This summer, Authentic Jobs will travel with charity: water to Ethiopia. Thanks to everyone that helped make this happen!
There’s still time to support the project as Authentic Jobs celebrates its 7th birthday!
LEGO Anatomy
Ever wondered about the anatomy of a LEGO figure? Here you go.
We Are Lucky
What would you do if you suddenly were given A LOT of money? The person behind we-are-lucky.com decided to pass on his/her good luck to others by giving away £1,000 every day. He/She (?) planned to give the money to complete strangers – someone different every time – and all he’d ask is that they’d do something positive with the cash, basically sharing the responsibility that came with it.
The person behind We Are Lucky seems genuinely concerned about how the project is perceived. The site is a sincere documentation of the memorable characters the person has encountered, the impact of the money and the remarkable stories collected along the way.
(via @Carlmhbarenbrug)
Symbolset
My seriously awesome studiomates of Oak Studio just launched Symbolset, a semantic symbol font. It maps symbols to semantic keywords instead of letters, the first icon font of its kind to make this happen. Symbolset works in any desktop application where OpenType features are supported, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and more.
Dont’ get it? Just imagine you type heart and you instantly get a symbol of a heart. Cool? Yes!
How To Break Habits
Charles Duhigg, author of the The Power of Habit, explains that by simply diagnosing your habits, you can change them. I am totally going to be looking for my ‘cues’ now.
(via @brainpicker)
WoodWallet
These wooden wallets by Haydanhuya are beautiful.
Edwin
Please meet Edwin, a beauty of a sustainable fruit squeezer, born from the intention of producing everlasting electrodomestics. Edwin is an electric squeezer made of wood and ceramics, with components that are easily replaceable. In case Edwin needs to be disposed, its components can be disposed separatedly for their proper disposal. Hat tip tho Natalia Coll, for the design.
Eat Your Vegetables!
Team Tattly launched the adorable Vegetable Set yesterday. Didn’t you always want to wear an eggplant tattoo on your arm?
Don’t Think.
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.”
– Ray Douglas Bradbury
(via haydanhuya blog)
Typograhic Viennese Facades
A quite magical collection of over 4,000 photographs of vintage typographic Viennese storefronts by Herbe Marker. Beautiful.
(Thank you Anina Rehm)
♥ / Fonts.com
A big thank you to Fonts.com for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
Have you seen the new Fonts.com? Lovingly re-designed by Happy Cog, the new site pairs desktop fonts and Web fonts in one happy home. Check out the homepage for an array of inspiring typographic images from renowned designers. Explore Fontology, a new educational series for design academics and enthusiasts alike. Or, try the revamped Fonts.com Web Fonts service, now with a fresh UI and more than 1,900 hand-tuned Web fonts. Sign up for free.
(Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS feed, learn more here.)
Folding Corner Ladder
Company & Company created the the folding ladder of my dreams! Isn’t this impressive? And it’s not only functional but also beautiful! See more images and a video of the ladder in action here.
(thank you jon)
The 15 Things Charles and Ray Eames Teach Us
01. Keep good company
02. Notice the ordinary
03. Preserve the ephemeral
04. Design not for the elite but for the masses
05. Explain it to a child
06. Get lost in the content
07. Get to the heart of the matter
08. Never tolerate “O.K. anything.”
09. Remember your responsibility as a storyteller
10. Zoom out
11. Switch
12. Prototype it
13. Pun
14. Make design your life… and life, your design.
15. Leave something behind.
Excerpt from: An essay by Keith Yamashita (PDF)
(via Dare+)
The Slow Web
“Timely not real-time. Rhythm not random. Moderation not excess. Knowledge not information. These are a few of the many characteristics of the Slow Web. It’s not so much a checklist as a feeling, one of being at greater ease for the web-enabled products and services in our lives.”
– Jack Cheng
From the Slow Web Post, by Jack Cheng
Budge
Budge reminds you to do certain things. Want to get better in flossing your teeth? Drink more water? Stretch? Get up more and walk around? Budge might help.
(via Jack Cheng)
Change
“Change is not a bolt of lightning that arrives with a zap. It is a bridge built brick by brick, every day, with sweat and humility and slips. It is hard work, and slow work, but it can be thrilling to watch it take shape.”
– Sarah Hepola
Moving piece by Sarah Hepola on her long struggle to quit drinking. (Via Explore)
Jumping Bunny
This Jumping Bunny wins my vote of best Etsy product photography.
A Love Letter to Plywood
A Love Letter to Plywood is a movie by Tom Sachs. Directed by Van Neistat. 2012
10 Bullets. By Tom Sachs
“Working to Code” is a movie series designed for members of the Tom Sachs studio team. Required viewing for all employees and studio visitors. TenBullets.com
(Thank you Bekka)
Friend of Mine
Zurich based company Friend of Mine makes really sweet belt loop bags for women, men and kids. Each bag comes with a shoulder strap and therefore serves a double purpose. Love it.
#Wishlisted!
The Queen’s Palette
Pantone and Leo Burnett London charted 6 decades of the Queen’s style and launched a limited edition Diamond Jubilee Color Wheel. Made me smile.
A Company…
“I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I’m ‘bored’. But because a company is a laboratory to try your ideas.”
– Derek Sivers
Why you Need your own company, by Derek Sivers
Friday Link Pack
Thomas Roebers’ Rhythm “FOLI” There Is No movement Without Rhythm (via the KidShouldSheeThis)
– Advice To Writers by Steven Pinker (via @bobulate)
– The Cloud House (Thank you Gareth)
– I don’t know about you but I have always wanted a Lemon Fruit Garland.
– The New York Times is looking to hire an Information Architect
– Thrilled beyond belief about this wonderful CreativeMornings write-up in WIRED by Alissa Walker. And this one in The Atlantic by Steven Heller.
– These gradient tights are stunning.
– Finally, a crafty toy geared towards boys: Build-It Rocket Kit
– My mom sent me this video of the traditional Appenzeller Alpaufzug, where the Swiss farmers walk their cows up to the mountains for the summer, so the land can rest down in the valley. The farmers wear their traditional outfits and even the cows get wear their special bells. Beautiful.
– Parents! This Air Head Balloon Kit is awesome.
– Fixie Don’t Care. Made me laugh.
– This Adverting Life. (Thank you James)
– 10 Job Interview Tips From A CEO Headhunter
– Dissapointed with Prometheus? Read this. (But don’t read it if you haven’t seen it yet. Spoiler Alert) (via @whale)
– This Ring Holder made me smile.
– Big Sleeping Grizzly Bear Bean Bag. Imagine a whole bunch of these in a big giant playroom.
– Babies eating lemon. Priceless. (Thank you Bekka)
– Don’t compare your work to the competition but to an unattainable, magical unicorn.