These designer cakes by Tortik Annushka are breathtaking.
One of the co-founders is teaching cake making online classes. How fun!
Stay & Wander Photography
My friend Libby pointed me to this Instagram Account by Stay & Wander. I found myself scrolling for a very long time.
Ecocapsule
This futuristic looking mini home called Ecocapsule made me gasp. It’s a fully off-grid, smart, self-sustainable micro-unit, powered only by solar and wind energy. It allows you to stay in remote places out of reach of urban networks. It has room for one or two people usable as a cottage, pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to be. You can read more here.
Heritage Bike Helmet
Hello there, pretty bike helmet.
Tattly Are Waterproof
Summer is here in NY and that’s a good time to remind everyone that Tattly are indeed waterproof. Go sleeve up, dive in, have some fun!
Opera for Potted Plants
This is the world I want to believe in: Barcelona’s Liceu opera house reopens for performance to an audience of 2,292 potted plants. My heart!
My Life in Weeks
My life in weeks poster is a powerful visual reminder how short life is. Each box corresponds to one week in an average 88-year lifespan, and every filled-in box is one that you have already lived.
Where are the Black Designers?
This digital conference called Where are the Black Designers, which happened two days ago, is nothing short of incredibly impressive. Huge congrats to Mitzi Oku, the organizer.
What’s The Best Lesson You’ve Learned?
What's your best lesson you've learnt?
— DO Lectures (@DOLectures) June 23, 2020
This thread is pure gold.
Revolutionary Love
This. Made. Me. Sob.
Thank you Valarie Kaur, you are a gift to this world.
Love Is Wise
I love the work and name of illustrator Love is Wise.
Black Lives Matter CSS
All proceeds of this Black Lives Matter CSS Shirt directly benefit organizations that support Black LGBTQIA+ folks.
To Show Up Imperfectly
I keep reminding myself of this.
Masks Custom Printed With Your Own Face
Danielle Baskin, the creator of “masks that unlock your phone” has now launched Maskalike, a service that prints images onto protective face masks.
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Modern Danish Knife Block
Loving this modern Danish knife block.
The Loss of Chance Meetings
One of the biggest things lost in remote work is chance meetings. These are very important, but hard to quantify. If you measure productivity on individual projects, everything will seem fine. Yet when you read stories of how things happened, chance meetings were often crucial.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 10, 2020
I am feeling this Tweet (and the responses) on the loss of chance meetings by going remote. I personally thrive on the unstructured, serendipitous meetings. Trying to figure out how to create them in a remote context, some folks seem to believe it’s possible.
Colour Paddles (1970s)
A 1970s teaching aid designed to teach children about colour mixing. The transparent paddles can be layered up to make new colours. Love!
Reusable Bamboo Makeup Remover Pads
I am not the beauty blogger type, but these Reusable Bamboo Makeup Remover Pads deserve a plug. I use and love them.
Lofi Hip Hop Radio
Chilledcow is fantastic background movie for working, thinking, writing. Also you Spotify, and Instagram.
Some of my Favorite Personal Blogs
My blog is turning 15 today. Maintaining this little corner on the internet has been one of the most rewarding projects ever. I wish more people would go back to owning their content, maintaining their own, well curated corner of the internet. Some of the folks that are doing that and I consistently go back to are:
What personal blogs do you go back to regularly?
Let’s bring blogrolls back!
Happy my 15th blog-iversary to you! Thank you for reading. I appreciate you.
Distance Disco
Distance Disco is a digital matchmaking dance party: find the person dancing to your song! I love this so much!