Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Ben Barry
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Inspiration is perishable
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
Working in tech should be more like filmmaking—artists jumping from project to project, collaborating with new creators across disciplines every few months, making magic happen.
Imagine a collab between your favorite designers/devs dropping like a Wes Anderson trailer.
That is: A person — often a founder, or someone similarly empowered — needs to have compelling ideas, establish a voice and perspective, and use it. Tools like brand books and style guides are important so agencies and partners know how to speak the same language. But the actual opinions and values can’t be algorithmically generated or offloaded to... See more
Dan Frommer • The Scott Sternberg guide to building emotional brands
A London-based DJ, artist manager, and co-founder of the iconic record label, Butterz, the prolific figure writes daily on sustainable artistic creation, electronic music, grime and rap, web3, community, social media, and his other curiosities in short notes, known as the ‘Yellow Squares’ on Instagram and Twitter. The format is simple but effective... See more
"Close The App, Make The Ting": Elijah's Yellow Squares are making a difference by cutting through the noise
But who are we — am I — trying to be original for? Myself, a client, a boss, a professor, Instagram, my mom, nobody at all? I think that it’s time to really think about who we’re creating for, so that we can strategize who deserves our originality, who deserves our efficiency, who deserves both, and who deserves neither. If there’s one thing I... See more
Libby Marrs • Post-Authentic Sincerity a Premium Generic Essay
And yet, in so much modern software today, you’re placed in a drab gray cubicle — anonymized and aggregated until you’re just a daily active user. For minimalism. For simplicity. For scale! But if our hope is to create software with feeling, it means inviting people in to craft it for themselves — to mold it to the contours of their unique lives an
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‘Ethics is the aesthetics of the future.’6
Cennydd Bowles • Future Ethics
Nick Jones - Freelance Design, Prototype and Code
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