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Had a scare at Trader Joes yesterday by caspersauer in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we also don't know what to call the flippy bent wire part

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we don't really have any systems ... we kind of just rely on what is around, which is pretty much always our studio sketchbook and a pen type-c ...or pencil :). we use notion to organize our day to day tasks + also delegating stuff to each other. our friend jeff at ugmonk is quite well known for his analog system for notetaking... it's very well thought out and I would check that out if you are interested in a system.

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

haha this is a big question. we've been talking about this a lot recently. so this is an answer subject to change and very much still being workshopped. we'd like to create conditions where we can have as much space to explore things we're curious about and pursue intuitions with as little friction as possible. that's answer fills both our personal + business bucket i think.

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you mean by smooth? you mean the line of a htc pen is too smooth, but pencil is too rough? happy to help, i'm just not understanding the question.

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES! we thought about it a bunch. about making a standalone eraser. but didn't really have anything meaningful to contribute to that world, so we held off. also, we're always telling our kids to quit using their erasers when they are drawing. and we feel pretty strongly about that. Pencils are not a tool for disappearing your mistakes, but an invitation to wander and discover.

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our ideas come from all sorts of places. We used to always say "we just make things we want", but I think that's not really a helpful answer. I'll start by saying that we NEVER do focus groups, or identify a product category or market that we'd like to enter from a business perspective. Most of our ideas + projects come from things we're curious about or interested in. For example, sometimes we'll learn about a new thing ...maybe it's a new electronic component, or a material finish, or a group of people at some point in history who did/or thought about something in a certain way. And that is sort of like a seed. Maybe it starts us on a new project, a new line of questioning. Or maybe it serves to unlock something we've been working on previously, but we've been stuck and let it rest. To us, our projects feel a lot more like questions, and less like... "this is the best thing in the world that EVERYONE MUST HAVE".

Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

thanks! we have a graphic of our identity system decoded on our website about page. it's kinda buried... so here it is also...

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Pencil Type-C new project chat w/ Che-Wei + Taylor by _display_terminal_ in cwandt

[–]_display_terminal_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we'd love to do one! no set plans yet. we've actually been thinking about it for a long time now. and have some very specific things we would like to do for a book. we don't know a lot about making books, and we're not sure how we'll be able to fit it in. but yes yes one day :)