Excerpts from books and readings that we found compelling enough to archive and share for you to preview
On the purest form of human creativity, and the difference between seeing and knowing
The Unknown Craftsman - A Japanese Insight into Beauty, Soetsu Yanagi – 1972
An iconic director on the responsibility of the individual, and state of the world
Sculpting in Time, Andrey Tarkovsky – 1987
A terrific writer's comments on writing in a letter to his son
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates – 2015
On Amazon and Antitrust in context of Antitrust history
Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox, Lina M. Khan – 2019
On the study of energy and breath
Yoga & Psychotherapy - The Evolution of Consciousness – 2014
A detailed history of black people and golf in the US
The Miami Times and the Fight for Equality: Chapter 6 – 2018
A literary mix of four books
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari // LOVINGKINDNESS, Sharon Salzberg // The Autobiography of Malcom X, Alex Haley // Damn Good Advice (for people with talent!), George Lois
Learn to accept your entrepreneurial self
Reid Hoffman: The Start Up of You – 2012
On beauty, coherence and integrity in art and architecture
Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings – 2018
Art as architecture, Japanese artist tasked to design a team room ends up designing an entire apartment
NY Times Style Magazine - 2019
An essay about the meaning of architectural drawings,
Harvard Design Magazine - 1998
A [favorite of Frank Lloyd Wright] book about the relationship between structure and decoration throughout history,
Grammar of Ornament - 1852
The issues with minimalism and designing with vernacular,
Decolinising Design - 2012
Defining the role of objects in shrinking time and space,
The Thing - 1950
Japanese approach takes over US Motorcycle market,
The "Honda Effect" Revisited - 1996