Create

“If I couldn’t create there would be nothing for me to live for. It’s selfish, I know, but geniuses are selfish.”
Miles Davis

Miles Davis talks Dizzy and Drawing

A Day In The Life Of A Cat Owner

(via The Curious Brain)

Friday Link Pack

– This door stopper made me chuckle.

– This is a beautiful wall mounted scratch post.

Courage by John Perkins.

How to Hail a Taxi Around the World (via)

22 Questions to Reignite Love

– Loving this tea packaging in the shape of books.

Doing the Right Thing > Doing Things Right

– Never thought I could get so obsessed with a ladder. But the Lucano ladder really won my design heart.

1 Hotel, a new hotel right next to the Brooklyn Bridge, overlooking Manhattan looks stunning.

Boyfriends of Instagram is a humorous ode to the long-suffering boyfriends of Insta ladies around the world.

Celebrating the design of cinema tickets.

– Just as we need food and water to thrive physically, we need to feel a sense of belonging to thrive psychologically

– A perforated yearly calendar. Fun.

– I want to go so I can learn what I should be teaching my kids so they don’t have to go: Adulting School Teaches Young Adults Grown-Up Skills

How to Use Countable to Keep Track of What Congress Is Working On

How to roast any vegetable

100% Human.

Now that’s a beautiful playground structure.

Gumdrop science experiments.

Screen time guidelines need to be built on evidence, not hype

Nutella Crepe Cake. OMG!

– Next time, if you want to make sure that new information has really sunk in, you need to keep practicing a little longer; even after you think you can’t possibly get any better. The Trick to Actually Remembering What You Learn

Combatting stereotypes: How to talk to your children

– Come work with me: I am hiring a Custom Sales Manager for Tattly as well a Studio Manager for Friends Work Here.

MailChimp made a bunch of things that sounds like their name. Just because. I <3 this company.

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The New York Times Crossword

Ready to conquer The New York Times Crossword? Here’s a sampling of 11 — hand-picked by Will Shortz — to get you started.

How To (Steam) Clean a Microwave

I will definitely give this steam cleaning of my microwave a try.

Vogue x Tattly

Tattly recently launched the biggest collaboration to date: A vintage Vogue collection. The illustrations, all from the early 1900’s, celebrate Vogue’s 125th anniversary! It is an incredibly honor to be partnering with a prestigious brand such as Vogue. My heart!

Svante Watering Can

Broberg & Ridderstråle’s watering can is made of brass with two odd-shaped spouts- one flared spout for filling and one skinny spout for pouring. I love its unusual shape. Wishlisted!

Syr

Syr, a crowdfunded restaurant in Utrecht, Netherlands that employs recently arrived Syrian and Afghan refugees, offering them a platform to share their cuisine, to earn money, to share their stories and to pursue educational programs. We need more of this!

Art

“You can either think of art as a pipe that you shout down, or as a way to make something happen in the world.”
– Brian Eno

The Creators Code

Squid Skin

This is is remarkably fascinating: Squid speak a unique, undeciphered language using their skin

Blooming Sketchbooks

I just fell in love with Eva Magill-Oliver’s sketchbooks .

“Hymn” by VeilHymn

Can’t stop listening to VeilHymn, a musical collaboration between Devonté Hynes and Bryndon Cook. Part of Mailchimp’s beautiful and slightly absurd campaign consisting of videos and mini websites. My other favorite is MailShrimp.

Jacques Cousteau on Atlantis and Cognac

Fallon Falloff Bowls

Hayden Martis’ Fallon Falloff Bowls are the type of bowls you never have to put away because of their sculptural qualities. Simply stunning.

Avocado Sticker

Where has this Avocado sticker been all my life?

Friendship

“The surprising finding is that the closest, most intimate, and most trusting relationships appear to be distinguished not by how the partners respond to each other’s disappointments, losses, and reversals but how they react to good news.”

– The Myths of Happiness

A quote found in this article titled: This Is How To Make Friends As An Adult: 5 Secrets Backed By Research

How to Draw Perfect Circles Without a Compass

Need to draw a circle but you don’t have a compass? This video will help!

Serving Trays

These serving trays by Darin Montgomery are a thing of beauty.

Fuzzy Clutch

I am weirdly intrigued by this colorful fuzzy clutch.

This Is Coffee

This is Coffee!: A 1961 Tribute to Our Favorite Stimulant

Details

The details are not the details; they make the product.
– Charles and Ray Eames