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"If there’s a question about if it’s necessary, remove it. Less is more and more is lazy."

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:10:50 -0500

“If there’s a question about if it’s necessary, remove it. Less is more and more is lazy.”

- — Jason McCarthy, GORUCK founder, via Pack Light. Go Fast.

Sage advice, for the design student: Design Observer

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:41:49 -0400

Sage advice, for the design student: Design Observer:

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10 Things Henri Cartier-Bresson Can Teach You About Street Photography — Eric Kim Street Photography

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:30:58 -0400

10 Things Henri Cartier-Bresson Can Teach You About Street Photography — Eric Kim Street Photography:

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"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius - and..."

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:54:09 -0400

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”

- Albert Einstein

"There should be no such thing as art divorced from life, with beautiful things to look at and..."

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:09:38 -0400

“There should be no such thing as art divorced from life, with beautiful things to look at and hideous things to use.”

- Bruno Munari

"It requires a genuine fight to produce one well designed object of relatively permanent value"

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:53:41 -0500

“It requires a genuine fight to produce one well designed object of relatively permanent value”

- George Nakashima

The Embassy StainlessPen

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:34:34 -0500

The Embassy StainlessPen

"Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century."

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:33:46 -0500

“Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century.”

- William James

"If you dig a hole and it’s in the wrong place, digging it deeper won’t help."

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:33:10 -0500

“If you dig a hole and it’s in the wrong place, digging it deeper won’t help.”

- Seymour Chwast

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:40:09 -0400

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

- Pablo Picasso

"Clutter and confusion are not attributes of information, they are failures of design."

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:22:58 -0400

“Clutter and confusion are not attributes of information, they are failures of design.”

- Edward Tufte

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else."

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:58:08 -0400

“Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.”

- Ad Reinhardt

"When navigating uncertainty, facts and measured progress help accommodate our human need for..."

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:31:33 -0400

“When navigating uncertainty, facts and measured progress help accommodate our human need for reassurance.”

- @ScottBelsky

"Self-expression is the new entertainment."

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:48:45 -0400

“Self-expression is the new entertainment.”

- Arianna Huffington @ariannahuff

"Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth."

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:18:07 -0400

“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”

- Mike Tyson via @paulisakson

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple..."

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:10:29 -0400

“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.”

- Paul Rand

Happy Ampersand Day! via Hoeffler & Frere Jones @H_FJ

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:47:06 -0400

Happy Ampersand Day! via Hoeffler & Frere Jones @H_FJ

"Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it."

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:42:32 -0400

“Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it.”

- Mike Watt

"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:46:51 -0400

“Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time.”

- George S. Patton

Paula Scher’s murals at the new Queens Metropolitan...

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:32:52 -0400

Paula Scher’s murals at the new Queens Metropolitan Campus via pentagram.com