german company merlo-t produces ’special designs without specialising’. their collection consists mainly of home accessories, including the classic TMP paper collector by willi glaeser.
with two locations in williamsburg, brooklyn, 3rd ward provides resources for creative professionals. facilities include four photo studios, a wood & metal shop, a digital media lab, shared & private office space and an interdisciplinary art education program. access seems to be based on a monthly membership fee.
designdroplets has a useful article on the basics of portfolio creation, from planning over creation to actual face to face presentation.
in addition to the standard ‘lorem ipsum’ placeholder text, blindtextgenerator.com provides additional options like cicero, kafka, and goethe’s werther.
stacey is an alternative to indexhibit, an application used by many artists and designers for creating portfolio sites.
it is a php application, with no database setup or installation files. content is managed by creating folders and editing text files.
nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
– calvin coolidge
kickstarter is a funding platform for creatives. more focused on the crowd-funding part but still related to the crowd-sourcing ideas of quirky, moq7, and joy de vivre that i mentioned earlier.
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