“Love Me” Red by Curtis Kulig (via)
Jaime Hayon Lounger Chair (via)
Dounyasha lounge concept by Dima Loginoff.
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Emergent properties are new attributes of a whole that arise from the interaction and interconnection of the parts. The idea of emergence can be understood with an analogy: A cake has a taste not found in any one of its ingredients. Nor is its taste simply the average of the ingredients’ flavors—something, say, halfway between flour and eggs. It is much more than that. The taste of a cake transcends the simple sum of its ingredients.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives (Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler)
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How do you go,” he asks, “from where you start when you first open your doors-where by definition you aren’t very good-to being excellent? It’s a really interesting and easy secret, which is: just get a little bit better tomorrow. The problem is, when you get to tomorrow, you have to have the same commitment. Just be a little bit better the day after that. That’s all it takes, is just this commitment not to be defensive. Don’t worry about criticism, because you’re not any good, so criticism is always valid.
From The Opposable Mind by Roger Martin
