Sam Furness
@samfurness
Designing collective experiences and beautiful things that cultivate curiosity and creative ways of being.
Sam Furness
channeltwelve.co.uk
one of my favorite data projects: dear data, a year-long postcard engagement with hand-drawn data drawings based on Stefanie Posavec’s and Giorgia Lupi’s daily observations
anniething & anniewheresubstack.comA 'Collective Mind' Could Bridge Societal Divides
discovermagazine.com
PODCASTS – WalkingLab
walkinglab.org
Walking as a creative practice
“I the sculptor am the landscape”
Thea Hawlin • ‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ - Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone - The London Magazine
Barbara Hepworth
Summary: A new study finds that Nobel Prize winners who moved more frequently or worked in multiple locations began their groundbreaking research years earlier than peers who stayed in one place. By exposing themselves to new ideas and collaborators, mobile scientists accelerated their creative output.
The study suggests that fresh environments and diverse intellectual networks can fuel innovation more effectively than long-term stability in a single institution. This mobility advantage may apply not only to scientists but to creatives in any field driven by novel thinking.
Whenever I drive through the countryside and up the hills, I imagine forms placed in situations of natural beauty and I wish more could be done about the permanent siting of sculptures in strange and lonely places.
‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ - Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone - The London Magazine
Painting by Letters: The Power of Words within Art
elephant.art
I am a dreamer. I’ve always believed if you can dream, anything is possible. It was my parents who taught me this, and they were right. Now, I want to share this magic with the world…
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My parents left Nigeria in the 1980s and moved to London to start a family. Their dream was to bring children into a world where they... See more
instagram.comNotes on dreaming
Nobody cares that you launched a thing.A new website. A report. A newsletter. A campaign.Cool for you. But for the rest of us? Snooze.The announcement itself isn’t worth my attention.The value inside might be.So if you’re going to post “We’re thrilled to announce...” — stop right there.Instead:- Lead with the problem you’re tackling: “Too many... See more