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  • Maurice Sendak 1928 – 2012

    kuvva: Maurice Sendak, notably known for this iconic children’s book from 1963, ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, died today at the age of 83. A man that will be sorely missed and reminds many of us about the wild adventures of mischief Max in his wolf costume and his fierce-looking monster-friends.

  • How to Think Critically: A Guide?

    modernandmaterialthings: I’ve recently been given an interesting (and challenging) task at work: create a training program that teaches people how to think critically about research, data, consumer insights and media strategy. The idea is that this program would be used as a kind of directional guide to help people evaluate the research they use at…

  • You know the economy is bad when…

    underpaidgenius: people are willing to pay $99 for a resume template. Using a template to stand out from the herd of other job seekers is counter intuitive, too.

  • blech: Oyster Card signed by William Gibson at the Zero History blog.

  • austinkleon: John Baldessari’s list of “assignments” for his CalArts class, 1970 When Baldessari was first getting started, CalArts wasn’t much of a name yet, and it was kind of a hippie school without grades or a curriculum or much structure — Baldessari started teaching there before he became “one of the top conceptual artists in…

  • moviesandmusicandbooksohmy: the-rx: Scans from Islamic Design, A Genius for Geometry by Daud Sutton. I think this book is stunning. 

  • blprnt.blg | Jer Thorp

    blprnt.blg | Jer Thorp tulpinspiration: This post is about comics. It’s also about superheroes, robots, and Norse gods – so it makes sense that it was inspired in the first place by a 10 year-old. Last week, I was pointed by Santiago Ortiz to this excellent chart made by Theo Zaballos, in which he plots the relative interestingness…

  • Dr. Manhattan knits himself a quantum scarf

    Dr. Manhattan knits himself a quantum scarf. Made with Paper

  • Drawing by my gifted friend of one of her sons (I think, and I think it’s Lee) (via Daniela Koontz: Ballpoint Pen)

  • kimlisagor: Today I learned about a recent discovery that has the potential to save thousands of lives each day. If you haven’t heard about it, that’s probably because it’s a niche story about water purification (no first-world implications).  But it’s also a story about a scientist who found a simple, affordable solution to a complex problem. It…