simple bliss

Dec
4th

Fri

If content is king, design has to be the shiny robe and crown.

— Mike Smith

underneathallcurrents:

Hopper - Milano

(via parachuteshark + intweetion + ancorauntumblr + blondeinside)

Dec
1st

Tue

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.

— Jim Jarmusch

(via underneathallcurrents)

Nov
13th

Fri

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

— Coco Chanel

Objectified, a documentary film (via riceballz)

Nov
10th

Tue

Small customers are the backbone of a solid, stable, profitable business — especially a service business. I’d like nothing more than to own a service company with 10,000 small customers, each good for about $5,000 a year in sales. That’s my ideal. Not that there’s anything wrong with having big customers. Sooner or later, most of us need them in order to grow. But you should never look down on your small customers or take them for granted. The more you have, the happier you’ll be.

— Norm Brodsky, CEO ~ Small is Beautiful

Nov
9th

Mon

underneathallcurrents:

(via ashpea + think)

Nov
8th

Sun

If you build a simpler, more affordable alternative to what’s out there already, you can bring new people into the fold. You don’t have to grab a piece of someone else’s pie — just bake a new one.

— Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 Signals

Nov
7th

Sat

underneathallcurrents:

(via coldhearted + day-breaking + -staycold)

Nov
6th

Fri

Look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself - ‘What do I want to do every day for the rest of my life?’

Do that!

— Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk

Nature. Spend some time outside. Take a walk in the woods. Stroll through a prairie. Visit the desert (especially the Sonoran). Climb a hill. Get down on your knees and look at the grass. Plant a garden. No space? Get some plants or flowers and put them on your desk. And if you’re lucky enough to live near botanical gardens, visit a few times a year during peak seasons.

What you’ll experience are ridiculously good designs. Millions of iterations are folded into what you see. Everything is the product of a million successful tries. The colors and shapes and structures and textures are manifestations of survival. If it’s alive it’s good design.

— Jason Fried, co-founder of 37 Signals

Everybody’s Fine ~ a movie to warm up your Holiday Season.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.

— Nelson Mandela