What if optimism is actually what's punk rock?
~Ramtin Arablouei 
via this incredible listen

The question isn't, "What difference does/will it make?"
The question is, "What kind of person do I want to be?"
via

message from 1661 :: museum of london

There is no courage in the absence of fear.
~Luvvie Ajayi Jones
​(via this lovely listen)

May you harvest the light 
+ keep it burning brightly in your heart,
so that when the deepest darkness of winter is upon us,
you will remember the summer sun.
​~Teo Bishop

it's ok to live a life others don't understand

I have an infinite number of reasons to be happy

We live in a designed world, surrounded by built systems and objects.
No object, no matter how small, is designed in a vacuum.
Design is in close conversation with other complex forces like labor,
the environment, our planet’s resources, technology,
communities on a local + global scale,
and future generations as well.
All of the decisions a designer makes
have an ecosystem of impact
that reverberates far beyond the acts of ideation + creation.
 
Historically, design has centered the human experience.
The value of a product has come from its beauty
and/or its ability to make life ‘better.’
But when we design solely with humans in mind,
it is all too easy to forget
that humans are not the only ones affected by what we make.
 
Can something be truly good design
if it’s bad for the planet, wildlife, local communities + workers?

The truly beautiful is one + the same with the truly good.
~Kalon 
​(image via link)

Be someone who handles hard better.
If you have a meaningful pursuit in life,
it will never be easy.
~Kara Lawson