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“caps lock: how capitalism took hold of graphic design, and how to escape it”

You know this book was written by a designer because it’s full of typos. An especially good read for designers, but I really enjoyed it as a writer, too.

@leen

Jan 23, 2024

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International Design Yearbooks

I’ve seen these annual digests of the best in product innovation around forever but only started buying them recently. I grabbed one at a place in LA that had loads of dusty design books on the cheap. Not long after that, I went to a Housing Works on the UES because someone on TikTok said it had the best clothing selection. It didn’t, but they did have 2 of these for $10 each.They’re pure cheat code. Every good idea that’s being ripped off by contemporary artisans is in one of these - lamps bent into unnatural shapes, shelves that don’t look like they hold very much, dinnerware that you’d never dare eat off of. The designs are Italian and Japanese, of course, but also Finnish, Canadian, Spanish, even American. Each edition has a different luminary as an editor: Arata Isozaki, Mario Bellini, Philippe Starck, freakin’ Alessandro Mendini. They’re tidy, portable museums.

@jon-caramanica

Aug 24, 2021

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The creative act

currently reading rick rubin’s book, not just because it’s really trendy rn but mainly because I love this man career as a producer and I want to know how that brain works. so far, so good

@camslva

Mar 12, 2025

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Just make the leap - it all works out

definitely not! Speaking from personal experience - I went from totally fucking off (working like 10hrs a week) to working as a carpenter for years. Then I got interested in random shit online and made the leap from carpentry to working in marketing/jack of all trades for tech experiments and companies. I was 25 when I made the leap from carpentry to what I do now. I had no clue what the fuck was going to happen. I just felt like it was the right leap to make.

@jay_islate

Aug 5, 2024

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childlike wonder

being open to seeing the small details and beauties of everyday life. I feel like trying to remind myself to view the world this way has helped with both happiness and creativity. The world is filled with immense emotion and to be able to feel that is beautiful

@jay_islate

Dec 19, 2023

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Deli coffee

All this fancy coffee is washed. Expensive. Long lines and horrible atmospheres. Embrace tradition and enjoy a cup of coffee for a buck fifty from a local deli. Your mood will improve 100x

@jay_islate

Aug 23, 2024