July 2009
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“What does creativity mean? Making mistakes? Not knowing?”
– Twitter / Wolff Olins
“So don’t follow the money. Follow the excitement. The people inventing the...”
– Where Real Innovation Happens - Forbes.com
“Pain is temporary. Suck is forever.”
– Jay Shuster, Pixar
(via spaceminer)
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“But there’s another way of using time that’s common among people who...”
– Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
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“Being a famous designer is like being a famous dentist.”
– Noreen Morioka
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“Ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level...”
– Ambient Intimacy
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“Allan Seager’s original was about the dehumanizing effects of illness....”
– The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Maybe I Don’t Really Want to Know How Your Garden Grows
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“A five-step assembly sheet for an Ikea table will get me a table but won’t make...”
– Contrast | The Blog | 300+ tips from Machiavelli on advice
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WatchPerformance piece by Swiss Designer Filippo Nugara that expresses his feelings about Helvetica.
via swiss legacy
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“Motherfucking cocksucker motherfucking shit fucker what am I doing? What am I...”
– Albert Markovski – I Heart Huckabees (2004)
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“The “stupid publisher” notion has gained wide currency. It stems from the view...”
– The dysfunctional internet … or why Barry Colman isn’t stupid
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“Unless the commitment to innovation or design is authentic and heartfelt, rather...”
– Jonathan Ive on The Key to Apple’s Success
Paypal Survey Reveals Why Online Shoppers Abandon... →
Newspaper Club →
It’s a newspaper designed and printed for the BBC called 8.
It’s a collection of essays…
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Art and Code →
Golan Levin has announced that many of the talks at Art & Code are available online to watch here. Below is a video of Ben Fry and Casey Reas talking about Processing and above Golan…
“For something invisible, radiation is strangely charismatic. In the brief time...”
– Chernobyl offers a holiday in hell | Times Online
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“Dear Old People Who Run the World, My generation would like to break up with...”
– The Generation M Manifesto - Umair Haque
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This area of overlapping interest and concern. →
If this area represents the interest and concern of the design office.
and this the area of genuine interest to the client.
and this the concerns of society as a whole.
then it is in this area of overlapping interest and concern that the designer can work with conviction and enthusiasm.
NOTE: these areas are not static — they grow and develop as each one influences the others. ...
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“The logic of the Internet, a medium that is natively good at helping groups...”
– Clay Shirkey | Not an Upgrade — an Upheaval
“Normally online communities sort of start out, get good, then slide downward...”
– A Whole Lotta Nothing: I get by with a little help from 94552 friends
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“There’s just one fly in the decoupage: There are virtually no male sellers on...”
– Etsy.com peddles a false feminist fantasy.
“Battling the worst CMS you can imagine. By a local firm too. For every ingenuity...”
– Tim Archer
“Many designers fall in to the trap of not understanding how to tell the story of...”
– Brand agencies can teach designers a thing or two about storytelling. | Eye Blog
“But, then, the single greatest export on the internet—greater, even, than...”
– Paul Constant Reviews Twitter
ISABELLE VAVERKA →
Isabelle Vaverka
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“In the end, freemium is not a good model when the cost of delivering service to...”
– Freemium did not work for Phanfare
“Pessimism loves company. Optimism makes companies.”
– John Maeda – Twitter / johnmaeda
He forgot one →
In his article “Four Essential Members of a Great Design Team”, Michael Roller does a decent job of describing…well, personality types/skill sets that every design team should have. It’s a…
WatchIAM1 x INSA on Vimeo (via Vimeo)