed.

– Did you know CreativeMornings has a job board? Here are some positions that stood out to me: Danielle Laporte is hiring an Integrator, Who gives A Crap is hiring a Director of Growth Marketing and a Director of Media and Digital Marketing.

Bowie is a fascinating human. Thank you Steve for the recommending I let this movie-documentary-or-whatever-one-should-call-it wash over me.

– CreativeMornings/NYC is starting out the new year with a bang: Maria Popova, force behind The Marginalian, formerly Brain Pickings is speaking on January 13th, at 8:30am ET, at the beautiful Ethical Society on the Upper West Side. Sign up for in person or the Livestream It’s free!

– “Love is a breeze. The work we are doing is that we are opening our sails.”

– How to feel your feelings.

– “When you love someone, the best thing you can offer that person is your presence.” The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love

– How to be a writer on a marketing team without sounding like a jerk (via Chris)

– Cool! Hotamet is a super stylish and environmentally friendly helmet made out of leftover Scallop shells.

– “1. Most problems get smaller with a good night’s sleep.​​​​​​​​” Thank you David and Claire.

– ooh.directory: “A collection of 951 blogs about every topic.” Found this via Kai’s Dense Discovery newsletter. I am right there with him, I’m here for the renaissance of personal blogging!

– My friend Marcus recommended I watch Toni Erdmann. What an incredibly unusual and surprising movie. (Can’t remember the last time I watched a movie in German.)

– “What we’re seeing is the transition of power from institutions to individuals, but it’s going to be messy and it’s going to take at least a generation.” Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps

– The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale University, Featuring 23 Lectures

– I gifted my kids one of these Birds Aren’t Real Hoodies, it was a big hit!

– How were the first fonts made? Who invented italics? When did we figure out how to print in color? Typographic Firsts!

– Made me look and smile: Hands-Free Bicycle

– Books curated by NPR

– I Might Meet a Dog Today. Made me smile.

– This egg candle made me giggle.

– Design Event Guide for 2023. And then of course, every month, there are free CreativeMornings events happening all over the world. Is your city on the map? If not, start a chapter.

– It’s the end of the year. Time for some reflection and to sport this Unicorn Tattly.

The Lion King: Tiny Desk Concert

– The Birds Aren’t Real Merch is putting a smile on my face. My kids are loving the plain black hoodie.

– Very honest and personal interview over on Time Sensitive with yours truly. (Thank you for the kind feedback so many of you have sent!)

– What a cool gift: Create Your Own Reel Viewer

– AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way (via Chris)

– You Need a (Creative) Manifesto

– Cyclo Knitter: A Bicycle-Based Machine That Knits a Scarf in Five Minutes

– This poop bag pouch looks smartly designed. Want. Purchased and loving it.

– I think this is unique stripe-y rainbow scarf falls into the category of what my friend Annie would call ‘Dopamine Dressing’. (aka colorful dressing)

– Plant Guide: Popular Plants from A to Z care difficulty

– I would say a Fringe Garland falls into the same category as my love for confetti.

– The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community

– The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love

– “Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

– Hey Austin, I wish I could go see the Field of Light installation. Maybe you can go?

– What a stunning house. Wow.

– These pants with all of the pockets made me giggle.

– Great gift ideas for art lovers: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022

– Tattly make for perfect stocking stuffers. The Tattly Gift Guide can help you find the right designs.

– CreativeMornings gathers kind-hearted, creatively minded humans all over the world. Is there a chapter in your town? If not, put your city on the map and start one, or attend our virtual events called FieldTrips.

– A truly entertaining read on the adventures of renovating a brownstone. (Thank you Bailey.)

– The New Yorker’s list of best books of 2022

– The creative legacy of Gifs: Past, present and future

– Fun gift: Personalized Word Search Throw Blanket

– Turn your photos into wall art. Fun!

– Revitalizing Culture in the World of Hybrid Work

– How a Mechanical Watch works, one of many beautifully detailed and animated explainers by Bartosz Ciechanowski. (via)

– If you’re in need of inspiration for how to set up your desk check out hackerstations.com. It’s a collection of workspace setups by tech professionals. (Via)

– How To Be Successful, by Sam Altman (via)

– You belong here dish.

– I love these objects by Nicola Vruwink

– What if everything you shared on social media, for one month, was about something other than yourself?

– The Ilulissat Icefjord Centre in Greenland is on my list of places wanting to visit!

– Did the ad work?

– Put an orchid on you.

– My team and I at CreativeMornings love to light a brand-awareness fire for companies who believe in the importance of the creative community meeting up. When a company partners with us, the world’s largest face-to-face community, they are being seen and celebrated as a generous patron of the creative world. In return we spread their brand and content through content partnerships, hands-on workshops with our FieldTrips, our mega global partnerships… Partner with us?

Currently on repeat, post soul fusion goodness: Late Bloomers by The Cut.

– Coffee vs. tea smackdown

– Real power lies in the domains of deep, slow change, by Stewart Brand

– I stumbled upon the Modern Elder Academy and feel like I opened a portal to a wise, expansive universe. Wow!

– I can’t stop laughing at these boots.

– The art of Kaketsugi, or ‘invisible mending’ in Japanese.

– “You must not ever stop being whimsical.” -Mary Oliver

– Seeing Differently Part 3: The Practice of Seeing (Mediation with your Eyes Open)

– There’s a town in New York entirely filled with book stores: Hobart Book Village

– Did you know this iPhone trick? I didn’t.

– This dutch oven is making my heart go pitter patter.

– The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance (via)

– A climate podcast called A Matter of Degree which just published a mini series explaining what individual climate leadership looks like. (via)

– This is a good-looking barstool.

– An analog recipe notebook. Love it.

– Most visited website in every country. Wikipedia is the most visited website overall, taking the crown in 43 nations, followed by Twitter, which is favored in 10 countries. More here.

– “If you did your best when you created a piece of work, but your perfectionism or fear of judgement or lack of confidence makes you not like it, ask yourself: who is this piece for and will it work? And then, allow it to exist, to grow, to evolve, to improve, to fade away, or to shine. But first, make it work.” – None of Your Business (via)

– Every now and then I discover an organization that takes my breath away. Here’s one for you: The Long Now Foundation.

– This is a very cool kids sweater.

– Bioluminescence Is Nature’s Love Light

— The documentary series The Vow is blowing my mind. It follows members who joined the self-improvement group NXIVM – whose leader was convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and other crimes – to reveal the emotional toll of unfolding events on these individuals.

– Where in the world do you live? There might be a CreativeMornings event happening in your town. If not, there’s a virtual FieldTrip waiting for you in the CreativeMornings universe. Whispers: All of these events are free!

– Put a butterfly on it.

Not new, but still wonderful.

– The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness

– What? Radiolab for kids? YES PLEASE!

– Hey fellow US Citizens, are you registered to vote? Check here.

– The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult (via)

– “Marketing is product design, customer service, pricing, customer delight and creating and living a remarkable story. Marketing is creating the conditions for the network effect.” The chief hype officer

– Interesting read: Dating Apps Were ‘Getting Old.’ Why Not Try Something Older? “Every Friday, when Randa Sakallah sends out her free newsletter, Hot Singles, she hopes to make a match. Maybe not a forever love, but a connection, however fleeting, between two people who are interested in something more.”

– 10 Reasons to be Optimistic (Without Being Naive) About Climate Change

– Kinopio is a spatial thinking tool for building new ideas and solving hard problems.

– Constantly ask what they really want

– I am lucky to be the steward of a teeny tiny forest in the Hudson Valley and I am dreaming of putting a sauna in the middle of it. This one would be lovely. Or this one by Heartwood.

– What are you unwilling to feel?

– How can I survive as an artist? Booooooom put together a page you should bookmark or send to artists you know!

– “The long game requires patience. Mostly yours.”

– Ever wanted to volunteer? Idealist.org can connect you with an organization in your corner of the world.

– A Good Movie to Watch is a freemium service that rates and recommends movies and shows. (via)

– Take Care of Your Blog. I couldn’t agree more. SO MUCH good came to me because I consistently showed up here on my blog. (via)

– One day I will own a house that is the perfect backdrop for one of these chairs by Hem.

– Microscopic Photo of Vinyl Record Grooves (via Chris)

– Self-love Hack: “Get a plant and name it after yourself. I tell that to everyone, especially if they have trouble with self-love. Take care of your plant every day. Water it, make it beautiful. If your plant is growing and nourishing, that means you’re growing and nourishing. If it’s dying, you have to ask: ‘What’s going on with me?….”

– Find answers to your questions from the best books in the world using experimental AI—not google search. Wow! (via)

– Put some colorful mushrooms on you. It makes everything better.

I am crushed by the rulings of the Supreme Court this week. Especially the overturning of Roe vs Wade. No, we are not ok. What can you do?

– Saving these questions, especially “Would they miss you if you stopped?”

– Kevin Kelly: The Need for World Government

– How TikTok triggered a books revolution

– This made me smile: A choir of Spring onions

– “According to the study, published in the journal De Economist (paywall) on April 26, there are two types of creativity that can blossom at different points in a person’s life.” The two types of creativity that peak at different ages

– I would give these minimal wall mounted cabinets a loving home, as bedside tables. Or multiples, in one continuous line, across the wall in my living room. Yes please.

– This is a lovely print. And there are so many more on Juniper.

– The 6 Very Best Fertilizers for Houseplants

– I keep coming back to this one: “The point is, when you’ve been conducting your working life at the speed of a freight train, it takes quite a long time to roll to a stop and/or point yourself in a new direction—toward a new way of being, living, and working.” Confessions of a Burnt Out Over-Achiever

– How Does Venice Work?

– Hey New Yorkers, Fresh Catskills delivers locally farmed food to your doorstep. Love it!

_ Must remind myself to Breathe.

– Beautiful talk: Reading as a way of living by Dev Aujla. If you love books you’ll love this talk. (My favorite CreativeMornings/NYC talk to date.)

– Uhm, why are not more people talking about this? Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China

– This Twitter thread of two nested stuck ceramic bowls is pure internet gold.

– I want to build a house around a conversation pit.

– Input any train station in Europe & this site maps all the places you can travel without transfers.

– Collective is the first online back office platform designed for Businesses-of-One. (via)

– A uterus trellis. Yep.

– I am completely hooked on these pants by Pashko. I wear them every day. They are super comfortable, lightweight and design-y looking.

– Outdoor Bar Caddie. Want.

– This tote bag made me chuckle.

– I love organizing things in boxes.

– This is what my fancy raincoat dreams are made of.

– Various deck of cards with prompts helping you have more meaningful conversations. Love it.

– How did I not realize cordless glue guns are a thing?

– The Dogist, the stories of dogs. I am here for this content.

– My friend Patricia wrote an article on The necessary art of retreat: On my mind: Not away from the world, but into it.

– The AirJelly is a remote-controlled jellyfish that glides through air thanks to a helium-filled ballonett propelled by a central electric drive unit.

– Here’s your chance to test drive a tattoo sleeve.

– Did you know CreativeMornings has a job board? There are a total of 1751 jobs currently listed of which 599 are remote friendly. This one takes the cake: MoMA is looking for a curatorial assistant in Contemporary design.

(via)

– My friend Gareth launched a beautifully minimal app that tracks how you feel. Love it.

– I gasped multiple times while listening to this interview with Sherri Mitchell in the latest Hurry Slowly Podcast episode on Showing Up in Fullness.

– A little bit of hope: Scientists Discover Method to Break Down Plastic in Days, Not Centuries

– This is wonderful: Royal frogs, masquerading lemurs, and florals with human faces are just some of the eccentric characters in acclaimed illustrator Bill Mayer’s gouache paintings.

– Now that I own a dog raincoats are on my radar. This is a cool one.

– My kids just told me about Photomath and I am stunned.

– A teenage treasure hunter pulled a safe containing thousands of dollars out of a river and returned the money to its rightful owner. Heart full.

– I love this old-school-looking lightbulb lantern.

– Delightful: Mushrooms, flowers, and fish are just some of the things you’ll find on Aynsley of Knotted Neon’s head.

– These stainless steel side tables are fascinating.

– Photographer captures dogs’ faces as they catch treats mid-air, and it’s sheer, hilarious joy

– Yep, my inner 15 year old wants one of these.

– A new study published in Evolutionary Psychology found that being humorous is the most effective way to flirt for both men and women.

– There are currently over 2,000 jobs listed on the CreativeMornings job board. 625 of them are remote friendly. (My wonderful friend Amit Gupta over at Sudowrite is hiring engineers.)

– Want to pretend you got a sleeve tattoo? Team Tattly got you as they launched their biggest tattoo yet: Say hello to the brand new Tattly Sleve Kits: One by Helen Dealtry and one by Jess Chen.

(via)

[Whispers] It’s been a moment since my last Link Pack. I know. Life has been a bit turbulent. I have been feeling a bit wobbly and didn’t have the brain space to tend to this garden as much as I would like. If you missed the Link Packs, thank you for caring. I appreciate you.

– I love the internet: This to that offers glue advice.

– This man is winning at life.

– This is delightful: Illustrations Transform Landscape Photos Into a Charming Cast of Characters

– This made me laugh.

– The physical therapy metaphor

– Some solid advice in this thread.

– Welcome to the museum of endangered sounds.

– What does the future sound like? In the early 20th century, one answer rang out from Luigi Russolo’s intonarumori — lever-operated machines designed to pop, sough, shriek, and shock.

– Stop Trying to Be Nice All the Time, by School of Life

– I find moles quite endearing: Uncovering the Secrets of Mole Motion

– I am LOVING my copy of Why Design Matters by Debbie Millman. Have you seen the book yet?

– 30 Affirmations (Free Phone Wallpapers)

– Mood Meter can help you answer the question How Are You Feeling.

– My friend Barbara made this Rosemary Shortbead recipe and it was beyond delicious.

– My friend has these linen sheets by Quince on her bed and they are beautiful and feel super soft. On my wishlist.

– Stray Dog Classics in Brooklyn sells vintage, meticulously restored Range Rovers from Spain. Drool.

– Always giggling at the fact that a lot of stores wouldn’t carry our original Tattly Mermaid because, you know, boobies. So we asked Jessi Preston to make one with a bikini top. Here you go.

– These jobs that caught my eye on the CreativeMornings Job Board: Esalen in Big Sur CA is hiring a night gate ward, a dishwasher, risk manager, director of advancement and a director of fundraising.

This is a soothing video to watch.

– The pavement surgeon.

– I am tempted to buy this LED headlamp for when I walk my dog at night in the woods.

– 7 books that will help you regain a sense of calm

– This colorful fashion brand makes me happy.

– In 1983 Architecutral Design Magazine launched a competition to for architects to design a doll house.

– How a talk begins by Austin Kleon

– These knitted hats by Mischa Lampert are super duper cool.

– Wait what, a cordless hand mixer?

– Kaze makes beautifully colorful disposable face masks.

– This toolbag has me swoon.

– I am obsessed with this dinnerware collection by Canvas. I saw it in person at the trade show this past weekend and the black rim is so subtle and beautiful.

– I want to buy this stair slide.

– The ‘do something for nothing’ movement that started with a free haircut

– A wonderful collection of images exploring the complexities of love – the joys, failures, self-love, family love, and everything in between.

– Put some art on you. It’s fun to pretend.

– There are currently 901 remote jobs listed on the CreativeMornings Job Board.

(via)

– Roxane Gay’s refreshing honesty on creative challenges. (via)

– A set of acrylic template rulers that allow you to easily cut a fold a paper bag into card holders, business card cases or snack pouches.

– Every year on December 12, a handwritten letter on oversized lined paper appears on a residential lawn in Chicago or Austin.

– This kid made me laugh. “I really wish I was in school right now.” (via)

– What if friendship, not marriage, was the center of our life?

– The New Possible → Visions of a world beyond crisis (via DD)

– Indifference is the enemy. Agreed.

– The new US Postal Service trucks make me laugh.

– I am surprised how excited I am about this webcam concept: Dell’s wire-free webcam could one day eradicate Zoom side-eye as it uses magnets to stick anywhere on your screen. Would love for it to become reality.

– A relationship is about inventing your own language,” says Sciamma. “You’ve got the jokes, you’ve got the songs, you have this anecdote that’s going to make you laugh three years later. It’s this language that you build. That’s what you mourn for when you’re losing someone you love. This language you’re not going to speak with anybody else.”

– “Movies are filled with heroes who take responsibility.” Seth Godin musing on our responsibility preferences

– How to Cope with Feeling Unfocused or Overwhelmed, by Tim Ferriss

– Absence of candor: “FOG.” It stands for “fact-deficient, obfuscating generalities.” Great read: Why we Praise Meaningless Jargon and Fail to Realize the Emperor has No Clothes

– I don’t need a pet step ladder but I secretly want it. It’s a beauty.

– For this Valentine’s Day gift your loved one some Tattly.

– There are currently over 2,600 jobs listed on the CreativeMornings job board. of which 725 are remote friendly.

Alan Watts on Trust

– 52 Things Kottke Learned in 2021. What an awesome list.

– Wordle Is a Love Story

– This is a lovely thread, full of truths. Especially: “Love always takes work, but it should never take suffering.”

– This is helpful: Inbox Zero trick: How to clean out your inbox on Gmail and start the year fresh.

– Another word for… Try Word Hippo. (Via Chris)

– Life’s lines of closeness

– 100 Notable Books of 2021, according to the NYTimes

– Loving this eye pillow.

– This thread is full of interesting newsletters

– I ordered one of these Desk Pads for my office. Can’t wait to try it.

– This LED torch looks beautiful and practical. But is it?

– I would have LOVEd The Nugget when I was a kid. So many possibilities for fun!

– How To Apologize

– Hiut Denim’s 2021 List of Makers + Mavericks. (Wildly honored to be included)

– Leaves with you provides rituals to create healing and ceremony at one’s end of life.

– The Year in Type (via Chris)

– Did you know Tattly launched removable Vinyl Stickers? Put art on your stuff!

– A big thank you to The New School for sponsoring my blog this week. The Interior Lighting Design Certificate at Parsons equips you with an understanding of the science of light and vision.

– The Photos of the Year for 2021

– “We lose sight of the fundamental tradeoff that the price of higher productivity is always lower creativity. All of it, Burkeman observes, is the product of an anxiety about time that springs from our stubborn avoidance of the elemental parameters of reality.” Against the Trap of Efficiency: The Counterintuitive Antidote to the Time-Anxiety That Haunts and Hampers Our Search for Meaning

– This Rainbow Scarf makes me happy.

– What went right in 2021: the top 26 good news stories of the year

– The best movies and TV of 2021, picked by NPR critics

– Joan Didion is dead at 87.She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing.

– You’re not uncool, making friends as an adult is hard (Two months into dog ownership, I can attest that having a dog is a Friend Making Machine)

– This post over on Colossal is fueling my love for foxes

– This Instagram account is pure gold. This post of finding your posse of missfits pulled me in.

– The literature clock tells you the current time using a literary snippet. (via)

– This Oak Pen Tray makes my minimalist heart sing.

– Typography fundamentals through Google Fonts.

– I’m going to close this deal using business words I’ve heard men yell in airports, by Wendi Aarons

– A big thank you to Caveday for sponsoring my blog this week. (Whispers: Team CreativeMornings is huge fans of Caveday.)

Happy Holidays to you all, my dear readers. Thank you for visiting my garden. I like tending to it and knowing that you enjoy my finds.

– This app helps you keep a shortlist of your favorite restaurants

– Totally into these colorful Verloop slippers.

– I love the feel and mission of The Organic Company.

– I don’t like to iron, I mostly use a steamer. I might treat myself to one of these this year.

– This blew my mind: CJ Hendry has done a series of photorealistic drawings of hair called BLONDE

– The celebrated illustrator Christoph Nieman reflects on changes in the industry over the past 30 years, in particular the impact of social media on artists’ work

– This is so cool: Water Shadow Curtain Turns Any Room into an Underwater Oasis

– Wellington, NZ, has over 300 individual, private cable cars to take residents up to their homes.

– I love this vintage looking drawer/labeling handles.

– A sustainable, moveable, open-air bath for swimming that floats in Copenhagen’s crystal clear harbor was the goal for Maritime Architecture Studio’s ‘Dyppezone’. A clever and good-looking concept for year-round bathing in the Danish capital’s waterfront.

– A zen puzzle game about unpacking a life (via Chris)

– This exam question is brilliant.

– This soap by Soeder is a big hit in Switzerland. I saw it EVERYWHERE.

– I am in awe of this round house in Los Altos Hills.

– Why do I want this?

– Trying to find a new job? Try the CreativeMornings Job Board. Or attend an upcoming chapter event or FieldTrip.

– This new Tattly Sheet by Gossamer Rozen is making me happy. Look at that squid!

– Grace Bonney is a force, she did it again: Her latest book Collective Wisdom celebrates the wisdom, inspiration, advice and lessons from a richly diverse group of trailblazing women over 50. Ordered!

– My friend Jon told me about Meowtel, a service that allows you to book a cat sitter, for drop-ins or even to stay at your house. Smart.

– Perfecting the New York Street: An achievable, replicable plan for a city that’s embracing public space as never before.

– The ladders of wealth creation: a step-by-step roadmap to building wealth

– This Shitshow puzzle made me giggle.

– Brilliant AirPod Hack: One way to help increase the chances of lost AirPods being returned to you is to change the name of your AirPods to a short contact message, like “Please return to YOUR PHONE NUMBER HERE.”

– We should all Adopt a Lyle.

– Sharks will soon have their own ‘superhighway’ in the Pacific Ocean

– Morph transforms from its own packable pouch to a formidable super tote.

– »the solution« by Anatol Knotek

– I love the layered paint art by Chinese artist Li Songsong.

– How does canned food last so long?

– The Eyeless Girls

– 6 Reasons Why Making Art is so Good for You(via)

– This thread: What’s one thing you’ve removed from your life that’s made it significantly better?

– A Pierogi Ornament

– My favorite towels by Onsen are currently 30% off.

– A fascinating video explaining how the the Covid vaccine works.

– “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.” Why Tokyo Works by Cole Lubchenko

– I adopted a dog 11 days ago. (I think she rescued me, not the other way around.)

– Trying to find a new job? Looking to hire? Have a glance at the CreativeMornings Job Board. (We keep hearing the kindest people and companies find each other.)

– Speaking of hiring: My company Tattly is hiring a head of creative. It’s a fantastic role. More info here. (Application deadline is Monday 11/15)