Build Something Beautiful
The craft of building great things
Yoshio Goto and
Build Something Beautiful
Double diamond model: The creative process
A good reminder to self: stop overthinking and make the call
Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful.
Govindappa Venkataswamy
Casa Tabarelli in Bolzano, Italy designed by Carlo Scarpa / now the home of art collector Josef Dalle Nogare with a new subterranean gallery designed with Walter Angonese & curated with Danh Võ / 📸 @stefangiftthaler via @fthtsi
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In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.
André Chaperon • Values
For a long time shareholder capitalism reigned alone: businesses exist to make money!
Then one day came the benefit corporation (B corp): businesses exist to make impact!
BUT WHAT IF... companies weren’t primarily vehicles to make money or vehicles for customers to receive value. WHAT IF... companies were vehicles for people to contribute... See more
Then one day came the benefit corporation (B corp): businesses exist to make impact!
BUT WHAT IF... companies weren’t primarily vehicles to make money or vehicles for customers to receive value. WHAT IF... companies were vehicles for people to contribute... See more
Bree Groff • The E Corp
If you want to sell music, you must love those songs. If you want to succeed in journalism, you must love those newspapers. If you want to succeed in movies, you must love the cinema.
But this kind of love is rare nowadays. I often see record labels promote new artists for all sorts of gimmicky reasons—even labels I once trusted such as Deutsche... See more
But this kind of love is rare nowadays. I often see record labels promote new artists for all sorts of gimmicky reasons—even labels I once trusted such as Deutsche... See more
Do: make creative decisions that don’t (or do) scale + makes the heart sail.
Don’t: make creative decisions based on PnLs, on balance sheets, on gimmicky trends that appeal to a short-term audience.
I know I’m being my “best self” when I’m making something