(via LEGO Moleskine Notebooks Collection | feel desain)
oh. my. goodness. lego moleskines!
Embark Transit Apps
These guys make awesome transit apps.
The designer, Ian Leighton, used to run Berkeley Innovation, an undergraduate human-centered design organization at Cal, and is a huge part of how I found design even as an EECS major at Berkeley.
It’s their public launch today, so do me a favor: check them out and download their apps.
The one and only Christoph Niemann on the secret of happiness, work, and creativity.
you know it’s gonna be a good semester when …
your professor, who developed Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC), Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID), and Networks of Workstations (NOW), insists that technology is “like crack” and instigates a “no cellphones and no laptops in class” rule. But, to allow us to satisfy our technology addiction, we get 2 minutes of “tech break” in the middle of each class so we can obsessively check the gadgets he helped to bring about. :)
winter break reading
…so I can feel like I did something productive and so my roommates will get off my case about buying design books, putting them on the bookshelf as decoration, and not getting around to reading them.
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future / Daniel H. Pink
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design / Bill Buxton
Change By Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation / Tim Brown
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Steve Wozniak, quoted in an article about the creative benefits of solitude. cf. Pablo Picasso: “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” (The author of the article, Susan Cain, has a new book coming out: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking)
This article interests me because it describes someone that I am not: an intensely creative introvert. As an extrovert, I promote ideas, my own or otherwise, and it’s important for people like me to recognize and point out the creativity and genius of those whose voices are not necessarily as loud as ours.
(via austinkleon)
Honest Logos
llld:
Honest Logos are a series of logos redone by Viktor Hertz. Hertz describes the set, “An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” I love the idea and the product is really entertaining! You can see more on Flickr
What if corporate logos and mottos were honest?
saw a smiley face firework last night
2012 is off to a good start!
And in case you were curious, this is how they make smiley face fireworks! :)
These are so great. (click on the picture to see more)
For the real geek (like yours truly). High-quality, minimal and awesome letterpress Code Cards.
