In Austria, 168.000 kg of food is thrown away before reaching the consumer. “Iss mich!” – “Eat me!” is a small, Viennese company that turned this into a business idea – it “rescues” food from big companies that would have thrown it away and sells them in nice, little glass containers. Also, they deliver via bicycle – another step to decrease the carbon footprint.

“eat it, don’t waste it” is our slogan. 

That’s why iss mich! (eat me!) prepares delicious vegetarian dishes from perfectly healthy veggies that did not meet retail standards – not due to quality but due to aesthetics.

Our dishes are served in jars in order to reduce packaging.

If you live in Vienna and want to eat some good food and, at the same time, not harm the environment, consider “Iss mich!”. What a great idea!

issmich.at

This looks pretty good. Let's see how the design language will be translated into the apps.

Read more about it on FastCompany.

(and there is even a GIF! Yay!)

…many times there is a disconnect between the finished product and the person who actually made it. Creating an awareness of that connection is something I try to do with Ugmonk.

Amazing interview with Jeff Sheldon of Ugmonk on The Great Discontent. Go read it!

 

Sometimes, when I am too lazy to read a book, but when I want to be educated about exciting stuff or inspiring ideas, I like to look for some talks on design, culture, technology or whatever seems to be interesting right now. This is a list of talks that I like to watch, often more than once, and I hope that they will keep you inspired and entertained this weekend.

Life lessons from an Ad Man – Rory Sutherland.

Advertising

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Stop stealing dreams – Seth Godin.

Education

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5 Rules for Making an Impact – Tina Roth Eisenberg.

Design / Life lessons

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The Art of Misdirection – Apollo Robbins.

Magic / Humour

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Everything is a Remix – Kirby Ferguson.

Creative Culture

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A love poem for prime numbers – Harry Baker.

Math / Humour

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The greatest TED talk ever sold – Morgan Spurlock.

Advertising

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I hope that these talks will keep you inspired and entertained this weekend. Tell me if you want to see more stuff like that.

Commit to articulating your point of view on one relevant issue, one news story, one personnel issue. Every day. Online or off, doesn’t matter. Share your taste and your perspective with someone who needs to hear it.

Speak up. Not just tomorrow, but every day.

I love Seth Godin. He is inspiring and has amazing taste in his ideas. A few days ago, on Steve Jobs Birthday, he introduced Ruckusmaker Day and I think he is proposing a habit that is worth for everyone to adopt.

Read more on his blog.

I've never really liked the idea of studying. Studying for a test, and then being able to forget it all again. Because, let's be honest, school is mainly based on filling your head with information, with data, letting it all go at one point, and then starting over. The problem is not only that this data never gets used again and is therefore absolutely useless, the problem is that pure data does not help us with anything. It's not about collecting the dots, it's about connecting the dots. But in school, you rarely connect the dots. You collect them, because that's what you can count. That's what you can measure. People love to measure. Teachers love to measure. It's easy. But people cannot be measured. People's ideas cannot be counted. Nobody sees the value in a great idea or conversation anymore, people just see value in measuring, in grading. Grading children is the worst thing you can do to them. Grading does not fit with what humans are all about: we are all diverse, individually talented beings. I'm not what my grades tell my I am. Nobody is what their grades would suggest they are. Grades don't have anything to do with real talent. With actual knowledge. Putting additional pressure on classes, on children, on parents, but also on teachers, through grading, does not make any sense. Why, in a world where we always talk about how important individuality is, do we have grades? There is no use in them at all.

I've never really liked the idea of studying. What I have always loved is the idea of learning. Not learning for a test. Not learning because a teacher wants you to do so. But to learn by observing, to learn from real-life experiences, to learn from others, this is what always kept me going. And, as I begin to realize more and more, the amazing people, the amazing projects that happen outside of the fixed and boring lessons in school have actually been much more valuable learning experiences. Luckily, there's not only school. There's also everything that happens outside of the classroom. The real learning. The amazing people. The inspiring projects. But we need to put back the real value in education. It's not about collecting the dots, it's about the connecting them. Let's not forget that.

A beautifully collected collection of beautiful emails on CreativeMornings.

If you think Email is dead, well, it's not, also, you can do some pretty amazing stuff with it.

People sometimes ask me why I do the stuff that I do. Design posters for school performances, for free, helping out with sound and lighting, for free, helping teachers who are too dumb to figure out how this computer stuff works themselves, for free. I have never really understood people that asked me that.

I always saw my life as a series of projects. They come and they go, but each and every one is important, because of the people and the ideas connected with them. If I have anything to say, to bring in, to offer, I will do it. Because if it makes the project 10% better, it's worth it. Because the amount of work you put into something is often less than what the overall outcome therefore is. The total is greater than the sum of its parts.

I have never really liked people who just do 80%. If I am working on something, I at least like to think that I am doing 110% of what it would actually take to make the project good. Often it takes so few to make the project just so much better. If you have to decide between doing the extra 10% or not, do it. It's worth it.

Probably the best part. A young, British graphic designer made them. [Read more about them here][1] or watch the title sequence below:

Even though I do not completely agree with everything that is being said in this video, I do see the central point. But for technology to revolutionize education, education needs to be willing to be revolutionized. And that's the biggest problem right now.

-david.

I think everyone should read this. Right now.
Are all terrorists Muslims – The Daily Beast

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them – well, I have others.

by Groucho Marx

Even though it was pretty clear that type designer Erik Spiekermann has to live in an amazingly-looking house, the house looks even more amazing than I thought it would. And it is functional, which is often a weak-point with houses on design blogs. And man, what a bookshelf!

See the full article on dwell here.

Watch a video of the bookshelf here.

This is the solution to a problem we've all been facing. The heavy-weighted knot holds the cable in place and makes it available wherever you need it.

Visit their site.

In 2015 I want to accomplish stuff that I have always wanted to do, to try, to explore etc. This is my ToDo List for 2015:

1. Start a small online shop. Get your work out there. Physical. T-Shirts, Posters, whatever.

2. Talk to the camera every once in a while. Make videos on YouTube, share them with the world.

3. Write about stuff that interests you. At least 100 blog posts in 2015.

4. Every month, design something you never thought you would ever design. Just try stuff.

5. Earn money. Have a project, be it a client or the online shop that generates some money. Yes, I know, you are not supposed to talk about money, but it's part of our life, and you would rather make mistakes now than later.

6. Accomplish a really big project. With a lot of people, a lot of ideas and a big outcome. (Spoiler: There's something in the making.)

7. Travel. Go somewhere else. Even if you just take the train and wait till the final stop, just don't stay where you are.

8. Build a web app.

9. Record your memories. Take pictures. Write a diary.

10. Meet new people. Make new friends.

11. Be happy. Yes, you, David of the future, have stuff to do. Yes, that stuff can be difficult. But in the end, be happy, be thankful for what you have and embrace the good stuff around you.

Ok, this is my ToDo list. 11 items for 12 months. I think that's doable. In one year, I will look back and tell you what I have accomplished. Now it's your turn: What is on your ToDo list? Anything to add?

-david.

welcome! This is my new space. I completely revamped my website, now, everything is in one place: my portfolio, my blog, and general stuff about me. In the future, I'm planning on writing a lot more and I already have some exciting stuff planned. My old blog still exists as a reference, is however not maintained anymore. All of the important posts have been transferred to my new one.

Especially at my age, it's important to have at least some kind of portfolio that you can show to people when they ask me what I do. So, my portfolio is now back online. However, some of it is still work in progress as I am still deciding on the projects that I want to put up.

I'm really excited. I have a lot planned, and this lays the foundation. Now, tell me, what do you think? Anything I should talk about?

Let's do this!

-david.

Also, one more important thing: English is not my main language. This blog is a way for me to improve my English skills. Please be patient with me, but, please, also tell me when I made a mistake. This is the only way I'll learn. Thanks!

You can also follow me on Twitter.

I'm ready for the future. I'm ready for the marshmallows.

A blog post on TheOatMeal about their experience “driving” a self-driving car by Google. Interesting thoughts, and nice cartoons.

Read the post.