"Wonderland" by RISD grad Hye Yeon Nam @hnam
Wonderland from Hye Yeon Nam on Vimeo.
Fail Harder
Via Swissmiss: While visiting W+K Portland yesterday, I noticed this magnificent Fail Harder Mural, done by Wieden + Kennedy 12.
Over 100,000 thumbtacks were used over 351 hours to create this typographic mural that spells out Fail Harder, a message that underlines the importance of failure during the creative process. Absolutely fantastic. I would love to do something similar in my studio! Hat tip! (Make sure to watch the video below!
How to Become a Design Genius: Take Time Off. Lots of It.
More people use piano stairs
New book! Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People
My friend and colleague Emily Pilloton has recently published a book about the social design work she's doing. Read more about her on this Core77.com interview. Buy her book on Amazon. And meet her at this event taking place in San Francisco on October 13.
Congrats, Emily!
The Awesomeness Manifesto
Nike Tag commercial
Will consumer spending really stay down? : The New Yorker
Facebook offices
Mint.com: Nurtured by Super-Angel VCs - BusinessWeek
The linguistics of Apple
How to bike across France
Here are two sites for those who share my interest in traveling across the French countryside on a bike. The picture shows how little gear you can get away with during the trek. One day.
http://www2.arnes.si/%7Eikovse/weight.htm
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread7701.html
Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
85 Useful Free Mac Apps for Designers
Venice Beach, CA
Barcodes for the rest of us
50 Examples of Vintage Typography
The chair-less office
"A company will do well if you get rid of the chairs and computers"
- Hisashi Sakamaki, Canon President
The blue sign on the floor also says "Lets rush - if we don't then the company and world will perish." The corridor was designed to detect whether employees were walking at least 5 meters for every 3.6 seconds.
