A Slice of Design History: How X-Acto Built a Better Knife - Architect Magazine

A Slice of Design History: How X-Acto Built a Better Knife - Architect Magazine

The designer's friend.

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

Brad Hokanson - The Creative Rule of 10 - YouTube

Brad Hokanson - The Creative Rule of 10 - YouTube

My professor at the University of Michigan Design School.

Why I Sketch Every Day — Medium

Why I Sketch Every Day — Medium

Labyrinth Pads

Today, I spotted a paperweight that has a labyrinth molded into the top.  It comes with a stylus, so the user can trace the surface of the labyrinth.  This is only a single, static labyrinth.  You can make your own to trace by Googling "labyrinth", and printing up some of your own to trace with a pencil or your finger.  You could pad a bunch of the images with padding compound, and use them and/or give them as gifts.  Here is a link to making a pad:  http://practicallyfunctional.com/make-your-own-pad-of-paper/ and another from Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5975531/make-custom-notepads-with-padding-compound

See this article about tracing and meditation: http://csee.org/products/127

If you have some disposal income, you could have some rubber stamps made from the images your find.

11 Steps to a Perfect Logo - StumbleUpon

11 Steps to a Perfect Logo - StumbleUpon

It's just about the hours.

A friend wrote:

Yesterday i  had a really terrible recorder lesson.  After a week of very intensive practice, I  just got in there and fell apart.  Couldn't do anything right.  So I had  to adjust my intention again. My commitment is to play a certain no. of hours no matter what.  That's it, just that. When I have a break-through it doesn't mean anything, and when I have a break-down it doesn't mean anything.  It's just about the hours.