After talking with Carissa, I decided that a post of all the articles I read in a week is overkill, so I’m going to try once a month and I more curated list of my favorite articles. Let’s give it a try, shall we?
DESIGN
- Yoobi Temakeria : Good Food Meets Good Design in London. Very cute, modern, geometric design for an icecream shop in London. I love it!
- Letter from Banksy on advertising (via Ads of the World). Lay it on me, bro.
- What Aspiring Designers Need to Know About Strategy (via AIGA). An article discussing the importance of design strategists–how many designers are strategist and should be promoting themselves as such. I certainly think I am. A good read.
- Creative People Say No — Thoughts on creativity (via Medium). A funny and entertaining read. Another one of those articles that are telling me I need to stand up for myself more. I can do better work if I just didn’t take on everything. Secondly, this is a really need website and I want to contribute something eventually.
SOCIAL
- Life is a tactile comic for the blind by the ingenious Philipp Meyer (via It’s Nice That). I was telling Igor about this and “complaining” about how I didn’t understand any of the jokes. I mean, how exclusive are these comics?! But seriously, I love it.
- Look At These “Gay Faces.” They’re all so pretty. Interesting project.
- May 20, 1990: Advice on Life from Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson. This will make you feel good inside. I really want to read Calvin & Hobbes again, it’s been years.
- The Key to Getting Motivated: Give Up (via 99u). This was a really interesting perspective that I have been trying to put into practice. Instead of desperately trying fighting the lack of motivation and over-procrastination waiting for a moment of enlightenment where you are inspired to work—just work. Just work alongside how your unhappiness and resistance. Because you can’t always be 100% happy about working, just do it.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Your Healthy Greek Yogurt Harbors A Deadly Secret (via FastCo.Exist). So you know how popular Greek yogurt is right now (crazy popular). Well for every little cup of yogurt makes 2-3 cups of a toxic byproduct. What to do, what to do?
- Real Humans as Customer Service: Why Japan Has the Best Public Transportation (via GOOD). Watch this, it will make you feel like we’re doing everything wrong and Japan is doing everything right, and also, adorable older gentleman.
- The Scientific 7-Minute Workout. Have I told you I was doing this? I have been. I really like it. It’s a scientific exercise routine developed to give you the minimum workout in order to be healthy. I was like: Minimum you say!?! I needed more variety in my work out for sure. I think eventually I’ll find the motivation to increase the time I do each exercise.
MEDIA
- How to Dance Properly to Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ (via GOOD). So great and adorable.
- Stunning Photographs of India’s Oldest Transportation System (via GOOD). Love Darjeeling Limited? Yeah you do.