Agalia Tan
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example of a brutalist brand
Sarah Kay performs "Table Games"
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
... See moresimplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Serious Problems Meet Unserious Solutions
- When you have trouble writing, it’s usually because you don’t know what you’re trying to say. Most writing problems are actually thinking problems. And you can't copyedit your way out of poor thinking.
when the AI fails us, we get mad now. “i expected more from you”
seeds and observations
so many automated feeds dictated by corporations more so than users, gradually forming a more passive relationship between users and the content feed
— Filterworld, Kyle Chayka