Some days bring you a reality that is hard to shake. Paul Rubens (AKA Pee Wee Herman), Angus Cloud, and Sinéad O’Connor are the most recent examples of creative people who have left their mark and we are left trying to make sense of the loss. I grew up watching Pee Wee’s Playhouse. I don’t think I ever bought a Sinéad O’Connor record, but I knew all of her songs. Angus Cloud just got started–his work in Uphoria is special. No one is perfect, but sometimes when the timing is right, when the practice, and the ideas all come together something perfect gets created.
Photography
The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100
Revel in the staggering beauty and surprising behaviors featured in this gallery of our favorite images
Tools/AI
Penpot
Designers and developers can finally work in unison to build beautifully designed software experiences that truly scale up
Akira in Vertical Format by Eric Groza
“Using Adobe’s Beta AI, I was able to extend the 16:9 backgrounds (1.85:1) to a full-vertical shot in the style of the original, and recompose the scenes as an additional video layer”
Genesis (Midjourney + Runway) by Nicolas Neubert
Two days ago, I started working with Runway (an #AI tool for Video). They launched an incredible new feature which allows you to use image #prompts to create animated clips of any given image.
Industrial Design
LAYER Turns Recycled Plastic Bottles Into the Felt Covered Vale Collection
The chairs are manufactured using recycled PET plastic bottles pressed into the form of a PET felt shell
Art
kamulch
Amazing drawings of people and cities
Work
So, you’re managing a design team
A guide for a first-time design manager, from a first-time design manager
Why Ive’s way of doing personal projects is good for designers
Personal projects should be an important part of life as designers
Typography
Typeset In The Future: WALL·E
From the book Typeset In The Future
Books
Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
DOOM Guy: Life in First Person
by John Romero
Design Jobs
Brand Design Lead, Notion
San Francisco, California or New York, New York
Lead Visual & Motion Designer Nike
Los Angeles, California, Beaverton, Oregon, or New York City, New York
Hardgoods Department Manager NHS (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz, CA