Build Something Beautiful

The craft of building great things

Most innovation is a new wrapper for an old thing, meaning there's a fanbase already foraging for it. Your marketing job? Make sure the 'new' still 'looks like food' to this crowd. Use the same images, words, and ideas that resonate.

Yoshio Goto

The tiny details matter. Focus on them https://t.co/rwpKQpsTj8

Tyler Bruno

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alex

A little Sunday inspo! Building small things to find bigger ideas: my current phase of UI exploration for a asset collection ✨ For the assets/videos I used the tools from schultzschultz (https://schultzschultz.com/tools/). Loving these tools 🤍 #uidesigner #uidesignpatterns #ui #webdesigner... See more

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thmsclegg

An hour on Bets

Brie set a 60-minute timer to answer the question “how can startups maintain a culture of innovation without losing focus on the core?” “Innovation is less an act of intellect than an act of will” –Joseph Schumpeter, economist What is a bet? A bet is something the company wants to accelerate p...

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pphoebe

On balancing focus with flare

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andrea

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We got these phone booths (a K6 from the 1930s, and a KX100 from the 1990s) for the @stripe lobby, as a reminder that there are always two paths in everything we make: something that elevates and makes you smile, or, well, whatever the thing on the right is. https://t.co/OREBUJElp6

Patrick Collison

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“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.” – Milton Glaser

Alara

I think we have so many examples of assholes starting businesses, and if they’re the majority of examples, we’re only going to have shitty businesses. I want to see people with very specific perspectives and opinions on how to manifest things into the world. More people should take business personally.

andrea