This Trikona ring looks like a crown for your finger. I like it.
Beauty
“Beauty is that in the presence of which we feel more alive.”
– John O’Donohue
Backpack / Tent
David Shatz’s Melina transforms from backpack into sleeping tent in one quick action. Love this.
The Art of Asking
“From what I’ve seen, it isn’t so much the act of asking that paralyzes us–it’s what lies beneath: the fear of being vulnerable, the fear of rejection, the fear of looking needy or weak. The fear of being seen as a burdensome member of the community instead of a productive one. It points, fundamentally, to our separation from one another.”
– Amanda Palmer
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Magical Kitchen Drawers
I love these mechanical drop-down drawers that hide behind upper cabinets.
Come Work With Me
Come work with my team and me at Tattly! We are hiring a Sales Manager.
Graphic Design Before Computers
This is what graphic design was Like before computers. I am grateful I learned to become a graphic designer with the tools we have today.
Today Show features Tattly
What an absolute honor to have been featured on The Today Show! NATIONAL TV EVERYONE! My heart! I am having all the feels! For a small bootstrapped company like Tattly, this is huge! I want to thank all the people involved in making this happen! I wish I could hug you all! Watching the segment made me tear up, here’s why.
Friday Link Pack
ALIVE INSIDE follows social worker Dan Cohen as he fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat both memory loss and alzheimer’s and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. A joyous exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls.
– So glad that my friend Maria pointed me to Tara Brach’s guided meditations a few years back. Pretty much listening to Tara’s soothing voice daily.
– I would totally be ok with this Le Corbusier Tapestry in my home.
– This is winning the internet: “Florida woman is fighting to keep her motorcycle-riding alligator”
– Oh, please no: Flying Drone Billboards!
– This Googler Explains How To Design Your Time Rather Than Manage It
– Vintage Acorn Botanical Print. Lovley.
– Kitchen Towel Display Ladder. Minimal and beautiful.
– This site documents the beautiful and strange glitch art that happens at times when a computers are having a moment. Next time it happens to you, take a screenshot and submit yours! (I wish they wouldn’t repeat the Thanks Adobe overlay on every screenshot)
– My son would approve: Pizza Night Light.
– Clay Shirky on how social media is reshaping politics in an “article” composed, of course, entirely of tweets (via)
– Glitter beard kit? The end is near.
– The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is proposing the first ever effort to let internet users choose how much information an Internet Service Provider is allowed to collect, and how that information is used.
– Sophie Gamand takes photos of pit bull shelter dogs wearing flower crowns to help us see this breed in a more gentle light.
– This public lemon squeezer made me laugh.
– Woah: On April 10th, 2015, 17,857 people protested in front of the Spanish Parliament in the only way the Gag Law allowed them to, as holograms.
– I need to get one of these for my son’s LEGO.
– Golden Ratio Cookie Cutter. Goes well with the Golden Ratio Tattly.
– Anton and I are psyched it’s the weekend!
– Come work with me, Tattly is hiring a Sales Manager.
Backpack by Puritan
Loving this minimal backpack by Puritan.
Artists and Their Studios
Beautiful to see a glimpse into the spaces artists use to create their art: 100 famous artist and their studios.
(via Jocelyn)
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Case Study Cylinder Plant Pot With Stand
Love this raised cylinder plant pot.
Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt
In this moving talk, Casey Gerald urges us all to question our beliefs and embrace uncertainty. What a remarkable man.
Paper Room Divider
This beautiful paper screen by Yasutoshi Mifune can be changed to various shapes and sizes depending on how you assemble the modular pieces of paper.
The First Principles Method
“I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it’s like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there.”
How Elon Musk Thinks: The First Principles Method
How To Sharpen Pencils
“You can sharpen a pencil without a pencil sharpener, but you can’t sharpen a pencil without a pencil.” How to Sharpen A Pencil. Made me laugh.
(via Coudal)
Remarkable Humans
Ever think someone is a remarkable human being? Tell them! They might not realize and be really hard on themselves…
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) March 17, 2016
Hand Cloud Poster
There is something weirdly fascinating about this Hand Cloud Poster.
Home Screen Homie
Homescreen Homie lets you put a selfie in the most precious place, the home screen of your friend’s phone, in the form of an app icon. From there, they can tap your face to instantly text, call or view your Instagram profile. You can also create your own gallery of Homies on your phone’s home screen!
If my daughter had a phone she’d be all over this.
Beyond Prison
Beyond Prison is a creative collaboration between numerous filmmakers, photographers, writers, designers and developers from all over the world. The project was drawn up in the US and its stories – in the form of short documentary films, photography, animated infographics, and articles – explore innovative approaches to rehabilitation and offer a new vision of what prison could be: a place of transformation from the inside out.
Extremely well done. Thoughtful. Moving.
To Round
Interesting visual approach to a to-do list: To Round is a task manager showing your tasks as bubbles in a funnel. Looks beautiful and seems playful. I am intrigued. Discovered via ProductHunt. (But man, my version of To Round would look like a giant ball pit!)
(I am using TeuxDeux daily and it keeps me sane. Make it your browser landing page and you will stay organized throughout the day!)