If he is a good designer the form he invents will penetrate the problem so deeply that it not only solves it but illuminates it.
Notes on the synthesis of form - Christopher Alexander - Google Books (via slantback)

(via slantback)

‎Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our cultural and political life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’

Isaac Asimov

anthropophagous: I don’t really think that this is anti-intellectualism as a blanket thing, so much as valuation of certain kinds of knowledge over others / the idea that intellectuals are somehow disengaged from the world / anti-intellectualism as a shroud for other kinds of bigotry and groups you would like to marginalize or legitimize.

(via anthropophagous)

dvdp:

Astronomical is a scale model of our solar system in twelve 500 page volumes  printed-on-demand. On page 1 the Sun, on page 6,000 Pluto. The width of  each page equals one million kilometres. By Mishka Henner

dvdp:

Astronomical is a scale model of our solar system in twelve 500 page volumes printed-on-demand. On page 1 the Sun, on page 6,000 Pluto. The width of each page equals one million kilometres. By Mishka Henner

(via petervidani)

buzz:

slaughterhouse90210 (via Matt Lehrer):


“Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones.”—William Gibson, Zero History

buzz:

slaughterhouse90210 (via Matt Lehrer):

“Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones.”
—William Gibson, Zero History

frankhermes:

No choice.
(on tumblr)

frankhermes:

No choice.

(on tumblr)

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.
Dr. Suess
Coldplay will use this for the artwork of their next album for sure. 
How convenient he did not have to change anything about the Celine Dion logo!

Coldplay will use this for the artwork of their next album for sure.
How convenient he did not have to change anything about the Celine Dion logo!

(via accidentallydomesticated)

.fw-box-treewithoutheader-header { display: none; }

Actual CSS from a project I did a design for and that I now have to implement, following their CSS-structure / classnames. This is gonna take longer than it had to.

rocom:

Last week I was waiting for our table to eat dinner, so I took a walk with my friend. We walked by a neighboring restaurant and peered inside to see an overweight kid, eating alone, wearing this shirt. Automatic hero status.
NOTE: I love that a sports company, Nike, makes this T-shirt.

I hate that this is a Nike t-shirt. But want just the same.

rocom:

Last week I was waiting for our table to eat dinner, so I took a walk with my friend. We walked by a neighboring restaurant and peered inside to see an overweight kid, eating alone, wearing this shirt. Automatic hero status.

NOTE: I love that a sports company, Nike, makes this T-shirt.

I hate that this is a Nike t-shirt. But want just the same.

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