Archive for November, 2008
Maeda, Holzer, and Sagmeister
I have recently been exposed to the wisdom of several notable figures: John Maeda, Jenny Holzer, and Stefan Sagmeister. They made a considerable impact on me… Below you can find their excerpted erudition— Laws of Simplicity…John Maeda After spending years obsessed with the question of siMplIciTy and coMplexITy at the MIT, Maeda compiled his findings [...]
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Tags: art, design, holzer, law, life, maeda, sagmeister, simplicity, twitter, wisdom
From Descartes to Nike
Life is a complicated place to live in, where most of us search for something to live by. Maybe it’s money, a cause, or happiness. Yet most of the time, it doesn’t really matter. We simply live. I have pondered in the past about life’s purpose. Yet to date I have not approached a concrete [...]
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Tags: life, philosophy, purpose, religion
l33t tweet
Some time ago I resolved to begin keeping a diary. Turns out it’s very difficult to form the daily habit of reflective writing, what with TV, IMs, RSS, Hulu, Email (who writes it with a hyphen anyway?)… Yet, I am now onto my second Moleskine sketchbook — I find it much easier to doodle, sketch, [...]
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Tags: internet, twitter
