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You want it, too: brain scan studies reveal that the sight of an attractive product can trigger the part of the motor cerebellum that governs hand movement. Instinctively, we reach out for attractive things; beauty literally moves us.

NYT: Why We Love Beautiful Things

There’s an amazing collection of fan art forming for Brothers’ indie game, Sword & Sworcery — and not without good reason. This game was, undoubtedly, my favorite game on iOS so far, with its fantastic story line, stunning artwork, and quirky dialogue.

This piece was contributed by the talented David Lanham, who, incidentally, also illustrated my Twitter avatar.

For the 4th Sarasota Chalk Festival, artists Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink made a three-dimensional drawing on the ground that was inspired by the Terracotta Army.

(via Scene 360)

For the 4th Sarasota Chalk Festival, artists Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko van Schaik and Peter Westerink made a three-dimensional drawing on the ground that was inspired by the Terracotta Army.

(via Scene 360)

It lets users create mixels in a few minutes, casually, almost without time to let their inner inhibitions about Art-with-a-capital-A take over. That’s exactly what we were going for.

Khoi Vinh on Mixel, a new social collage app.

During my brief stint in design school, collage was definitely one of my favorite activities. I could see this app quickly becoming one of my favorites. While I love the simplicity of its tools, I would certainly appreciate some more precise cropping features (which Khoi mentions are in progress).

If you’re on Mixel, add me as a friend and let’s make some collages!