Welcome to issue 33 of đŸ”¥ Lit Design! I stumbled upon a bunch of interesting products and articles through the week. I’m curating the best of the past week every Monday. Enjoy!
Interesting Apps and Services
Widgetsmith - With iOS 14 out and widgets taking center-stage in terms of prominent visual change, you should give this app a try. It allows you to customise your homescreen to your liking. Some folks have done an amazing job curating their look and there are some extreme versions as well
Synthesia - Descript but for video. Create an account and give it a try, it’s pretty amazing how this works and will only improve over time.
Soor - If you are on Apple Music, Soor is a slick music player with some amazing widgets that you will love!
Interesting links / reads
The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke - by Steven Bertoni
It took decades, but Chuck Feeney, the former billionaire cofounder of retail giant Duty Free Shoppers has finally given all his money away to charity. He has nothing left now—and he couldn’t be happier.
What a great read this one is!
Minimal Viable Creativity - by Ryan Mulholland
It’s tough to be a creator.
It’s even tougher to do it consistently. The hurdles to creation are many and the way around is usually the hardest route. The sight of others’ success in public weighs heavy like an anchor keeping us from going anywhere.
If there’s an anchor weighing us down, the mass of that anchor is made up by perfectionism.
The 'serendipity mindset': how to make your own luck - by Dr Christian Busch
On how seeing meaning in the unexpected can help turn mistakes into opportunities
Since so much of our lives are influenced by the unplanned and the unexpected, it makes sense to capitalise on these moments.
These look beautiful
Miner Road House - Such amazing vibes from this place. Check out the other photos in the post.
Letter - That is some crazy interaction design on this beautiful website! It’s not a website it’s a work of art.
A thing I made
They will call you lucky after you spent years building up useful skills and preparing yourself - @orangebook_
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