Kalyani Tupkary
@kalyanitupkary
I design objects and interfaces - sometimes real, sometimes fictional.
Kalyani Tupkary
kalyanitupkary.com
No one has ever really been able to topple the seven-day week. French revolutionaries tried to institute a ten-day week. Bolsheviks aimed for a five-day week. No one tried harder than Miss Elisabeth Achelis, a New York socialite, heir to the American Hard Rubber Company fortune, and an admirer of Melvil Dewey, he of the Dewey decimal system and
... See moreJill Lepore • How the Week Organizes and Tyrannizes Our Lives
Like so many botanical concepts, the flower clock originated with the Swedish ur-taxonomist Carl Linnaeus, in his 1751 treatise “Philosophia Botanica.” Based on field observations, he divided flowers into three categories. The meteorici open and close with the weather. The tropici follow the changing hours of daylight. And the aequinoctales,
... See moreFive Minutes to Moonflower (Published 2015)
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
I'm a freelance Art Director, Designer, & Illustrator, but very designy for an Art Director and very illustrative for a Designer
Danika Baker-Sohn
Your Mating Call Is Important To Us: A Sonic Apothecary for Synanthropes – Theatrum Mundi
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AI takes what's specific and makes it general. It takes what's wrinkly and makes it smooth.
Katie Parrott • How to Keep Your Writing Weird in the Age of AI
I wanted it to do the opposite