01. Quote

“Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”

—T.S. Eliot

02. Inspired

The Make Bank Project.

The Make Bank is a social project which addresses issues associated with creative poverty. They aim to enable disadvantaged young people to pursue creative educations and careers. Every day pupils are told that creativity is not a real job! So The Make Bank was set up by Kirsty Thomas, founder and director of design studio Tom Pigeon, to try and tackle some of these issues. They want kids to choose art and design in spite of financial difficulties, to recognise the opportunities that exists, and to see themselves represented in the jobs they strive for. They also want to rally our fellow creatives to stand up and help, to foster a future generation of creatives who will enable our industry to thrive.

—via The Make Bank Project

03. Article

10 Lessons from a Maker.

Taken from an excerpt from the third Hiut Denim Yearbook, these 10 lessons were written by David Hieatt (Hiut Denim, The Do Lectures) — an entrepreneur with a background in creativity, fashion, business and teamwork — to inspire.

—via Medium

04. Object

Kugelschiff.

At just 80 square feet, The Kugelschiff (German for bullet ship) is a renovated Airstream Bambi II built in 1964-65 that now serves as a tech entrepreneur’s tiny home and office. Devised by Edmonds + Lee Architects, the definitively modern, live/work space is at once flexible, technological, and mobile.

—via Edmonds + Lee

05. Found

Catherine O’Donnell.

The architecture of the suburban landscape are the subject of Australian contemporary artist Catherine O’Donnells drawings. The absence of the representation of people in the drawings encourages viewers to consider the architecture from their own view point, perhaps igniting their own memories of suburban living. O’Donnell extracts the building from its surroundings, deleting extraneous information, in order to emphasize the simplified form and obtain the final image.

—via Catherine O‘Donnell

06. Book

Dieter Rams. The Complete Works.

For more than sixty years Dieter Rams has defined the look, feel, and function of some of the world's best-loved consumer items. Using his 'ten principles for good design' as a philosophy and practice for improving the industry in a more holistic, responsible way, Rams has built a reputation with global resonance. Here, for the first time, is a catalogue of every product that he has designed in his lifetime — a true celebration of his seminal contribution to the field of industrial and product design. The ultimate reference on one of the most influential product designers of all time.

—via Phaidon

07. Film

MH50.

'I have been asked about my work many times over the years. And while some questions are easy to answer, others - especially those about inspiration - can be very hard. My work is personal as well as professional. Inspiration is the key, but it takes many forms: a memory, a person, the feel of a fabric, the place where it is made, as well as from an image in my mind. So much is down to intuition and a feeling of what is right at that particular time. Realising that inspiration is the work.

Such things are difficult to put into words that is why Emily and I have made this film. It looks back at my early days and the people, places, crafts and images that meant so much to me then, and still do. I hope that it conveys what has always mattered to me as a designer.' —Margaret Howell

—via Margaret Howell

08. Hyde + Hyde

Magic Realism.

It's all too easy to take a revolutionary yet ancient technology like glass for granted. That is - until you are reminded of its poetic and sculptural potential. A recent commission allowed us to go deep and explore for the first time the magic of glass.

—via Hyde+Hyde Architects

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