2013.06.06 Spiced Holiday Punch by Simon Frouws

I saw this almost two months ago, and haven't closed the tab in my browser. I love the detail of this, the colors, and the overall feel of it. What great work by Simon Frouws. #

2012.05.16 Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

An interesting, extended example of her own regret on a tattoo, but how regret should impact the rest of us:

"If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don't want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better."

Well said. #

2012.03.19 Creative Review: How to Have a Good Idea

"Instead of sitting at your computer, and looking at books, go...and sit there. The way to get an interesting idea is to go to the source. Stay there until you have thought of something interesting about [it]. Then, listen to that idea and it will design itself." - Bob Gill #

2012.03.19 Back to Work #56: One Giant Beholder Dinosaur

Although one of the hosts can be extremely tangential and talk like he's had too much caffeine, he seems very well-read on the topic of productivity, and getting “back to work”. The over-arching theme to this episode is about having "an unhealthy emotional attachment to physical objects that are not making your life better." His main reference point is a book (really, a chapter from it) by Peter Walsh called It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff. I'm no hoarder, but I'm guilty of keeping things I don't really need. I sense a theme for this year's spring cleaning.

Unrelated to the main theme: Merlin Mann throws out a one-liner I liked: "There are a lot of maxims that are impossible, but are a pretty good yard stick for deciding if you're going in the right direction." #

2011.06.25 OUTLAW: My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, tells his story of being an undocumented immigrant in the United States. It's a fascinating and compelling argument for some form of immigration reform. This isn't the usual sort of thing I link to, but it was too interesting to pass up. #

2011.06.08 Project Thirty-Three

Kind of similar to Record Envelope, except for the actual album covers themselves. I love this collection, and already see lots that I'd happily use as inspiration. #

2011.05.05 Tom Whalen - "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Poster

I remember watching this movie as a kid, and being somewhat scarred. I might be more scarred if I were to watch it now (and probably mortified that I watched it as a kid). Despite all that, I really dig this (already sold-out) poster. #

2011.04.22 Cranking | 43 Folders

Worth reading the whole thing. I don't really care that his book will be delayed (or maybe not). What I can appreciate is the balance of work and life and putting things in perspective, especially when it feels like the fire is the hottest. Good on you Merlin (and some stellar writing to boot). #

2011.02.07 Feltron 2010 Annual Report

An impressive "encapsulation of [his] father's life, as communicated by the calendars, slides and other artifacts in [his] possession." He shows the original items in this Flickr photo, but has turned it into something more. I'd personally enjoy a mix of the designs and stats he's shown, along with scans and transcriptions of the actual items, in order to tell a more complete or comprehensive story (though it's probably a bit too personal to share in such a way with the entire interwebs). Either way, impressive work. #

2011.01.17 Sarah Bridgland - Design*Sponge

I saved this link back when it was originally posted (in June 2009), but never posted it. I thought the 3-D paper collages by Sarah Bridgland was very cool. I love the colors she uses, and the focus on type. She clearly has a great eye. Check out Sarah's Flickr stream for further proof. #