December 2010
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Staying True
Photographer Olivier Grunewald kneels to get a photograph on a small rock outcropping in the acid crater lake of Kawah Ijen.
Two things are always not true:
Everyone likes this.
No one likes this.
Sorry.
If you try to please everyone, the few you don’t delight will either ruin your day or ruin your sense of what sort of product you should make.
And if you believe the critic who...
Let Go
Are you trying to decide if you should keep or get rid of something? These are six reasons to trash, recycle, sell, or donate an object:
You don’t use it, love it, need it, or want it.
It’s broken, busted, damaged, or destroyed and you haven’t fixed it in six months or more.
You have multiples of the same object, and the other one is vastly superior in quality.
It’s expired.
You don’t have...
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Helen Mirren
I really admire Mrs. Mirren. She’s managed to navigate her career with grace and elegance, remain relevant, and age appropriately. She doesn’t need breast implants and she doesn’t need botox to be beautiful. She knows who she is and stays true to that and doing that requires a certain amount of gumption. Mirren’s been in the business for over 35 years and continues to...
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Tyler Brûlé
Tyler Brûlé, at the helm of Monocle Magazine, is kind of a hero to me. He’s taken an idea that he believed in dearly, stood by it, and grew it to an internationally known brand. He started out with Wallpaper*, a fine publication in its own right, and eventually launched Monocle through private funding.
In a way he’s re-branding the whole world as an exciting place full...
WatchSometimes I enjoy some good pop. Danish export Oh Land comes to my rescue. She’s an ex-ballerina turned pop artist. Reinvention complete.
