“For me, inspiration comes from a bunch of places: desperation, deadlines… A lot of times ideas will turn up when you’re doing something else. And, most of all, ideas come from confluence — they come from two things flowing together. They come, essentially, from daydreaming.”
The truth about ideas.
“1. Define the problem and solution space.
2. Break the problem down.
3. Make the problem personal.
4. Seek the perspectives of outsiders.
5. Diverge before you converge.
6. Create “idea resumes.”
7. Create a plan to learn.
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MIT researchers identify a 7-step technique for putting ideas to action, an upgrade to the now frequently challenged concept of brainstorming. Complement with this timeless 5-step technique for producing ideas from 1939. (via explore-blog)
NUMBER 5. NUMBER 5. NUMBER 5.
South of Tarnation office hours
—Dorn
Hello, pretty bby.
Thomas Edison, born on this day in 1847, napping after a long experiment. Power-napping was one of Edison’s secrets to success.
BAAHAHAHAAA! Ahem. Sorry.
Alright, Monday. Let’s do this thing.
—Dorn
“More is less.”
Perfect.
On the Hudson, from one boat to another
—Dorn
Front of abandoned movie theater, Somewhere SC
—Dorn
“Troll less. Make more.”
This article is naked truth. The closer it hits to home, the less you will like it.
https://medium.com/design-ux/111767ddd8a8
Sweet Mona D. leaving messages in the park.
That is the creative artist — a penalty of the creative artist — wanting to make order out of chaos. The rest of us plain people just accept disorder (if we even recognize it) and get a bang out of our five beautiful senses, if we’re lucky.Ursula Nordstrom (February 2, 1910–October 11, 1988) in a letter to young Maurice Sendak, found in Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
Song: “Into the Chaos” by Howling Bells
TRUTH.
The Vignellis designed the Knoll au Louvre exhibition which was held at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in the Pavillion de Marsan in 1972. The Vignellis also designed the catalog for the exhibition and Herbert Matter did the photography.
Sketches for Knoll au Louvre exhibition catalog
Pencil and ink on paper
Box 570, Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York
Pierre Junod “The Halo” watch brochure
4 3/4” x 4 3/4”
Box 120, Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers
Vignelli Center for Design Studies
Rochester, New York
