American artist Tauba Auerbach printed the RGB Colorspace Atlas as a record of the full RGB gradient in 3,632 stunning pages of pigmented awesomeness. YES!
(thank you @kirstin / via jeanniejeannie)
Insites – The Book
Pre-orders for Insites: The Book *just* opened! It is a beautiful, limited edition, 256-page book by Elliot Jay Stocks and Keir Whitacker.
Insites features no code snippets and no design tips; instead, 20 personal conversations with people I personally look up to in our web community.
Read about Jason Santa Maria, Cameron Moll, Ethan Marcotte, Alex Hunter, Brendan Dawes, Simon Collison, Dan Rubin, Andy McGloughlin, Kevin Rose and Daniel Burka, Josh Brewer, Ron Richards, Trent Walton, Ian Coyle, Mandy Brown, Sarah Parmenter, Jim Coudal, Jeffrey Zeldman, Tim Van Damme, and Jon Hicks (oh and yours truly).
I started reading some of the stories and I am being reminded that even the biggest successes have the smallest, most humble of beginnings. Get your copy of Insites!
Nesso Table Lamp
One day I will own a Nesso Table Lamp. It is represented in the MoMA’s collection and made by Artemide.
Simply Begin
“Our creativity comes from without, not from within. We are not self-made. We are dependent on one another, and admitting this to ourselves isn’t an embrace of mediocrity and derivativeness. It’s a liberation from our misconceptions, and it’s an incentive to not expect so much from ourselves and to simply begin.”
– Kirby Ferguson
A quote from Kirby’s TED Talk.
To Pare Down Decisions
“You need to remove from your life the day-to-day problems that absorb most people for meaningful parts of their day. “You’ll see I wear only gray or blue suits,” he said. “I’m trying to pare down decisions. I don’t want to make decisions about what I’m eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make.” He mentioned research that shows the simple act of making decisions degrades one’s ability to make further decisions. It’s why shopping is so exhausting. “You need to focus your decision-making energy. You need to routinize yourself. You can’t be going through the day distracted by trivia.”
President Barack Obama in this Vanity Fair Article titled Obama’s Way
(via bobulate)
Your Conviction
“There were many, many places along the way where the advice I was getting was counterintuitive to what I wanted to do. I hear this from my students as well, and I tell them that it’s really a gift when people disagree with you and don’t support your choice. You know why? Because it tests your conviction about how important it is to you.”
– Tina Seelig
Things To Make
My studiomate Bekka Palmer has a staggering 3,198,808 Pinterest followers. It’s quite something. Well, she is quite something. Fabulous for all kinds of reasons. I just discovered her Things To Make Board and I can’t wait to get crafty with Ella (6). Thank you Bekka.
The Invisible Dog
The wonderfully charming Lucien Zayan runs The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn. He has turned what used to be an old building filled with junk into a cultural center. A few years ago, Lucien was visiting from France, fell in love with the building, saw the potential and got to work.
He has since filled the Invisible Dog with so much passion and love for the arts that I happily call him the King of Bergen Street. It’s people like him that add so much to a neighborhood and to a community.
Lucien hosts art exhibits, a theatre, artist studios and a space you can rent for events. We have hosted a CreativeMornings there in the past and in just a few weeks Brooklyn Beta will have their third conference at The Invisible Dog.
As you can tell, I am quite fond of the institution and Lucien. He is a man with a heart of gold. He deserves all the support in the world. Join me in backing The Invisible Dog on Kickstarter?
(Oh, and I am honored to be part of his Kickstarter video, of course!)
Butterfly
I have a new favorite Tattly, the Butterfly by Fiona Richards.
FREITAG – Out Of The Bag
FREITAG recently published a new book called Out of the Bag. I got my hands on a copy and if you’re like me, fascinated by the FREITAG story, then you should get yourself a copy. The book looks at how this small, SWISS creative start-up became a large brand with such an incredibly strong identity. FREITAG’s history and processes are explained, commented upon, and presented in often surprising ways.
V71 F-Buch / V72 F-Book from FREITAG lab. ag on Vimeo.
And this is the newest bag I am currently drooling over. #youcanthavetoomanyFRETITAGbags
Wee Society Print
These personalized prints by Wee Society are quite charming. Choose from 26 alphabetized characters who each hide one special letter, and personalize with your child’s name and an optional silly (or slightly more serious) statement.
Gravity
I was just trying to explain the concept of Gravity to my daughter this weekend. This video will help.
(via explore)
Minimal WordPress Themes
Do you know of a minimal WordPress Theme that I could point a friend to? (Found a few but am hoping to find a not so well known gem.)
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) September 17, 2012
Earlier today I asked my Twitter Followers if they knew of any hidden gems for minimal, clean WordPress Themes. Here are some of the responses I got so far:
pagelines.com (thank you Bianca)
themezilla.com (thank you Anna)
wpshower.com (thank you Chesley)
thethemefoundry.com (thank you @3thriftyguys)
themecobra.com (thanks Rob)
madebyraygun.com (thank you Dave)
themefurnace.com (Thank you Justin)
manifest (thank you WITphotography)
dessign.net (thank you Marios)
standardtheme.com (thank you Joel)
Thanks for everyone that chimed in. And feel free to leave more suggestions in a comment below. I will pick the best ones and suggest them to my friend who is looking to start a blog!
PadMapper
Are you currently apartment hunting? You might want to try PadMapper! It plots the apartments on a big map, and lets you filter for exactly what you want. There are also neat overlays to help you learn about the different areas.
Great apartment deals can be gone within a matter of hours. So set your filters and map area, then choose the “Get Email Alerts for this Search” option to get alerts on new listings that match.
If you zoom in far enough, a bar at the bottom of the screen will let you map out the nearby grocery stores, gyms, bars, restaurants, and more.
NASA Remembers Neil Armstrong
A touching tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon in July of 1969.
(via Doobybrain)
Friday Link Pack
One final push before our CreativeMornings Kickstarter ends on Monday Morning!
– The 9 warning signs of an amateur artist (via explore)
– Need some email newsletter design inspiration? Here you go.
– New Yorkers, are you ready for the DUMBO Arts Festival?
– Simple Genius: A Condom You Can Open With One Hand
– A Video Compilation Showing The Origin of Popular Memes
– Shelter of Nostalgia by Worapong Manupipatpong
– My studiomate Rob Weychert wrote an interesting post about how Rdio has changed his music listening behaviors.
– Analog way of keeping track of your Hallowe’en costume history.
– Want to join Team Tattly? Here’s your chance.
– A badass Mini NookaNooka Hello Kitty
– 60 years of Presidential attack ads, in a single video.
– Statistical Atlases of Everything (liquor, Methodists, malaria…) in 19th-century USA (via @curiousoctopus)
– Worst College Majors for Your Career (via coudal)
– How to Make Your Own Cotton Candy Machine for $45
Liking People
“To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.”
-Bertrand Russell
Thank You Internet!
In the past 27 days, the internet has “crushed” Team CreativeMornings with a massive amount of kindness and generosity. Consider me humbled.
27 days ago we launched our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to build a digital archive for all our talks, a digital home for all things CreativeMornings. We reached our goal the first day, in fact, we reached it in the first 3 hours. And we realized, that every additional $ we raise will help make the site better and allow us to add features that will make attendees and hosts happy, all around the globe.
Thank you all for your generosity. And for your belief in us. We promise, we won’t dissapoint.
In case you have pledged for Lisa Congdon’s print or Kate Bingaman Burt’s T-Shirt, I am happy to share the designs:
You can still get your hands on these over on our Kickstarter Page.
Thank you so much for your support!
Waving from Brooklyn,
Tina + Kevin + Carly + Craig + All The Chapter Hosts
PPS: New Yorkers, you might want to know that there are still a few spots available for the secret Kickstarter CreativeMornings on Tuesday October 9th with Jason Santa Maria and Frank Chimero as the speakers. Check for the $50 Pledge.
Andrew Zuckerman / Flower
For the past year, Andrew Zuckerman has been working on a new book, entirely dedicated to the beautiful world of Flowers. Created with the support of the New York Botanical Garden, the Smithsonian Institute, and The Fairchild Tropical Garden, the images in FLOWER encompass over 200 species of flora.
The book, will be available this November, but for now you can admire the photos in the project’s microsite.
I admire how Andrew considers the development of the microsite as an integral piece to the finished work. At flowerthebook.com, you can explore images and species not included in the book, the botanical information for all of the varieties on the site, and time lapse films of the life cycle of 7 species.
Congratulations Andrew, on yet another beautiful art piece.
The Modern Family: Part One
What a stunning house to raise kids in. It’s located in Carmel, California, designed by Lake|Flato Architects.
(via Dwell)
Birds of Aperture
Birds of Aperture. New prints by Paul Octavious.
Everpurse charges your iPhone Magically in your Bag
Ever notice that your smartphone dies JUST when you need it most? Everpurse is about to solve that problem, elegantly: To charge, all you have to do is slip your phone into the special charging pocket inside the purse! Whether you’re at work or out on the town, your Everpurse will keep your phone charged all day long. You can carry your Everpurse inside a bigger bag, or by itself. When you get home, simply drop your Everpurse on the white charging mat for wireless charging!
I am totally backing this Kickstarter. Congrats to the Everpurse folks for a wonderful idea and a beautifully designed execution!
(thanks Rusty)
♥ / Stomping Ground Photo
A big thank you to Stomping Ground Photo for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
Photography has moved on, but the school portrait has not. Fun is frowned upon. Moving is unacceptable. Personality must be squashed. Until now.
Brooklyn-based Stomping Ground Photo, has reinvented the school picture. Colored backdrops, hand held cameras, and talented photographers make a very different school picture experience. See for yourself.
Parents and schools love that there is no pre-pay, it’s all online, and you get a selection of images to choose from. Currently working in the greater New York and Los Angeles areas, Stomping Ground is expanding into more cities this year.
(Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS feed, learn more here.)