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Create Your Own Storefront with IAmTheLab: Part 1
Why build your own storefront? IAMTHELAB Design Studio explains why in the the first part of its 10 part series on e-commerce for makers and artists.
Where Are All The Beautiful Stories?
There are few moments in this life that carry as much weight as being present when someone die. I remember sitting with a dear friend whose mother was facing the end of cancer’s vicious and merciless assault. The two of them were not especially
Optic Nerve
A canvas is waiting. Run your fingers gently across the surface and feel the naked texture begging for your impression. Look closely at the terrain. It will remain still and lifeless until you pick up your tool, find your medium and begin. Sometimes
May Inspiration Find You
On mountainsides, on slopes so green they glow, may inspiration find you. May it fill you with fires that lift up dreams like embers. May it reach out to the skies about you and sow the atmosphere with copious clouds. Heavy with perspiration, may it
Creativity is Essential
Creativity is essential. Why? Creativity is essential because every time that brilliant spark of energy erupts from your mind and travels through your nervous system, out to fingers and on to page or canvas or clay, it reminds you that you are alive.
The Digest: March 2022
James Kingman: Don’t stare at a blank page for too long, be bold, and make the first incisive stroke. The rest will come naturally.
The Digest: February 2022
Alberto Campo Baeza: If a project is intense, valid, and has a powerful idea, its imperfections will be in the background.
Architecture 02.22
William Justice: Great design isn’t just what looks cool, it’s a calculated and balanced blend of form and function that serves a specific purpose. Although, it’s really satisfying when the end result looks cool.
Typography 01.22
Michael Bierut: Clients are the difference between design and art.
Style 01.22
Coco Chanel: Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.
How to Break Up with Social Media 2022
These words hit me like a bolt of lightning: “I personally believe that humans aren’t built to have relationships with thousands of people. We can care for a core group of friends and family, and beyond that our interactions will be short and
Print 01.22
David Lewis: Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form.
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