Things that inspire us: The work of Sophie Calle
We have always been struck by the installation and presentation of Sophie Calle’s work. Beyond the artwork itself, the structure she deploys to tell a story is extremely enjoyable. It reveals the care for her audience’s personal engagement. Here is a very short introduction to a few of her pieces that inspire us the most:
Gotham Handbook – documents social interactions around a specific place in NYC.
Suite Vénitienne – is the documentation of the artist following total strangers in the street. Calle is documenting and annotating her pictures with their actions and behaviours
Sleepers – is a collection of pictures of people sleeping. Sophie Calle took one photograph per hour for 8 days of an invited guest, sleeping in her bed. Twenty-eight people succeeded one another for eight-hour documented sleep-shifts.
Why we like it:
• The sequence in Suite Vénitienne depicts her investigation into unsuspecting individuals. It works exactly like a storyboard.
• She mixes photography, text and written notes within the frame. She uses her experience, as an author would, to deploy a narrative.
• She works across media and combines text, images and annotations.
Apps that we like: TwoDots connecting
Join two brave dots as they traverse arctic tundras, navigate fiery jungles, and plunge the ocean depths. Sharpen your skills across 285 challenging levels while uncovering many exciting new features along the way.
Why we like it:
• Everyone needs a little bit of relaxation now and then; It provides the short entertainment-break needed to re-envigorate thoughts and focus
• Connecting dots is the basic for creativity!
Apps that we like: Paper
Download: Paper, by FiftyThree
Sketch out a new product design, draft a kitchen remodel or outline a great business plan. Paper is the essential digital notebook that works the way you think, with no fussy settings or distractions. Paper’s five beautiful tools to Sketch, Write, Draw, Outline, and Color, are now completely free. Paper includes unlimited, free, cloud backup of all your journals when you sign up for a FiftyThree account.
Why we like it:
• it’s a beautiful tool
• the colour mixer is incredibly intuitive and refined
Apps that we like: Monument Valley, discovery redefined
Download Monument Valley, by ustwo
In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world.
Monument Valley is a surreal exploration through fantastical architecture and impossible geometry. Guide the silent princess Ida through mysterious monuments, uncovering hidden paths, unfolding optical illusions and outsmarting the enigmatic Crow People.
Why we like it:
• It’s an enchanting game of logic.
Apps that we like: Mailbox, by Dropbox
Mailbox is a completely redesigned inbox that makes email light, fast, and mobile-friendly. Quickly swipe messages to your archive or trash. Scan an entire conversation at once with chat-like organization. Snooze emails until later with the tap of a button — they’ll return to your inbox automatically so you can focus on what’s important now.
Why we like it:
• The swipe interface is very intuitive
• It let’s you ‘snooze’ an email and set a reminder for it at a later time.
Apps that we like: Instapaper – read it later
Instapaper is the simplest way to save and store articles for reading: offline, on-the-go, anytime, anywhere, perfectly formatted.
Why we like it:
• It is extremely convenient to have at all time an offline reading list available.
• Folders are a convenient way to manage a reading list by topics and activity
Apps that we like: Citymapper
Citymapper is reinventing the everyday urban transport app and making the large complicated cities simple and usable. A to B journey planning, real-time info on all modes of transport where available (next departures and line status), book a taxi or a car through our integration with Uber and Hailo, weather, alerts, disruptions and everything you need and may not even realise that you need to manage your life in the city.
Why we like it:
• I’m not sure how I would go without it
• It’s the first app before to decide on how I will go to a meeting (and when I should leave)
Apps that we like: Medium, reading stories
Welcome to Medium for iOS, a simple app that lets you read and write the stories that matter most to you.
Every day thousands of new voices publish their unique experiences, views, and reflections to Medium.com, creating the largest, most diverse collection of stories on the internet. With this app you have the cleanest, simplest way to discover them and create your own, wherever you are.
Why we like it:
• The long read form of writing and reading is not gone because of Twitter—it has to be re-invented; Medium is probably the best place now where to discover new content
• The app on iOS and on the web have a beautiful and simple interface.
Apps that we like: 1Password
Have you ever forgotten a password? Do you reuse passwords?
1Password creates strong, unique passwords for every site, remembers them all for you, and logs you in with a single tap. 1Password is free. Start using it today!
Why we like it:
• Passwords are one of the worst thing ever, but there is—so far—nothing else that can really replace them everywhere.
• It’s a convenient way to have your passwords synced across various devices.
• It provides service monitoring so you know when you have to change your password.
Apps that we like: Addr
With Addr you can read, take notes in context and share them with your friends. More than that: you can read a book with your friend’s annotations in context.
Imagine your community reading the same book with multiple body of notes to enhanced their experience.
Why we like it:
• We like the idea of a remote book club
• Simple, minimalist interface that won’t go in the way of the reading experience
