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Jumping on the James Blake bandwagon. This song is stunning and...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:46:08 -0400

Jumping on the James Blake bandwagon. This song is stunning and this video is haunting.

A rare, wonderful, and timeless interview with Agnes Martin from...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:35:25 -0400

A rare, wonderful, and timeless interview with Agnes Martin from 1997. (via brain pickings)

Ampersands! And dozens and dozens more.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:05:30 -0400

Ampersands! And dozens and dozens more.

Um. This is amazing. Stephen Hawking lego set!

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:55:23 -0400

Um. This is amazing. Stephen Hawking lego set!

Photographic works by Yang Yongliang. (ᔥbut does it float)

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:35:24 -0400

Photographic works by Yang Yongliang. (ᔥbut does it float)

Gorgeous animated black & white geometry by Carlo Vega.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:05:28 -0400

Gorgeous animated black & white geometry by Carlo Vega.

How our food gets to the table This is a clip from Samsara, a...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:00:28 -0400

How our food gets to the table

This is a clip from Samsara, a 2011 film directed by Ron Fricke, who was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi. The chicken picker machine hoovering up chickens and depositing them into drawers is one of the most dystopian things I’ve ever seen. (via kottke.org)

Gorgeous aerial shots of tulip fields in The Netherlands...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:05:31 -0400

Gorgeous aerial shots of tulip fields in The Netherlands by French photographer Normann Szkop.

How amazing is this photo of Central Park from above by Russian...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:00:31 -0400

How amazing is this photo of Central Park from above by Russian photographer Sergey Semenov?

Grace Kelly, 1956

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:00:29 -0400

Grace Kelly, 1956

Great PBS Off Book video on 3D Printing.

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:20:54 -0400

Great PBS Off Book video on 3D Printing.

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:17:27 -0400

A particularly lovely post by Seth Godin "On feeling small"

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:12:00 -0400

“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.” E. M. Forster

The small feeling produced by art comes from dancing with our muse and allowing our inspiration to take us somewhere the resistance would rather avoid. We feel small in the face of magic and connection. Feeling small gives us the guts to create something bigger, bigger than ourselves, the art of human connection and the gift of generosity.

On the other hand, the critic who seeks to beef himself up at our expense diminishes no one but himself.

"Most of the mediocre design today comes from designers who are faithfully doing as they were taught..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:05:29 -0500

“Most of the mediocre design today comes from designers who are faithfully doing as they were taught in school: they worship at the altar of the visual.”

- Michael Bierut from Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design, Chapter 2: Why Designers Can’t Think

"You need to learn to sing. Because if you don’t, you’re always going to be at the mercy of some..."

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:05:30 -0500

“You need to learn to sing. Because if you don’t, you’re always going to be at the mercy of some asshole singer.”

- Tom Pecora, via Derek Siver when he was learning to play the guitar in a band context. Siver then applies this to other domains.

E.g, replace playing the guitar with designing user experiences, and replace asshole singer with asshole programmer. :. learn to program.

(via tonyhschu)

I love this photo(?) but have no idea who shot(?) it. Perfect...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:54:38 -0500

I love this photo(?) but have no idea who shot(?) it. Perfect for a cold gray Saturday morning with no plans and lots of hope.

Happy 2013! Be safe and have fun out there, kids. Thanks for...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:44:32 -0500

Happy 2013! Be safe and have fun out there, kids. Thanks for following me this year.

This animation by Florian Geyer on understanding music is...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:25:25 -0500

This animation by Florian Geyer on understanding music is absolutely gorgeous. Truly brilliant. One of the best animations I’ve seen all year.

"If you are late for work in the morning in Bombay, and you reach the station just as the train is..."

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:33:18 -0500

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If you are late for work in the morning in Bombay, and you reach the station just as the train is leaving the platform, you can run up to the packed compartments and find many hands stretching out to grab you on board, unfolding outwards from the train like petals. As you run alongside the train, you will be picked up and some tiny space will be made for your feet on the edge of the open doorway. The rest is up to you. You will probably have to hang on to the door frame with your fingertips, being careful not to lean out too far lest you get decapitated by a pole placed too close to the tracks.

But consider what has happened. Your fellow passengers, already packed tighter than cattle are legally allowed to be, their shirts already drenched in sweat in the badly ventilated compartment, having stood like this for hours, retain an empathy for you, know that your boss might yell at you or cut your pay if you miss this train, and will make space where none exists to take one more person with them.

And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Brahmin or untouchable, or whether you were born in this city or arrived only this morning, or whether you live in Malabar Hill or New York or Jogeshwari; whether you’re from Bombay or New York.

All they know is that you’re trying to get to the city of gold, and that’s enough. Come on board, they say. We’ll adjust.

”

- Suketu Mehta, Maximum City

"I once read that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting..."

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:58:18 -0500

“I once read that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I fundamentally disagree with this idea. I think that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of hope.”

- Debbie Millman (via explore-blog)