There’s also a yearning, even among upstarts, to be identified as heritage brands. As the editors point out: “Brand logos that–however remotely–borrow designery attributes from emblems, blazons, and family crests, play on heritage, and it seems somewhat secondary whether the brands they represent have one or not.” So if you’re looking to impart a “vintage” patina on a brand, all you have to do is slap an emblem on some T-shirts–and voilà, instant history.

via The Hottest Trend In Small-Biz Branding: Old-Timey Logos | Co.Design.

The Acoustic Guitar Project, created in 2012, stemmed from Adams’s New Years resolution to work on an artistic project. Not a musician himself, Adams wanted to give others the ability to ‘create something raw.’ He started with his musician friend, giving them a guitar, handheld recorder, and almost no rules.  Limits foster creativity – This is an innovative play it forward project.

via Acoustic Guitar Project Forces Musicians To Play Without Technology – PSFK.

Skateistan began as a Kabul-based NGO, and now operates projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Pakistan, with a second facility opening in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, in 2013.

via Students of DIY Workshop Make First Skateboards in Afghanistan | Creativity on GOOD.

If humans were able to hear light and parse the poetry of the spectrum, then perhaps there would be no need for Brian Eno, who seems to do it effortlessly.

via Brian Eno – Interview Magazine.

House of Cards, the most remarkable new television drama of the year, is not being shown on any television channel. It may have been inspired by the 1990s BBC classic with which it shares a title, but this series belongs to the future of the medium, not the past.

via House of Cards, Netflix, Review – Telegraph.