I made the right decision by not sleeping in
Landspeed Record
Chuck Klosterman does a short interview on the subject of interviews for the Washington Post‘s Short Stack Blog.
Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.
A brief video on the importance of cutting out every once in a while. Via Kottke.
Scouting New York, a cool blog written by a film location scout living in New York City, recently started a new feature called New York, You’ve Changed.
The idea is to compare shots of New York City in movies with shots of the city today. Here’s Part 1 of Taxi Driver.
Part 2, published yesterday, here.
As usual, Information is Beautiful has injected some critical missing context into the national debate with a well-designed chart.
This time, it’s spending in America. Check out The Billion Dollar Gram.
Though people have always seemed a little too eager to attribute good advice to Kurt Vonnegut, here’s some more.
Tip o’ the hat to The Morning News.
I feel as if I don’t really need—or am basically at a loss—to describe this one.