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Bounce
A Tumblr filled with incredibly charming animated gif drawings, by Thoka Maer: It’s No Biggie.
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Superhero Caped Socks
Superhero Caped Socks. Made me laugh.
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Diogene
Diogene is a stunning cabin by Renzo Piano. It is Vitra’s smallest building ― but largest product. Diogene is not meant as an emergency accommodation, but a voluntary place of retreat. Simply wonderful and yes, luxurious. (via stilsucht)
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Cat on Skateboard
This shrink plastic brooch “KATZI” by danadamki is hand painted with permanent markers on shrink plastic, baked, shrunk and varnished. All of danamaki’s shrink plastic brooches are individual artworks. Etsy find of the...
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Integrity
“Integrity is the essence of everything successful.” ― Buckminster Fuller
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Full Moon
A Full Moon Kids’ T-shirt, handprinted in Brooklyn. What’s not to love?
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Potential
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” - R. Buckminster Fuller
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TocaBoca Builder
My kids were lucky to get their hands on a not yet released TocaBoca app called tonight Builders. I have never seen both my 7 and 3 year old more enthralled by a game. Ella kept shouting how much she loved the app. “This is so muc...
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Windcatcher
Windcatcher Airbed inflates in just seconds without using any power or requiring any pumping. Watch the video, it’s all kinds of impressive. You can pre-order one for $90 here. (via Springwise)
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Custom Silkscreen Pet Pillow
Ok, so here’s the ultimate pet owner gift: A custom silkscreened pet pillow.
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New Squarespace Site
The all new Squarespace site is stunning. Simply stunning. Navigate between the different spaces (case studies) with the arrows on the right and make sure to watch the short videos featuring the respective desk (surface) owners. Consi...
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Vintage Film Canisters
An hommage to the old analog photo days: Vintage Film Canisters Print by Peter Hamilton.
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Moving upstairs
“A few years ago, a friend shared with me his strategy for decluttering his home. He and his wife lived in a duplex and decided to gather every single thing they had and put it in the bottom level of the duplex. They moved upstairs...
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PortKit
If you design apps for mobile devices you will love PortKit. It shows you each Cocoa UI Element in iOS 6 and its Android 4 widget version, side by side, so you can compare them easily and find the correct equivalent when porting an app....
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♥ / Fonts.com
A big thank you to Fonts.com for sponsoring a week of my RSS Feed. As the only Web font service providing thousands of Web and desktop fonts in a single subscription, Fonts.com Web Fonts subscriptions offer a complete typographic solutio...
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Friday Link Pack
- How To Live an Unremarkably Average Life - Here’s an awesome Father’s Day DIY gift idea: Make him a cardboard toolbox. - Easy Origami Business Card Stand - Evolution of Get Lucky (Love the glasses/year reference on the sid...
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See.Me
I just learned about See.Me and I am intruiged. It’s an online community for creative types and aims to help support your passion for what you create, what you do and what you aspire to. Create a profile, share the best of what y...
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USA Shaped Cutting Board
This USA Shaped Cutting Board made me chuckle. Also available in the shape of your US state. Each board is made to order, so give it 2 weeks lead time. Congrats to the couple behind this lovely idea: Brooklyn based husband and wife, Am...
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Konstruktor
Take your analogue DIY experience to the extreme and build your own 35mm plastic SLR camera with the Konstruktor set by Lomography. (Thanks Matthew)
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Eggs Baked in Avocado
I am fascinated by the idea of baking an egg in an avocado. Must try this! (via buzzfeed)
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Three Things
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” ― Henry James You can buy an illustrated version of this quote by Lisa Congdon
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Garden Trug
This contemporary simple Garden Trug is based on the design for the traditional trug invented in 1829 by Thomas Smith of Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. A beauty.
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Made In NY Map
Do you run a digital company in NYC, a co-working space or are you an investor? If yes, did you add yourself on the Made In NY Digital Map? I just did.
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Printable Father’s Day Card
Leave it to Mini Eco to come up with a super cool Father’s Day DIY.
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Hashtags
Study finds nobody has ever actually found your tweet via a hashtag. — TechCrunch Onion (@TechCrunchOnion) June 11, 2013
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Decisions
“If no good can come from a decision, then no decision should be made.” - Simon Sinek Why to Wait Before Making an Emotional Decision.
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Very Semi-Serious
Very Semi-Serious is a documentary aiming to go behind the scenes of the New Yorker. It introduces the past, present and future generations of cartoonists who have inspired, baffled—and occasionally pissed off—all of us for decades. ...
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Intention
Apple explaining their evolving design philosophy. Beautiful. (via Laughing Squid)
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ELIOOO
ELIOOO is a brand new book that teaches you how to grow food in your apartment using IKEA boxes. The system uses hydroponics, a farming technique that can be used to grow plants in water instead of soil. Hydroponics allows you to save u...
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The Bioscope
Consider me intrigued by the bioscope, a project by Jon Stam & Simon de Bakker. It was inspired by an early movie projector of the same name and is a medium to experience memories in relative time. By rotating the handle, the digi...
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Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
The Lomography Smartphone film scanner affordably scans 35mm film and slides right to your smartphone. It adjusts to fit any phone. Smart, says the woman hat has a stack of negatives in her closet. Has anyone of you tried this yet?
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♥ / Edward Tufte | Presenting Data & Information
A big thank you to Edward Tufte for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed. Edward Tufte Presenting Data and Information, one-day course Arlington, VA, June 17, 18, 19 Portland, July 23 Seattle, July 25, 26 “One visionary day: the insight...
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Explore Create Repeat
Explore Create Repeat is an online magazine for the creative community published weekly by 4ormat. Fatnastic!
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Friday Link Pack
- Flying, a new iPhone app for all your air travel. - Literally Tweet your Tweet. Made me laugh. (Thanks Pablo) - Dots, an iPhone/iPad game about connecting the dots. - Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes. Fascinating! - Stunnin...
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VW Bus Tent
How wonderful and smile-inducing is this VW Bus Tent? It actually makes me want to own a tent. But then, maybe not, I just looked at the price tag. Ops! Maybe I’ll stick to the toiletry bag.
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Comfort Zone
“If you’re not living a life on the edge you’re taking up too much space! … You learn the most when you’re out of your comfort zone!” - Jim Whittaker Taken from this short by Eric Becker.
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A Life Well Lived
Fifty years ago, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mt. Everest.
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Disappointment
“One of the finest protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.” - Alain de Botton
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Paraplegic Duct Tape Surfing
This is one of the most moving things I have seen in a long time. Pascale Honore has been in a wheelchair-bound for 18 years and recently went ‘duct tape surfing‘ on the back of her friend and experienced surfer, Ty Swan. Read more. (v...
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Bauhaus
This is one of Open University’s six Design in a Nutshell videos. I also recommend Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, Modernism, American Industrial Design and Postmodernism. (via the always amazing Open Culture blog)
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Discover your Design Alter-Ego
Design in a Nutshell is a series of beautifully animated videos by Open Learn, explaining 6 key design movements. Watch short videos on Gothic Revival, Arts and Crafts, Bauhaus, Modernism, American Industrial Design and Postmodernism. (...
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Brand new: Siteleaf
My super talented studiomates of Oak just launched Siteleaf, a simple content management for your site. Oak believes content management systems should be simple but not overly simplified. They believe you should own your content and th...
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Heart Print
I saw this Fluoro Heart Print at the National Stationary Show. It’s all sorts of stunning and fluorescent. #Wishlisted
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Prisms
Prisms is a beautiful 13″x16″ Giclee Print by Magna Paint.
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Less
“The more you know, the less you need.” - Yvon Chouinard
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A Cardboard Food Truck for Kids
OTO is a seriously adorable cardboard food truck for kids with a campaign going on over on indiegogo. My kids would get a total kick out of playing with OTO! I just backed the campaign, join me?
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Waterproof Waxed Canvas Lunch Bag
This handmade waxed canvas lunch bag stands upright and is fixed with an oil-tanned leather strap and brass buckle. All materials are locally sourced and it is being constructed in Asheville, NC. What’s not to love?
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Less + Better
“Consume less, but better.” - Yvon Chouinard
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Pixel Art of Superheroes and Supervillains
Ercan Akkaya has created a collection of simple pixel art superheroes and supervillains. Made me smile.
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Interview with Yvon Chouinard
If you’re not part of the solution you’re still part of the problem, according to Yvon Chouinard. That’s why the Patagonia Founder Chouinard leads by example, lives a simple life consuming only what’s necessary a...
