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"A significant part of attaining excellence in any field is closing the gap between the accidental and intentional, to achieve not just a something... but a specific and well chosen thing" - Ken Kocienda

Visual Inspiration

Product Inspiration

We Are Rewind - Walkman

The new Sony Walkman are amazing and these are too. The nostalgic thought of recording mixtapes on to this thing has got me.

Peak hipster bullshit? Right up my alley mate.

Human Inspiration

Fons Mans

Its hard not to be impressed by Fons Mans (and I have tried). Designer, founder and entrepreneur who has built great communities and shipped beautiful work. A great example of the new wave of 'designpreneurs' and an intelligent marketer with taste.

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Reading "The first 10 years of your career are for learning what you want to do. The next 10 are for getting great at it. The next 10 are for making an impact and making money.” The worst-case scenario is someone looking up to pop stars or athletes for

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Reading Career paths aren’t linear progressions. They’re complex graphs of relationships, often invisible until you step back and map them. Each node represents not just a job or a skill, but a person who took a chance, offered guidance, or simply showed up at the right moment. Don’

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Reading * This great story about how the calculator was designed on the Mac. * Things like this are why I am not too concerned about AI, there will always be humans making wonderful things just because they can. * Things are feeling really gloomy in UX right now At Linear, I’ve

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Basement Files 89

On Quality Great design springs from personal conviction, not just objective analysis. Instead of striving for objectivity—which can compromise your vision and potential—design something that inspires you. The quality of your designs is directly correlated to how well you understand the underlying problem. More often than not we