moments spotted
There is beauty in something well-made. The fine fit of a tailored suit. The delicate stitching of a vibrant rug. The mechanical elegance of a well-tuned watch, ticking silently. The same aesthetic laws that govern these objects – and innumerable others – apply to the business world, too. There is such a thing as a beautiful, elegant business. Not ... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Danny Rimer
Because big businesses aren’t built on gimmicks. You can blitz your way through Sand Hill Road and spike up the App Store charts on gimmicks, but you can’t actually use them to replace Gmail, or Salesforce, or Instagram, or Instagram, or Instagram, or Instagram. Even seemingly instant successes can’t become lasting companies without putting in the ... See more
Benn Stancil • Why Are We Surprised That Startups Are So Freaking Hard?
Humans are nature. There is no such thing as a separate nature. That is, it seems quite silly that humans still say things like: “I love to get out into nature.” Or “I’m really inspired by nature.” Or “we have to get back to nature.” What a weird, common, and deep lapse this is. The divisions we see are made by us and are of a wholly provisional ut
... See moreProductivity is too narrow a lens for our days. It flattens the day to a plan, an order, an outcome.
When the day takes a different shape, we find ourselves coiled in a spiral, narrowing in on ourselves and our shortcomings.
the state of design
doing it like you don't know how, talking like you don't read books, playing dumb. i believe the pretension of being an anti-intellectual is a global trend in design. i think this may be a knee-jerk response to the overwhelming onslaught of information constantly available to us, and a withdrawal, (whether sincere or not) and a b
... See moreEverything is natural, nothing is unnatural — whether it’s the winds blowing on Callisto, the melted portion of a Slurpee, thoughts in a head, a tract house, a snail shell, cancer cells, anything really, it’s all natural. However some things are beneficial and some things are harmful — most things are beneficial to some things whilst being harmful
... See morealways design a thing by considering it in its next larger context… a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.
Calm Tech Institute's principles for product design:
Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention.
Technology should inform and create calm.
Technology should make use of the periphery.
Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak.
Technology
In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is pl... See more
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is pl... See more