Last week I finished reading How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell. The book caught my attention because of several reasons: 1. Great title 2. Beautiful cover 3. I’ve read a really interesting interview with the author on Offscreen magazine. Then I realized it’s already a New York Times best-seller. She began writing it after this Medium essay got viral. — How to do Nothing is a book that tries to redefine what we think of as productivity and shows us a new way to connect with our environment. The notion we have of productivity is closely linked to the idea that as we spend more and more time working we’ll…

Over the past couple of years, the rise of the no-code movement has started to change the landscape of tech. Designers can now build powerful apps and webs that can scale for any organization — without writing any code. Let’s take a deeper dive into no-code software and no-code tools. The ability to learn new things and adopt new technologies, while progressing with your work accordingly, is a crucial skill for any designer, especially freelancers. With our lives and every business strategy increasingly dictated by screens, webs, and, basically, the Internet, the importance of digital design and coding is…

Here’s an update on weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — The AI Diet — Forget government-issued food pyramids. Let an algorithm tell you how to eat. Terra Mars — A speculative visualization by an ANN (artificial neural network) to generate images that resemble satellite imagery of Earth modelled on topographical data of Mars. Vacationer — Raman Djafari’s latest animation…

Here’s an update on weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — AR Big Bang — Google has teamed up with European research organization CERN to create an augmented reality application that walks you through the Big Bang.

Here’s an update on weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — Anna Mantzaris’ Enough — This animated film captures instantly relatable moments of emotional exasperation that offer a glimpse into the anarchy of our inner desires. Creative Lives — An educational resource to inspire and inform the next generation of creatives and help them make better career decisions. Creative Lives…

Here’s an update on weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — New LCD Soundsystem video — Two stay-at-home scientists. One incredible song. Julian Glander’s new game, Art Sqool — Art Sqool, which is available for PC and Mac on 5 February, is, as the title suggests, an art school simulator. You play as Froshmin, a freshman ready to explore campus…

Here’s an update on weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — BioLite FirePit — Enjoy the warmth, smell, crackle, and feel of a wood campfire, without any of the smoke. Ignite your fuel (characoal or dead trees) in the pit’s body, then dial the flames up or down in the app which controls 51 teeny air jets in the burn chamber…

Here’s an update of weird interesting innovative stuff we’ve found on the Internet. — Google’s Design best of 2018 — Over the past 12 months, Google has been delving deep into the fascinating world of machine learning with articles on Google Design, plus new open-source projects and products. Google Design, for the uninitiated, is an initiative led by an uber-talented selection of developers, designers…