the will to have nice things
I encourage the viewer to slow down, and interact, and don’t worry that we might lose them if the information they think they want isn’t immediately presented. I’ve realised the most successful sites I've made are the ones my children (5+3) enjoy playing with – and believe adults want the same fun interspersed in their day of closing cookie popups ... See more
Welcome to New Possibilities
I really believe that you should love your tools, and that by loving them it encourages you to connect with them and use them when you otherwise might not.
Welcome to New Possibilities
When you believe the work before you is the single piece that will forever define you, it’s difficult to let it go. The urge for perfection is overwhelming. It’s too much. We are frozen, and sometimes end up convincing ourselves that discarding the entire work is the only way to move forward. The only art the world gets to enjoy is from creators wh
... See moreCeline Nguyen • everything i read in february 2025
Obsess over perfection.
If you are designing something that a customer is going to use or that will represent us in public, it’s not good enough unless it’s flawless and extraordinary.
Especially in software, many situations have winner-take-all dynamics due to network effects and switching costs. Being the winner means being in the 99.99-percentil
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Peter Thiel
“I came back to my country of origin after my first degree, when I got lucky enough to study at ÉCAL, and I could clearly see how the approach in Switzerland is different,” she explains. “It’s like learning a craft, and once you learn the craft you can play. There is a rigorousness, a precision in the execution and a certain desire for clarity whic... See more
The legacy of Swiss design and how On is writing a new page in its history
You really want to do everything with quality as that is where the satisfaction and peace is." – Nick Sleep
Inspired by Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
“Just get rid of the crap stuff and focus on the good stuff“
Steve Jobs to Nike
I once sat in a room with a bunch of machine learning folks who were developing creative artificial intelligence to make “good art.” I asked one researcher about the training data. How did they choose to operationalize “good art”? Their reply: they used Netflix data about engagement hours.The problem is that engagement hours are not the same as goo... See more
I want to live in a community where everyone cares.