Mobile Evolution is a limited edition print I discovered over on vespoe. Made me chuckle.
♥ / Butter Lane
A big thank you to Butter Lane for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed.
There’s a new swissmiss-approved cupcake shop in (Brooklyn) town. Butter Lane officially opened in Park Slope (240 7th Ave, between 4th and 5th) in June. What sets Butter Lane apart from the rest? Maybe it’s that they use high-quality ingredients like real vanilla beans, Callebaut chocolate, fresh fruit and no food coloring. Or is it the fact that one of the biggest debates the three owners ever had involved choosing the high-priced Mrs Eaves over the cost-free Garamond for their logo font? Regardless, the cupcakes taste great and the packaging is cute– what more do you need? Butter Lane… the Better Cupcake.
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Goals
“The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our goals—not for the person we’re going to be when we reach them—we set our goals for the person we are when we set them.” – Dan Gilbert
Jim Coudal quoting Dan Gilbert during a CreativeMornings/Chicago talk.
CreativeMornings Video: Yancey Strickler
Our speaker at the June 2011 CreativeMornings/NewYork was Yancey Strickler co-founder of Kickstarter. A big thank you to Sy J. Abudu for filming and editing the talk:
CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee!
You can see photos of the Yancey Strickler CreativeMornings over on Flickr. And you can now follow us on Tumblr!
Change one decision in your life
Last night I had the honor to attend a Womens Salon organized by Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline Novgratz. At the event, we were asked to answer the following question:
If you could go back and change one decision in your life, what would it be?
I wish I would have embraced and trusted the entrepreneurial side in me earlier. If only I would have started my design studio BEFORE I had my first kid. For some reason I thought I first need to get a good 6 years of experience working for others until I could do it on my own. That’s not the case! You learn so much, and so much faster, when you are your own boss. And there is really nothing like working for yourself. When you’re younger, you have so much more flexibility. You can easily keep your overhead low and you can work late if necessary. I made it work, starting my first business when I had my daugther, but it could have been a much easier experience would I have started earlier. In my next life, I’ll be starting my first company in my early 20s.
What about you?
You Are Here Bookmark Pad
Here’s a great find from over at BLTD: If you’re a big reader, and you tend to take notes, perhaps this bookmark pad will come in handy.
The Market Bag by Linus
The Market Bag by Linus is beautiful and functional. Perfect for the market or a sleep over, carry it in with a shoulder strap, or roll up the sides when not in use. #wishlisted
8
8 is my favorite number! Stack a number 8 out of books and you make me want to order a print. I heart Paul Octavious’ book stacks.
MOVE + EAT
MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage. I heart projects like this one. What a cool way to turn your trip into a art project and change the way you look at things. Hat tip!
Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing
Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound
Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover
(via Paul Octavious’ blog)
Sandwich Coasters
These Sandwich Coasters made me laugh.
The Value of Nothing
“We need to remember the value of nothing. It’s like breathing: you can’t inhale all day.
We need to learn to make peace with the information we don’t know, to embrace the zeroes, to relearn the pleasures of hunger, need, interruption, restraint. We need to work up our ignorance muscles. We need to organize our internal absences to create meaning. We are responsible, in other words, now and forever, for our own deletionism.”
– Sam Anderson
(via Bobulate)
Minimal Wallet
Noah Lambert makes beautifully minimal wallets. He creates each from a single piece of leather using only two seams, which makes them last a lifetime. Noah exclusively uses 5oz vegetable tanned bridle leather from Wickett & Craig of Pennsylvania, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected tanneries. Wallets are saddle stitched by hand using Barbour’s Red Hand 5 cord linen thread to create a seam twice as durable as the common lockstitch.
(thank you Steven)
Great Work
“To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.”
— Samuel Butler
Pluï
Now, here’s a charming new water toy for little ones. Immerse Pluï in water to fill up and then use it to create ‘rain’. The key is how you control the flow of water simply by sealing or opening the top nozzle with the tip of your finger. I can see our little Tilo loving this one. It’s called Pluï and was designed by Swiss Johanna Rickenback and Alex Hochstrasser.
(thank you Ueli)
OLO
OLO is a super minimal touch-screen game that made me look. It is an experiment using latest features of CSS3 and HTML5. OLO has been developed for iPad & iPhone by Sennep, a London based interactive design studio.
You can play the game by visiting ologame.com on your iPad or iPhone (they’re also working on an Android version, soon to be released).
(thank you Tudor)
♥ / Herman Miller
A big thank you to Herman Miller for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed.
You know their furniture designs; they set the tone for mid-century modern and next-century cool. That makes them right for nearly any space. Most recently, Herman Miller has turned its savvy to creating great offices for small businesses. The focus is called the Herman Miller S3 program. Think hybrid sports car. Easy on the wallet because it’s a select group of easy-to-own products. Fun because it’s fast (“from idea to installation in about 20 days”). Worth a test drive. hermanmiller.com/s3
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Off Book | Typography | PBS Arts
In episode 2 of Off Book, typeface designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones outline the importance of selecting the right font to convey a particular feeling. Graphic designer Paula Scher talks about building identity in messaging, while Eddie Opara uses texture to create reaction. Infographic designers Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza map complicated data sets into digestible imagery, mixing color, graphics and type.
(So excited to see our friends from Hyperakt featured. Well deserved!)
Google Earth Puzzle
Lovely: A Google Earth puzzle in 25 images by Alan Taylor from TheAtlantic.com. Made me look!
(via @BrainPicker)
Suitcase Eyes
MUJI, the Japanese minimalist retail store, has created OJOKEESUS suitcase eyes that give your luggage a bit of character. Oh, Muji, I love you!
Black Dog
This stylish recyclable black dog made of kapa board. It arrives flat packed and the laser cut pieces easily assemble into a 3D puzzle. Wooff!
Pet Stool
I am not entirely sure why I am so intrigued by the Pet Stool but it sure made me look. It’s the final student project by Israel based Industrial Designer Eyal Hirsh.
Do Lectures
If there’s ONE conference I dream to attend one day, It’s The Do Lectures. Here’s a lovely 3minute trailer about what Do Lectures is all about: