I remember taking a family trip to Utah when I was a young girl. For some reason I didn’t want to go, but once I got there, something magical happened, I fell in love with the natural landscape and a passion for travel was born. The Utah trip changed my life. When watching Dustin Farrell’s [...]
Now you can design your own chocolate, customize it to satisfy your own taste and craving. The picture on the right gives you an idea. French designer Elsa Lambinet has designed modular chocolates that has a little dip on the top for toppings such as fruits, nuts and liquids. They also contain a hallowed compartment [...]
Here’s a personal project that designer Ji Lee works on in his free time. He fully integrates typography in design communication so that it serves to create pictures, messages, and stories instead of merely being a text complementing the graphics. It goes beyond making smiley face using : and ). Graphic designers and anyone in [...]
The video shows a woman who is hearing clearly for the first time…so touching. It reminds us that there are so much we can/have to be thankful for, makes us appreciate the small thing around us that we so often take it for granted. See the video here (via GOOD)
Classical Archives discovered a commercial for a cell phone that featured J.S. Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” This is what they had to say about the commerical, “Earlier this year, Sharp Electronics introduced a dazzling commercial to promote its new Touch Wood SH-O8C cell phone, featuring the music of J.S. Bach. The commercial featured an [...]
Sørina Higgins writes an outstanding synthesis of three pieces of art in her recent piece “Three Sorrows.” Her discussion of Of Gods & Men, the award winning French film, is particularly astute: Of Gods and Men is such an amazing film that it does even more than bridge the gap between the arts and faith. [...]
If you are a writer, you know the frustration you get when you are moving forward, creativity flowing from your fingers, and then it just…stops. You’ve hit a block. In the article, The 10 Types of Writers’ Block (and How to Overcome Them), Charlie Jane Anders, writer for io9, gives some helpful advice on pushing past those stubborn [...]
Rachel Tepper from Huffington Post DC introduces a project by Bluebrain, an experimental music group: Following up on an interactive musical experience designed for the National Mall, D.C.’s experimental-pop duo Bluebrain on Tuesday released “Listen to the Light,” a mobile app that uses a phone’s GPS location to weave together musical themes inspired by New [...]
CollabCubed discovered custom lighting by Swiss designer Christian DuCharme displayed at the Lafayette Espresso Bar and Market in New York. DuCharme, an interior and accessories designer, has made lamps out of 300 paper coffee cups, plastic spoons, and coffee filters. You can see more of his fun lamps here.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow [...]