7. To constantly remember that life is a fragile and precious miracle which requires all our collective effort to protect.
8. To humbly work to improve our own defects and cut everyone else a little more slack.
9. To remember that being a loving and positive person isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it.
I’m not a fan of Andrew WK, but I am aware of his work. Put This On – of all places – posted this article about his advice column for the Village Voice. The dude seems to know how to live!
“We’ve been working on it for more than two years now, and we’ve just been going through the motions of making it, designing it, figuring out how to manufacture it, incorporating all the right details, getting the colors, the grid patterns. And putting everything together, you just kinda do your work without the overall importance of it in a way.”
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/interview-nathan-korkus-anne-marie-laverge-webb-cadillac.php
I’m a big fan of the various crests, icons, and emblems used on automobiles. They signify much about the company, each true to its own time in history, and some instantly classic and recognizable.
This was an interesting read into the work behind the design of the new Caddy crest. I had no idea that the duck-like icons weren’t ducks at all!
Useful Science is a site that attempts to summarize research and scientific findings in a simple way. They even have a nice newsletter.
“Are you satisfied creatively?
Not even close. That’s a very dangerous place to be and it would truly depress me if that happened and I would get very scared as well. I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that’s a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you’d have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk so that everything would be okay. I’ve made the decision that I’m never trying to make everything okay. I’m trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.”
https://thegreatdiscontent.com/seth-godin
Today I’m making motion graphics in After Effects, tomorrow I’m setting up a new site for a client in WordPress, the day after, who knows!? While it does afford a certain level of discomfort, I’d much rather be pushing myself than complacent with just one domain.
“Time and time again, ideas were presented to various internal stakeholders, all of whom had their own agendas and budgets. Pushing ideas through the maze of red tape and exhausting levels of buy-in was usually a soul-sucking effort in futility. Even though everyone was theoretically working for the greater good, everyone was working against each other at the same time. Great ideas became mediocre ideas that became ghosts of ideas put on the back burner.”
https://the-pastry-box-project.net/greg-hoy/2014-april-17
Having only worked with and for large internal shops I’m always curious as to what the other side of the table (at a dedicated agency) would be like.