Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- Eno
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- Flocking
- Fusion360
- Future-Everything
- Git
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- IFTTT
- IndieWeb
- Input
- Inspiration
- Interview
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- Keyshot
- Kirby
- Leap Motion
- Mac
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- Making
- Markdown
- Misconceptions
- Notes
- OpenFrameworks
- Opinion
- Output
- P5js
- Plain Text
- Plotter
- Process
- Processing
- Python
- Roslindale
- ThisisHCD
- Tools
- Transferwise
- Travel
- URL
- Ultisnips
- Video
- Vim
- Vimwiki
- Watson
- Web
- Work
- ZX81
- adobe
- anamorph
- coltrane
- conference
- dataart
- ffmpeg
- fzf
- gridmarkets
- hitfilm
- houdini
- iOS
- making
- nft
- notch
- photoshop
- robots
- tmux
- touchdesigner
- tw3
- tx3
- Everything
/Inspiration
- 31.12.18 Lynne Ramsey talks about making You Were Never Really Here
I love Lynne Ramsey's work and this is a great interview about the process of making the incredible You Were Never Really Here.
- 09.05.18 Brian Eno: Stop Being Frightened
I loved every moment of this.
- 10.04.18 Brian Eno on co-operative intelligence and not getting a job
- 03.06.15 Inspiration: Jonathan Glazer talks about Under The Skin
Sometimes when you see things you know it's going to have an effect on you for a long time. I felt that way after seeing Under The Skin. …
- 12.10.14 Aaron Draplin - The Art of the Side Hustle Pt 1
I've been lucky enough to spend some time with Draplin and even once commissioned him to create the identity for the now defunct Red Pop. I …
- 12.10.14 Interview with Mike and Maaike
Great little interview from Design Milk with two of my favourite industrial designers, Mike and Maaike. Their work always has beautifully …
- 18.08.14 Hello, I am Erik—The German Letterman
"There is no delete, there is no return". From Gestalten, great video on Erik Spiekermann and going back to touching things, even the …
- 16.08.14 John Whitney on The Screening Room
Computer graphics pioneer John Whitney on the harmonic similarities between graphics and music.
- 15.08.14 Kakimori Stationery Shop
Physically writing makes for a richer experience.
- 15.08.14 User Friendly Paul Rand
"I don’t think that play is done unwittingly... at any rate, one doesn’t dwell over whether it’s play or something more serious — one just …
- 14.08.14 Yves Béhar : Why Designers Should Be In Love With The Process
Look at one thing, see another.
- 13.08.14 Regards Mr. Bingo
I first saw Mr Bingo speak at the Reasons festival in London. Quite simply one of the best talks I've ever seen – pure entertainment.
- 01.11.13 Hatch Show Print
"We're all carving new blocks all the time, something to add, something new". Great film about the legendary Hatch Show Print who are …
- 07.12.12 Inspiration: Angelo Badalamenti on creating the theme for Twin Peaks
I first showed this at my talk on creative process at the Creative Liverpool event on 6th December 2012. For me, it's a wonderful example …
- 02.10.12 Meet Limor 'ladyada' Fried at Adafruit Industries!
Many of the projects I make have Adafruit parts buried inside, but more importantly the amount of stuff I've learned via the Adafruit site …
- 21.09.12 Paul Smith on adding interesting touches
"When you're dealing with simplicity it's really just a matter of how you put things together."
- 12.09.12 Bill Moggridge: designing objects that allow us to grow fonder of them
From Gary Hustwit's Objectified, Bill Moggridge – creator of the first laptop and co-founder of Ideo – who passed away on 8th September …
- 11.09.12 Paula Scher: Do What You've Never Done Before
Pentagram's Paula Scher talks about designing the identity for The Highline.
- 24.08.12 An Exploration in Craft: Tanner Goods
Lovely film from Ryan Bush on Portland's Tanner Goods.
- 15.08.12 Kenneth Grange: I love to make things
"I don't know a scallywag in our industry".
- 15.08.12 Tom Dixon: Enjoy every day for what it brings
"I'm only ever interested in what I'm doing next."
- 13.08.12 Armin Hoffman: The whole point was to do it with the minimal of means
Created for the AIGA by Dress Code, wonderful short piece on Armin Hoffman.
- 10.08.12 Ira Glass on Storytelling
"You want to be constantly raising questions." This American Life's Ira Glass talks about the building blocks of storytelling.
- 09.08.12 Karim Rashid: I feel like I need less and less in my life
"I think people who are sacred with an idea, and don't want to be copied, have no other ideas."
- 06.08.12 Bobby Fischer Against the World
After reading the book Bobby Fischer Goes to War a few years ago, I finally got around to watching the HBO documentary Bobby Fischer …
- 06.08.12 Robert Rodriguez Ten Minute Film School
One my favourite books on creative process and the power of just getting on and making stuff is Rodriguez's Rebel Without A Crew. This …
- 03.08.12 Stand and watch and listen: Arup's redevelopment of Kings Cross Station
"Suddenly they stop and they go, wow. And then they start to say 'how did they do this?'". Lovely film from Arup's Nigel Morris about the …
- 02.08.12 Bill Buxton on Design
I never tire of hearing what Bill Buxton has to say. Skip to 4:00, sit back and take it all in.
- 02.08.12 Title designer Richard Morrison: Simple is Good
"I'm reminded of the story of how Ridley Scott sold Alien with just three words – Jaws in Space."
- 01.08.12 Milton Glaser: I move things around until they look right
"Anything I've really discovered has come through the act of making things."