Links / Youtube
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Tyler, The Creator sat down with a group of creatives to have a candid conversation about creativity, taking chances, and believing in the things you make. I must’ve watched this two weeks ago and—despite the sponsored element to this—found it very inspiring (as I do all of his output in recent years; Tyler is one of the artists I admire the most).
I loved how he mentioned the shift he noticed in how people perceived him, once he put “all songs written, produced and arranged by Tyler Okonma” on his album covers. It feels like his creative output has been unmatched since then.
How he created, marketed and released his latest album Don’t Tap The Glass—while on a worldwide tour of over 100 shows—is a testament to that.
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Elliott Jay Stocks, who I’ve followed ever since he did 8 Faces, shared a great few nerdy typographic nuggets in his talk at Config 2025. Product Designers, take note.
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I’ve not watched any other videos about the Vision Pro because I will not buy the goggles and I’ve been somewhat sceptical of this product direction, but Casey Neistat’s video does an excellent job of showing what it’s like to use this thing in real life, and gets across well the hints it provide at a future with spatial computing. It’s… kind of exciting?
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I’ve been replaying James Blake’s latest album “Playing Robots Into Heaven” somewhat obsessively, and was reminded of this conversation he had with Brian Eno, for who he plays the music and who then provides him with his honest impression.
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“ChatGPT rejects any notion of creative struggle.” Nick Cave’s elaborate and thorough answer to questions about ChatGPT and creativity, written on his Red Hand Files blog, read aloud by Stephen Fry.
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As I watched Jerrod Carmichael’s latest special Rothaniel – which is really, really special – I was reminded of this conversation he had with Tyler, The Creator back in 2018. An interview unlike any other, and I’ve thought about it often since I first saw it.
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Life At The Cabin
№ 17A Dutch man named Martijn purchased two historic cabins on top of a hill in Italy with the goal to renovate them and create a homestead. He’s a photographer, so the process of him doing so is incredibly well documented. I’ve seen folks get put off a bit by the idea of him "being alone in nature, yet followed persistently by a drone", but I’ve really enjoyed watching these videos.
They’re very soothing, and you can watch them actively or have them on in the background. It’s fascinating to see him go about everything from shielding himself from the cold, to setting up solar panels, or driving wood up the hill to build a temporary cabin. Lovely stuff. Thanks for sharing, Marius!