his story is from the April edition of Scientific American, in an article on neuroscience by Emily Anthes titled “How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood.” Salk was so certain of the effect of Assisi’s architecture on his work that he later hired Louis Kahn to build the now famous Salk Institute (photos below), and the influence of Assisi is clearly visible – the simple, harmonious colonnades, the long vistas, the pale buttery colour of the stone. Some of the scientific findings in the article confirm what we might already have guessed, while others are more surprising.

I’m a crafty personality, in more ways than one. I’ve never known a universe in which I wasn’t happy unless I was making something. Usually I’m fortunate enough to be surrounded by lots of crafty fun materials, and if I’m not, I make do with what I have. Usually, when I have nothing, I write. Or sometimes I make sculptures from whatever is lying around. It’s an addiction.

I was in the London underground yesterday returning from a wonderful planning meeting at Trafalgar Square. I love the London underground because it has clean, cushy seats that face each other. In New York City, we have hard fiberglass seats, maybe that's what Frank Sanatra was talking about...Anyways, so I'm in the "tube" as they call it here. And across from me, there's this kid with his dad.

Computing: In future, most new internet users will be in developing countries and will use mobile phones. Expect a wave of innovation

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The Majency Oracle is a 169-card deck of original prompts or "matches" to spark the imagination of writers, poets, or any creative individual that needs inspiration.

Awesome flash games - suitable for all ages.

Turn your old Credit-Cards (or any plastic card) into a nice little flower box to grow your own mini flowers in. These are sure to lighten up your fridge, office desk or any other drab place that needs a little of nature's creations to lighten it up.

What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not?

hideaway bunk beds, murphy beds, etc

awesome job pitch!

Compiled by Joshua Sowin This guide was mainly distilled from On Writing Well by William Zinsser and The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.

Designers of digital technology products no longer regard their job as designing a physical object—beautiful or utilitarian—but as designing our interactions with it. In Designing Interactions, Bill Moggridge, designer of the first laptop computer (th

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Make your own bath bombs - super easy!

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According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), 80% of new businesses fail within five years -- typically, because attention was not paid to best practices in performing important business tasks. By emulating and automating expert prep, Willitfly.co

A comprehensive list of creativity books in the Idea Sandbox library of knowledge!

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