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The Sailor Scout, Fantasy RPG set!
I don't like Hunger Games, but I like these.
(I guess they ran out of ideas for Tire Pants.)
Paul Outerbridge's Images de Deauville photograph. Reminds me of Magritte.
SCIENCE, BITCH!
Kate Macdowell
Beautiful photo from Joon Choi's Mother in the Sea series. On exhibit at the POSCO Art Museum. Who wants to do a field trip to S. Korea?
Hattie Newman. Check out more from her tumblr.
Stefan Brüggemann
Been really into this lately. I like to pretend I'm in a movie or am walking through a dream when I listen to it.
The smile screw from Studio Yumakano is delightful!
Five years and counting
I can only speak for myself when I say I was wholly ignorant of the world up until I graduated from undergrad. Up until then everything I did and everything I learned, was a product of my immediate surroundings. My goals were always laid out for me, and the ultimate end product was earning a bachelor degree (in something—my parents were really pulling for pre-med). Up until then, my focus was narrow, immature, and, embarrassingly singular.
That was five years ago. Five years ago I graduated, and almost immediately moved to Chicago to join the workforce. I had no plan other than to rent a three-month sublet in hopes of landing a job in design—and I was terrified. I hustled for about a month and a half before I landed a design internship, which eventually led to a fulltime position. I learned to manage the little money I had, I learned to make cheap meals (read: ramen), I learned to hone my interview skills, and most importantly, I learned humility. This went hand-in-hand with two habits I picked up that would inform my world views:
1) I started consuming media—a lot of it: podcasts, articles, books, music, even crossword puzzles. Actively consuming meant informing and building upon previous knowledge or life experiences I had. Something I try to stress to anyone I mentor is to un-focus and seek out a range of subject matters. I am a designer, but I am not defined exclusively by only design knowledge. Everything I take in enriches my way of thinking and helps inform who I am as a designer. We are often taught to focus in a specialty, but a well-rounded mind sharpens rather than scatters.
2) I actively sought to put myself in social situations. This was not easy as a naturally introverted person, but there’s something to be said about being part of a community. We happen to have a vibrant, supportive design community in Chicago, which encompasses writers, developers, strategists, researchers—the list goes on. I treat my personal time preciously, so I make sure I keep a good balance between social events and “me” time. While I was quick to shirk off social events in past, I’ve come to realize that meeting people is just another form of consuming knowledge. I learn from my contemporaries as much as I do from the media I’m exposed to, and in the process I’ve met some genuinely awesome people.
I may have been a late-bloomer when it came to foraging into my surroundings, but I’ve come a long way since being a fresh-faced graduate. Establishing these habits has enriched my adult life, and will continue to do so. In turn, I try to pay it forward by findings ways in being engaged with the community: that can be as little as attending events, to participating in discussions (Twitter, anyone?), to sharing interesting articles with friends. I am a consumer and producer of thoughts.
It's time for something new
When I was younger I ashamedly (and fruitlessly) maintained a journal because I wanted to be something like Anne Frank: to have some sort of legacy to leave behind, and more importantly, to be remembered. As I grew older, that became less important, and I was too busy living my life to sit down than to recap it.
Now, I’ve found a middle ground. I want this to be a collection of both inspiration and aspiration, and that includes capturing and processing my thoughts. We all type into the abyss of the Internet. I’m curious to see what boomerangs back—even if it’s just a reincarnation of myself, mature or otherwise.
#chicago colour palette
It's B-eautiful...
Tattooed arm exhibit by Guy Le Tatooer
Vladimir Stankovic
Daniel Arnold