This Week - Jun 28, 2013

It seems to me that most of the millennial generation views shooting film as exciting and pure, like vinyl records or artisanal coffee. But trust me, it’s not: You don’t get sued if you scratch the vinyl, or destroy your reputation if you spill the cappuccino. Shooting with film is like flying at night. You have to completely trust your instruments: Your light meter is your life, and there’s often no second chance.

— Post-process: why the smartphone camera changed photography forever (The Verge)

I can read back that last sentence and see that, bipolar or not, if I’m under treatment and not actually depressed, what the fuck right do I have to be lonely, unhappy or forlorn? I don’t have the right. But there again I don’t have the right not to have those feelings. Feelings are not something to which one does or does not have rights.

— Only The Lonely (Stephen Fry)

Chris Glass' outstanding Creative Mornings talk about photography, design, and making things.

— Swiss Miss

More and more, our business is focused on collaboration. And today’s ad agencies reflect a mandate to be “on” all the time: Open-space office plans. Conference calls where only a few do the talking and the sound quality is so poor it only works if you yell. Brainstorming meetings with more storminess than braininess. It’s not enough to be a lone copywriter or designer doing great work while sitting in solitude, if it ever was.

— Quiet Doesn’t Work In Ad Agencies (Dan Goldgeier)

How many times will I promote excessive spending in the name of 'inspiration'?...Where is the line between celebrating simple, beautiful pleasures and promoting an excessive, consumer-driven lifestyle?

— Rethink The Way You Live (DesignForMankind)