It’s been a weird week or two. Up and down, highs and lows, with some old friends and new colleagues–all over the map. This isn’t bad, it’s just a confluence of events hitting at once. Mostly, it’s interesting and a good vantage point for reflection. I’m trying to take it all in and enjoy the view. Maybe some of these links will do that for you. It could just be a nice distraction. That works too.
Photography
Brendon Burton
An American photographer based in Portland, Oregon
The 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Reveals the Most Magnificent Animal Behavior
The contest traverses the globe documenting the most striking moments of life on Earth
Video
Thomas Blanchard’s ‘Emerald and Stone’
An experimental dreamlike video rocking us smoothly through circular moves. The visual compositions have been created out of paint, oil, and soap liquid
Web Design/UX/UI
The Cost of Personalization
Personalization promises a solution to decision fatigue that’s custom-tailored to our preferences. However, personalization comes with trade-offs
Bonhomme: 10 ANS
Impressive WebGL website by Bruno Simon
Graphic Design/Branding
Chilli Bomba by New Genre
The identity for Chilli Bomba, a pretty unusual-sounding “gourmet” range of candy that’s billed as “equal parts sweet, spicy, and savoury,”
Industrial Design
Marc Newson x Swarovski Optik AX Visio Binoculars Can Identify Over 9,000 Birds
Newson notes, “…Similar to a modern camera, they are optical, electronic, and digital!”
Normann Copenhagen launches Mat chairs made from hemp and eelgrass
Both the design and the production process support a zero-waste approach.
Florian Gadsby
a ceramicist working in North London
Random
Infinite Craft
By Neal
The friendship problem
Why friendships have started to feel strikingly similar to admin
I am a creative
I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me.