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“By focusing on the methods of working across disciplines, building better tools, and creating a unified system, we can use our time to apply creativity to solve bigger challenges. ” https://airbnb.design/the-way-we-build/

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“Many sites will share design solutions, because we’re using the same materials. The consistencies establish best practices; they are proof of design patterns that play off of the needs of a common medium, and not evidence of a visual monoculture.” https://frankchimero.com/writing/the-webs-grain/

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“We know from studies of human behavior that, as social beings, we want to resolve uncertainty,” Barnett says. “We do that not by doing objective research but by looking at each other.” https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/risk-unwavering-vision

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“when language is shared, the individual patterns in the language are profound.” For this to happen, these patterns need to be fundamentally simple. “Nothing which is not simple and direct can survive the slow transmission from person to person.”” https://airbnb.design/the-way-we-build/

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“90 percent of design is typography. And the other 90 percent is whitespace.” http://www.zeldman.com/2015/12/24/the-year-in-design/

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“First you need to define and test your value hypothesis. And then only once proven do you move on to your growth hypothesis. The value hypothesis defines the what, the who, and the how.” https://a16z.com/2017/02/18/12-things-about-product-market-fit/

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“Based on what many software vendors advertise, we’re encouraged to tweak them out with abandon. For example, with Excel and several other products, you can now easily manipulate the transparency of the pie, creating utterly useless charts such as this:” https://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/save_the_pies_for_dessert.pdf

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*hits bottom* https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5ae66a63f90751ac2b0640cd/8155144bffdb61774eccd6db5c183f4b441b3691_9ed4ba5e5b9698f2dbb775107daf5ba6947893ba_twitter

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falling down vintage box-art rab b it t ho l e . . https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5ae66a47e4dafa2c3b0640cd/f802e2e645bb1e32f79507a99ac07960f30650f4_354e3fa2c19cad08a1fe783843ab448601765c33_twitter

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truth and fiction. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5ae5d6f86739e6477305a83d/c4a4da9667012879d9216c9958077de4435501e5_fc942f2d0e64e75f347d4c75d45a6244f239bd59_twitter

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🔥ONLY ON FRENZY🔥 - Warren Lotas Reimagines the Toronto Raptors Mascot as a Demonic Flame-Engulfed Beast https://hypebeast.com/2018/4/warren-lotas-toronto-raptors-custom-jersey-release

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toronto exclusive, in honour of game 6. only on @getfrenzyapp by warren lotas. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5ae250fb0b3b3ae160637b86/44672584e56fe4c9c379317c4e571e283a509f1b_ef74b8240b2556be8c7aad77bbbe95a1bc456877_twitter

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Palio do Siena flags are gorgeous. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5add11950b3b3a77585409d5/1e04af83f91f409a6b32a851e4bcb5ca2e7cb797_9cc6cdd3d49bf265441f80e0176bc2b00a75c33d_twitter

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“Long before there were people on the earth, crystals were already growing in the earth's crust. .. a human being first came across such a sparkling morsel of regularity lying on the ground .. and he picked it up and regarded it in his open hand, and he was amazed.” -MC Escher https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5adca0e8dead14d7534ccc12/ad320475c652471911f69a37bf196c6da8e87126_24726a8a4b8c16984cf5bc0b60c628c5e9b8f62e_twitter

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morningsaurus rex. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5adc87653eae512836bef3a8/10a4a32a555b713f674f012ff2a273c23dfa3508_37b986c8a4f103a2776d6f7b2f910387d964a3bf_twitter

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dog is my co-pilot. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5adbadb1dead1491743beedc/fd8f2e7b9ac54178f1729797d8cd89cd7a89d8bd_aa11178577b3cf4224275964af6e5e23d7466d93_twitter

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still the go-to record on the rare occasion when young ears are out of the house. https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5adb47786739e6b31ac3e36d/1ae3fa48f7aa0e0d77da6abee08d66b9.original.jpg

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James Somerfield http://jamessomerfield.tumblr.com/

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How to Figure Out if Your Product Actually Solves Problems https://medium.com/read-product-talk/how-to-figure-out-if-your-product-actually-solves-problems-885f242ac36?source=userActivityShare-2215dc7cc14d-1524135536

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IBM Poster Gallery https://www.visualmemoranda.com/poster-gallery/

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very nice touch from the good people @NRMLCO love merchants that invest a little bit extra in their customers 🙌 https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/5ad53c5e730b8c8c267254d3/7ad22760d5c1d6d64edbb5b19501ea60d8813bf6_e1343bdd7d54b6c977e011493f81b99eee2e003c_twitter

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ice storm blessings 🙏🧞‍♀️ @LIVESTOCKcanada https://buffer-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/55f6e086539e95d018a73a52/5ad276650b3b3a3075989a8f/7f655d12efbd99cb0f27bfa043f09409.original.jpg

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“The value of rehearsal was to familiarize everybody with all the things that could happen, what the relationships are, and how you communicate. What you’re really doing is building up the flexibility to adapt.” https://hbr.org/2015/08/what-companies-can-learn-from-military-teams

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