Lucius Tiny Desk Concert
Tiny Desk Concerts, I love you. How did I not hear about Lucius sooner?
Small Mistakes | Big Mistakes
Small mistakes:
1. Messing up school exams.
2. Not finishing college.
3. Failing at your first business.
4. Failing at your second.Big Mistakes:
1. Not listening to your gut.
2. Not keeping your word.
3. Not looking after yourself.
4. Not looking for the good in people.
High Art
High Art from Jacob Krupnick on Vimeo.
“Height has replaced neighborhood.” Beautiful video piece by my friend Jacob Krupnick for the New York Times Magazine on the tallest residential building in NYC. Read the article.
Botanical Tattly
Loving this new Tattly design by German based tattoo artist Lara Maju. This is the closest I’ll ever get to a tattoo by a real legit tattoo artist. (Too chicken to get a real one!)
Anti-Drawing Machine
A robot that disrupts your drawings by Soonho Kwon. Made me laugh.
IKEA & Sonos
Sonos and Ikea created a collaborative line of speakers. One of which is also a lamp.
People Matter, Real Life Matters
This vulnerable talk by Grace Bonney hit me in the heart. In it she speaks on the last 15 years of running Design*Sponge and why 2019 will be her final year. She unpacks the noteworthy lessons she’s learned along the way and what truly matters even in this digital age.
Pass the Salt!
This is the funnest Rube Goldberg Machine I have ever seen. My kids’ minds were blown!
Ladybugs
The brand new Ladybug Tattly by Lorien Stern is my new favorite.
Youmna
My friend Youmna, force behind Live Love Bierut is a very special human.
Friday Link Pack
How to make hard choices by Ruth Chang.
– Only a few hours left in my friend Youmna Cham Cham’s Kickstarter to help reduce Lebanon’s Waste Crisis. Let’s get her to her goal, it’s so close!
– I am weirdly intrigued by this seat cushion/chair pad.
– Fun: Space Cake Toppers
– Bryce is debating spending a year in NYC or LA and asked for pros and cons on Twitter. Interesting thread.
– Jessica Orkin on deep listening
– Hindsight 2070: “What do we do now that will be considered unthinkable in 50 years?”. Interesting: Bosses will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now.
– Sir David Attenborough’s Our Planet dropped on Netflix.
– I dig this mirror shape.
– A Manual to Managing Procrastination
– “People hire people who look like them and that’s the problem.”
– GIF Maker Thoka Maer has one of my favorite CreativeGuild profiles.
– “If your camera captures the moment, then your brain doesn’t. Henkel came up with a frightening term for this phenomenon: the “photo-taking-impairment effect.”
– This Instagram account titled notes from your therapist keeps hitting me right in the heart.
– Recipe: Easy Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus
– Krista Tippett: Belief is Complicated
– These bathroom accessories are beeeeautiful.
– Mr. Rogers had a simple set of rules for talking to children (via)
– Side table trash can. Not sure I want a trash can next to my couch but I am intrigued.
– The Quality of your thinking depends on the models in your head
– New life motto: Until further notice celebrate everything
– Human-size sticks of chalk—each 64 inches long and approximately 120 pounds—fill Gallery 7, which has been transformed into an environment open to spontaneous mark-making.
– Psst.. Tattly is currently running a 30% Sale.
– Over 2,300 creative jobs are currently listed on the CreativeGuild. This makes me so happy.
Being an Advocate for Love
Beautiful talk by poet and author Cleo Wade.
A Timelapse of the Entire Universe
10-minute time lapse video showing the history of the universe, from its formation 13.8 billion years ago up to the present. Hat tip to the creator, John Boswell.
(Via Kottke)
Paddle Art
Look, arts-y ping pong paddles! They are part of an art exhibition in Glasgow raising funds for a community table tennis club. Fun!
Indoor Fountain
Loving this chic, minimalist, white-noise-producing desktop fountain by Los Angeles-based ceramicist Lily Clark. This would make for a way nicer cat fountain than the one I own.
Bamboo Basket
This bamboo basket with leather handles is absolutely lovely. Totally wishlisted.
Curing Egg Yolk
Turn your yolks into a salty, tasty addition for pasta, salads and more with this old-school curing technique. So fascinated by this. Definitely want to give this a try.
Trash Compactor
This Trash Compactor made me look. We had a similar garbage can as a kid growing up in Switzerland. They became a thing once you had to pay for each bag of garbage you put outside. Also, garbage pickup was only once a week! Imagine that, New Yorkers!
Marie Kondo Your Twitter Feed
This site allows you to go Marie Kondo on the accounts you follow on Twitter. It guides you through them, one by one, and asks you; is what they are sharing sparking joy? Insightful exercise. (And, of course, I kept following Liz Danzico)
Little Chocolate Bar Puzzle
I absolutely love this chocolate bar puzzle.