NOTED.05 // Things You Might Like
A.I, marijuana aesthetics, land art, the design industries obsession w/ the new, picture books for adults, old and new objects...
The Dangers of A.I. (The NY Times)
Another Perspective: My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.
Marijuana Dispensary Aeshetics
A Collaborative Photo Project Imagines a World Where Street Artists Have Free Rein
How to Save Time with AI Social Media Content Creation
A $1.5 Million Frank Lloyd Wright Home Lists for the First Time in 70 Years
A tent that folds in to the size of a 1.5L bottle
We’re all Lurkers Now, “We’re growing silent, lurking, sitting in these digital rooms out of habit, and not because we really want to be there.”
"The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
How did the world get itself into its current state? And where do we go from here? Renowned author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers explores all these themes and more in his latest picture book for adults, Begin Again. (source)
Pinto poses a monolithic, contemporary collection of coffee tables inspired by the intricate marble and stone fragments adorning the floors of Venetian palaces. (source)
Double headed retro opal wall lights from skinflint. Once illuminating a hotel reception in Ostrava, former Czechoslovakia, these salvaged 1950s vintage wall lights are a retro product born from the communist era.
“You feel differently towards the world when you make things.”
– Milton Glaser
“You can imagine the next steps here. A bot that gets to know your quirks; remembers your life history; offers you coaching or tutoring or therapy; entertains you in whichever way you prefer. A synthetic companion not unlike the real people you encounter during the day, only smarter, more patient, more empathetic, more available.”
- Casey Newton on AI, via NL The Platformer
