Creativity Chronicles

A space for things that are longer than 140 characters and for more than just friends.

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For the New Year—I still live, I still think; I must still live, for I must still think. Sum, ergo cogito: cogito, ergo sum. To-day everyone takes the liberty of expressing his wish and his favorite thought: well, I also mean to tell what I have wished for myself today, and what thought first crossed my mind this year,—a thought which ought to be the basis, the pledge and the sweetening of all my future life! I want more and more to perceive the necessary characters in things as the beautiful:—I shall thus be one of those who beautify things. Amor fati: let that henceforth be my love! I do not want to wage war with the ugly. I do not want to accuse, I do not want even to accuse the accusers. Looking aside, let that be my sole negation! And all in all, to sum up: I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yea-sayer!

Happy Nietzsche New Year via 

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This incredible 425-pendant chandelier by Sosolimited Partnership for the Center for Strategic and International Studies took my breath away.

Designed to look like a map of the world when viewed from below, the installation receives and displays global data like GDP growth rates, energy consumption, and renewable water resources. 

Not impressed yet? What if I told you that an openFrameworks app loads specific maps and data that then triggers an animation for each segment that reflects the underlying data. For instance, water feels like rain drops, energy pulses, and GDP grows. Love.

via Creative Applications

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One of my favorite installations from this year's Amsterdam Light Festival is the We Light Amsterdam project.

Stichting Nieuwe Helden, an organization that works with a network of freelance artists to initiate and create art projects and urban movements, collected bedside lamps from Amsterdam residents and arranged them to spell out We Light Amsterdam. A message that represents collaboration and celebrates the community as opposed to the iconic and more individualistic I AMsterdam slogan.

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The Tumblr 2013 Year in Review is out, showcasing the best stuff on the Internet in 2013. Want to waste part of your afternoon? Check out their Most Reblogged Design section. Typographic gems live here. 

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This is by far the coolest thing I saw today. Artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster take discarded items and trash, assemble them together, and shine a light on them to create amazing shadow sculptures.

See more photos on This Is Marvelous

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Loved the illustrations in this Cherish Food Guide by Jim Wong - discovered on Behance. He also has a Good Fest Guide that is equally amazing (the lanterns!). Check out his portfolio here 

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I just came across this packaging design from the Swedish designer Olle Eksell and stopped in my tracks. Olle was the man behind the classic eyes of Eye Cocoa and author of the book "Design = Economy" but personally I love his more colorful/playful prints. See more of his work and learn about Olle here.

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Thomas Jullien, a French Art Director, used 852 images from 852 different Instagram users to create this crowd sourced short-film.

Definitely highlights some of the themes in which Instagram is being used. Shots out the airplane window? Guilty!

via Laughing Squid

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For their one year anniversary Fieldwork put together a limited edition print documenting their "Guide to Making Things", which includes sound advice like Always be Tinkering, and Keep it Simple, Do it Well. You can check out all of their lessons and some fun animations in the online version here. 

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Inspired by this map that helped me navigate one of my now favorite neighborhoods in Paris, I decided to record some of my own most-adored spots in the neighborhood I lived in for three years, the Mission. 

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A friend of mine recently shared the website BookshelfPorn.com and I was instantly captivated. There is something so enchanting about a full bookcase - endless stories and adventures just waiting to be discovered.

If you were hoping to be productive this afternoon, I'm sorry.

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Been building these out for fun for a little while now and while I have more of them in the wings waiting to share, I thought I would start with three of my favorites. Also on Behance for larger versions.

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This illustration, inspired by the set design of Jacques Tati's film Mon Oncle, caught my eye and made me smile today.

See close ups of the illustration and others by Alex Pearson here.

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I can't believe I am leaving this fair city on Saturday.

I wrote my first post to Medium yesterday, and have been overwhelmed by the reaction it received, It now has 1,100+ views and people from all over the world have been sending me tweets and messages to say how much it resonated with them.

My heart is full from this entire experience and I can't wait to take the leap into my next chapter!

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I received this little gem in the mail yesterday The Path of a Doer from the Do Lectures is an adorably illustrated guide to how to make your ideas happen. 

I love it! 

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I just heard about the Savernack Street gallery in the Mission District in SF, which is right down the street from me and I can't wait to go check it out!

Savernack Street was created and is curated by Carrie Sinclair Katz, and features exhibits that can only be viewed through a peephole in the door. 

The gallery is "Open" 24 hours a day for patrons to come by and literally be on the outside looking in - go unlock your inner voyeur and have a peek!

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I was a huge fan of Roald Dahl when I was a kid and this collection of re-imagined book covers by GalerieF called the 'Fantastic Mr. Dahl' totally makes me want to go back a reread all the stories. 

My only disappointment was that there wasn't one for my favorite book The BFG.

You can see the whole collection here.