Tom Winn

The Unofficial Design Portfolio Handbook

<i>by Martijn van den Broeck, all opinions my own.</i><p><b>Download your free copy of The Unofficial Design Portfolio Handbook.</b><p>Table of Contents<p><b>Before your</b> …

How to Decorate Holiday Cookies Like a Pro

Holiday cookie decorating 101: Everything you know for cookies that look as good as they taste.<p>Holiday cookies are delicious no matter what they look like, but there comes a time in every baker's life when the tub o' frosting and squeeze tubes of food coloring will no longer suffice. If you're …

How to Braise Meat without a Recipe (Seriously!)

By Bon Appétit<p>Learn the basics of braising and you can transform even the toughest cut of meat into a tender, succulent masterpiece. Here's how to braise meat—no recipe necessary.<p>Real talk: You don't need a recipe to make the braise of your dreams. Not that there's anything wrong with following a …

10 Lessons I Learned from a Year of Productivity Experiments

Over the last 12 months I have conducted countless productivity experiments on myself, interviewed some of the most productive people in the world, …

How Americans Die

By Matthew C. Klein / Bloomberg View / April 17, 2014<p>How Americans Die<p>The mortality rate fell by about 17 percent from 1968 through 2010, years for …

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Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It

The biggest retail hack in U.S. history wasn’t particularly inventive, nor did it appear destined for success. In the days prior to Thanksgiving …

The 10 Best Design Books Of 2013

No matter how convenient Kindles are, they will never do justice to beautifully printed, full-color art and design books. (And reading them often doubles as a workout–the big ones require serious biceps to even lift.)<p>See more of the year’s best design: <br>Branding <br>Houses <br>Interfaces <br>Apps <br>Photo Essays …

Webarch – Admin Dashboard Template

Webarch – Responsive Admin Template.<p><b>Webarch</b> is an amazing multipurpose admin dashboard template based on the Twitter Boostrap framework. This …

50 Ways to Show Gratitude for the People in Your Life

<b>“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” –William Arthur Ward</b><p>The holiday season generally brings us …

Subway – Munich Underground Photography by Nick Frank

Subway – Architecture Photography.<p>Hard to believe that these are all subway stations. The German photographer Nick Frank is well known for his …

English Building's Brick Facade Playfully Slumps Down

<i>From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes</i> is a surreal display by British designer Alex Chinneck that makes it look like the brick facade is sliding right off the front of a building in Margate, England. The eye-catching installation, which took Chinneck approximately one year to bring to …

Smart Quotes for Smart People

”<p>"Don't be dumb"<p>“You’re smart!”<p>Good typography uses smart quotes, not dumb quotes<p>“Smart quotes,” the correct quotation marks and apostrophes, are …

Articles about 101 modern office on Dwell.com - Dwell

PORTLAND – When Sheila discovered Modern-Shed, she knew it was exactly what she had been looking for.<p>What's better than one hundred photos of cabins? One hundred and one photos of cabins.<p>Now that the last laptop computer and toilet-paper dispenser have been liquidated from the once-mighty Circuit …

Useful InDesign Scripts And Plugins To Speed Up Your Work

Line Numbering<p>This line-numbering plugin does exactly what it says on the box: it gives every line on a page a number. While InDesign is very capable …

Thousands of Potted Flowers Form a Grand Design on a Staircase in Sicily

What a sight! Come visit a small town on the island of Sicily called Caltagirone and you'll witness a landmark that's a sheer beauty. Built in 1608, the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte has 142-steps which are each decorated with a different ceramic, using styles and figures derived from the …

Reinventing The Format

Great Design, Authentic Relationships and Epic Storytelling<p>As a motion designer, my art is usually a 16:9 rectangle. But that’s not the format. The …

Who Made That?

The Most Common Walking and Running Injuries

How to identify, treat, and recover from common injuries.<p>Working out can be uncomfortable (especially when you're just getting started), but it should never hurt. Here is how to tell the difference between the harmless twinges that go along with pushing your muscles farther than they’ve gone before …

Architizer Journal: The Official Architizer Blog

Corgan's long legacy of architectural innovation extends to its present-day workflow.<p>This gastronomic masterpiece sets "a stage for cuisine that ignites the senses.”<p>Submit your best work today: The extended entry deadline is May 25th!<p>Delta Millworks guides us through the art of shou sugi ban.<p>Taking …

Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the 'DVR for everything'

Nate Weiner turned down millions from Evernote to stay independent — but how big a business can you build off a bookmarklet?<p>The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View for the most important meeting of his life. Weiner — he pronounces it "WINE-er," and yes, …

Six Best Creations of Charles Eames, In Celebration of His Birthday

<b>Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chair</b><br>Made from lightweight plywood, this is the chair that <i>Time</i> magazine once declared the "Best Design of the 20th …

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