February 2012
4 posts
WatchDocumented@Davos: Paulo Coelho, Author
Coelho discusses his thoughts on the future of the publishing industry, why he loves ebooks and why he loves his kindle more than his iPad.
RIP Mike Kelley
such a sweet website too
“Based on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this next track because we...”
– The Growing Creepiness of Pandora’s Music Recommendations
“In order to arrive at a personal style, you have to have a technique to begin...”
– “You practice and you get better. It’s very simple,” iconic composer Philip Glass famously said.
January 2012
28 posts
“Bierut’s essay, which distinguishes between process- and portfolio-based schools...”
– Why Designers Still Can’t Think
List of inventors killed by their own inventions -... →
This is why Wikipedia is better than Encyclopedia Britannica.
“There is indeed a common trait in the typical way creative thinkers approach...”
– The Truth: Creativity Comes From Blending Dissonant Goals Into Radical Harmony
Collaboration vs Solitude isn’t the dichotomy that seems to have been the de jour talk over the last two weeks. Any form of work takes multiple methods to get to an end. The real challenge is how ideas are...
WatchLANEWAYS IS GONNA BE AWESOME
“I don’t give a shit but I care quite a lot.”
– Richard Serra
“Viral success on the internet is a strange phenomenon. Marketers spend hundreds...”
– Watching Hipster Runoff Eat its Own Tail
Online is the new Vaudeville.
“But for every grumbling codger who departs this mortal coil there’s a new baby...”
– When the Internet ate my son’s manga magazine
“Commercial landowners like parking lots; they generate cash until better...”
– Between the Lines
Dear Auckland CBD landlords, you suck.
“After three weeks of non-reading, my brain felt a bit numb. I told myself that I...”
– In the Land of the Non-Reader
WatchIt’s a Process: On Location in Skowhegan, Maine with Hennessey Youngman
“Apple is not above design criticism. Nor should any company or company’s...”
– The importance of critiquing Apple / Steven Heller
“I used to point out, at art school you can teach the craft; it’s the poetry you...”
– David Hockney is always right and always wrong
“In the Internet age, anyone can be an expert, and anyone who says otherwise is...”
– The Politics of Economics in the Age of Shouting - Bill Keller
2 tags
“DW’s website is reinventing itself as ‘design news’, but as for where you...”
– Review of The Year, 2011 - johnson banks thought for the week
Johnson Banks wrap up of 2011 is spot on as always.
December 2011
16 posts
“Don’t use Twitter, almost never see it.”
– Noam Chomsky
Things to do while jetlagged
Go to Shibuya Crossing, play the drive soundtrack, eat okonomiyaki
For your LinkedIn profile
I have the next 2 decades of my job descriptions named thanks to Kim Jong Il
List of Kim Jong-il’s titles
WatchBlack Mirror - 15 Million Merits by Painting Practice
In terms of the graphics we generated, we wanted them to be a little bit like Angry Birds. We felt this would get over the idea that he’s living in an iPhone. This idea that even when we’re talking, we stop to look at our iPhones (even though it’s quite rude). In episode two the claustrophobic screen bedroom is a bit like that - a bit like...
WatchTherefore, if “contemporary art” isn’t “from today” anymore, but just a continuing period of the XIX° century “modern art”, we can proclaim – without hesitation – the existence of the Super Modern Art. It has existed for 10 years now across the web and new technologies. Super-modern art is a virtual museum.
SUPER ART MODERN MUSEUM - SPAMM - MUSEE DES ARTS SUPER MODERNES
“Now the line has blurred again with this week’s ‘launch’ of what, on the...”
– Blurring the lines - the johnson banks thought for the week
Showing the what if in a brand presentation is the easy part, getting an item through the design process to emerge the other side is the hard slog. Anyone can mock up a better idea in Photoshop, but it isn’t Design with a capital D...
“In other words, there’s a surprisingly easy way to figure out how you feel...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Email and Friendship
“Sadly, our civilization has no time for dreams. There’s no money in them.”
– Jan Svankmajer
1 tag
“I like to urge designers to always ask themselves: “Does this logo look like a...”
– StumbleUpon - Brand New
“In fact, it is now usually cheaper to just try something than to sit around and...”
– Joichi Ito - Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants
“It’s easy to see the usefulness of X-Ray, particularly for reference...”
– Nicholas Carr’s Blog: The remains of the book
November 2011
20 posts
“The Internet is a big distraction,” Mr. Bradbury barked from his perch in his...”
– A Literary Legend Fights for a Ventura County Library - NYTimes.com
Ray Bradbury is awesome