đź’ˇ on beauty
Of all psychology’s sins, the most mortal is its neglect of beauty. There is, after all, something quite beautiful about a life. But you would not think so from reading psychology books.
James Hillman • The Soul's Code
Craft Is the Antidote to Slop
"The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort." https://t.co/3LMU326wSe
The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort.
We're living through a Great Flattening.
It seems like every company has adopted the same values, the same mission statements, and the same style of visual branding. Just look at logo design. It's become flat, bland, sterile, drab, and timid.
Architecture is suffering from the same kind of... See more
David Perellx.comWhat we've gained in productivity, we've lost in soul and spirit.
We reject the shallow conformity of the engineering mindset, the stifling constraints of form following function, the illusion of minimalism, and the monotony of linearity.
In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
We impose... See more
In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
We impose... See more
Antoine Valot • Design Nouveau
What makes something beautiful? — Schiller & Architecture
youtube.comBeauty: The appearance of freedom. Form determining matter (not matter determining form).
But most websites today prioritize efficiency and usability, which leads to a kind of architectural sameness. “Everybody's house sort of looks the same,” he says, “you're taking the same hallway... because we’ve fallen into the same UI patterns.” He wonders about a new kind of website that invites curiosity rather than just guiding a behavior.... See more
An Inside Look at Every’s Design Philosophy
I was delighted when I found the contemporary French philosopher Alain de Botton and his book “The Architecture of Happiness,” about the philosophical and psychological relationship between architecture and our identities.
De Botton writes: “The buildings we admire are ultimately those which, in a variety of ways, extol the values we think... See more
De Botton writes: “The buildings we admire are ultimately those which, in a variety of ways, extol the values we think... See more
Architecture Archives - Slow Space
The beauty of something well-made and made well.