A weekly taste of five good things to inspire your work, craft your ideas and distract you (with usefulness) on a Friday afternoon…
Ben Chestnut (Mailchimp) on loving what you do
Theo De Monchy on happiness being experiential not stuff based
“Companies can no longer simply push products onto consumers; they have to sell products that consumers can relate to and that enhance their lifestyles.”
Read the whole thing over at Idealog
Ben Dawes Happiness Machine
“Inspired by a passage from Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, The Happiness Machine is an Internet connected printer that prints random happy thoughts by random people from across the web.”
Insight from Gamerz because playing is serious business
“Trace II’s topographical mappings evoke images generated by high technologies such as MRI scans, 3D scanning, etc. The difference is that this kinetic sculpture is an open structure where the workings are visible and easy to read, allowing the viewer to reconnect with the process behind the image production.”
Read the whole thing over at We Make Money Not Art
Making you appear happy when you are not (during skype calls maybe)
Anya wrangles Brand & Communications for GridAKL, you can follow her on twitter here.