We live by a series of rules. The rules of society. The rules of our families. And the rules we set for ourselves: I can't go to bed until there are less than 10 unread emails in my inbox. I can't have more than one slice of cake.  I can't buy any more new shoes this month. I have to go to the gym every day this week. These are the sorts of mandates we ...

If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… You ever notice how, far more so than an ability to perform high-level tasks, it is the most mundane ones that test and/or reveal a person's intelligence? Forget about astro physics; a human who can't figure out how to put their arm up in the air to hail a cab ...

There are pros and cons to everything, children included. Pros: they're filled with wonder for the world as whole, they make absurd and often hilarious pronouncements, they get to wear adorable clothing, etc. Cons: they, or their educators, are responsible for creating a ginormous paper trail. The schools send home all of the notifying papers. The homework: it comes raining in. The artwork: it gets prodigiously made. But in life, all things are relative. How ...

There are no wrong decisions. I'll say that again: there are no wrong decisions. You cannot choose wrongly, because either way, you benefit. If you make a decision and the outcome is exceedingly positive, you will have moved your life forward and will feel victorious. If you make a decision and the outcome is seemingly negative, you will have earned yourself an important lesson, and thus, moved your life forward. The key to being able ...

If you follow the work of well known designers, especially those whose work commonly populates the pages of the internet, then chances are you're long acquainted with Caitlin Wilson. You might have even seen her on this very blog way back when. Caitlin is a textile designer, and pretty much every thing the woman touches seems to turn into colorful, patterned, classic-decor gold. The same can be true of her latest project: a new build ...