"Curiosity, creativity, discovery and wonder; they aren’t traits of youth, they’re traits of learning. If you want to feel younger and you want to replicate the conditions of youth, do that.”
- Bejamin Salka"

- swissmiss

2 weeks ago

"Perhaps fifty per cent of the character and integrity of a printed page lies in its letterforms. Much of the other fifty per cent resides in its margins. — Robert Bringhurst"

- Make the margins bigger | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog

2 weeks ago

(via Milo&Ben | Grid Wall)

2 weeks ago

"We often feel paralyzed by choice and make no choice. But the thing is, no choice is a choice. If you’re not doing something about it, you’re doing something about it.”
- Chris Guillebeau"

- swissmiss

3 weeks ago
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"Connecting online tools to offline communities speaks to a larger trend—a growing value for face-to-face interaction. We invest in technologies that connect people online, but the hope is that these connections will improve our quality of life offline."

- » On Collaboration » Three Thoughts On | A Curation of People & the Thoughts That Compel Them

1 month ago

"There’s so much content being slung around the internet. In our struggle to distill meaningful bits from the multiple feeds, I see opportunity in fostering offline experiences to help bring connectivity full circle"

- » On Collaboration » Three Thoughts On | A Curation of People & the Thoughts That Compel Them

1 month ago
“Human beings can’t help it: we need to belong. One of the most powerful of our survival mechanisms is to be part of a tribe, to contribute to (and take from) a group of like-minded people… We want to belong not to just one tribe, it turns out, but to many. And if you give us tools and make it easy, we’ll keep joining. Tribes make our lives better…”
- Seth Godin
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1 month ago

"Schools have always been the epicentres of transformation in design discourse and in the design profession."

- States of Design 04: Critical Design - Design - Domus

1 month ago

"To do this,” explain Dunne and Raby, “we need to move beyond designing for the way things are now and begin to design for how things could be, imagining alternative possibilities and different ways of being, and giving tangible form to new values and priorities."

- States of Design 04: Critical Design - Design - Domus

1 month ago

"The Critical Design process does not immediately lead to useful objects, but rather to food for thought whose usefulness is revealed by its ability to help others prevent and direct future outcomes."

- States of Design 04: Critical Design - Design - Domus

1 month ago

"Critical Design focuses on studying the impact and possible consequences of new technologies and policies, and of worldwide social and environmental trends, as well as on outlining new goals and areas of interest for designers."

- States of Design 04: Critical Design - Design - Domus

1 month ago

"It’s the job of the faculty, on the other hand, to ensure those budget cuts don’t dramatically impact the intellectual environment of the campus. It is our duty to push back when the academic integrity of the university is being undermined in favor of making money. And we are failing badly at this responsibility. We’re allowing the business side of the university to cannibalize the intellectual side."

- Copy & Paste

2 months ago

"balances deep, built-in complexity with a simple user interface"

- 4 Elements That Make A Good User Experience Into Something Great | Co.Design: business innovation design

2 months ago