Build Something Beautiful

The craft of building great things

Yoshio Goto and

Valley Forged: How One Man Made the Indie Video Game Sensation Stardew Valley

Sam White gq.com

kev

alex

Not all design disciplines are equally affected by AI. Those who work with material, scale, and space—book designers, muralists, sign painters, mosaicists—continue to operate through tacit knowledge and touch. Their work still resists automation because it’s rooted in place and presence—it has “aura.” But even in brand design, something similar... See more

Why taste matters now more than ever

juliana ong

“I think that may be the highest purpose of any work of art, to inspire someone else to save themselves through art. Creating creates creators.”

― Jeff Tweedy, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)

sari

to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

kyla scanlon • The Ozempicization of Everything

linda

Watching Japanese craftsmen at work makes me so happy it’s the way they make ceremonies out of mundane things by doing it with extreme care. Like how bartenders carve ice diamonds or how sushi chefs shape a ball of rice between wet fingers. I love delicateness & precision so much

Sherry x.com

andrea

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...

docs.google.com

pphoebe

On balancing focus with flare

"It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it." - Roger Ebert applies to every creative project

alex

phoebe