Why Big Buck Bunny Still Holds Up
An open movie from 2008 that remains a masterclass in comic timing.
On Keeping a Commonplace Book
A notebook of borrowed sentences is the best writing teacher we know.
How to Edit Your Own Work Without Hating It
A practical checklist for the second, third, and fourth pass.
Five Questions for a Type Designer
On revivals, variable axes, and the letter that took a year.
The Case for Writing Badly First
Why the fastest route to a good draft runs straight through a terrible one.
A Flower in Slow Motion
Eight seconds of CC0 footage and why we keep rewatching it.
Shooting Architecture at Blue Hour
Twenty minutes of balanced light and how not to waste them.
Sintel, the Full Short, on a Rainy Sunday
Fifteen minutes of dragons, loss, and remarkable open-source craft.
Desk Setups from Our Readers
You sent in photos of where you work. Here are our favourites.
Shell Aliases That Save Us an Hour a Week
Git, rsync, and image tools, shortened to a few keystrokes.
Caminandes and the Economy of a Gag
A llama, a fence, and three minutes of perfect escalation.
What a Paper Prototype Still Teaches
Scissors, tape, and index cards expose design problems faster than any tool.
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