TSW #10: April 2019

Tom Sach’s NikeCraft short films, Lil Jupiterr, in search of Gen Z, Hip-Hop Evolution, the introverted VC Bill Maris, ‘The Frontiers of Design’ film by Doberman, typography resources by Amrit Pal Singh, Khoi Vinh in defense of design thinking, David Hockney ‘The Art of Seeing’, Patricia McDonald ‘Lessons from the Jazz Age’

Tom Sachs NikeCraft Short Films

The Inscrutable Hypebeast Cool of Lil Jupiter’s Instagram

In Search of Gen Z

But if Gen Z’s name is in flux, a narrative has already started to emerge about what makes this generation tick. Experts tend to subvert the expected narrative of Zs as “millennials on steroids”: screen-poisoned shut-ins reared on benzos and niche porn, readying the kill shot on Olive Garden, monogamy, and the traditional nine-to-five. By their lights, a generation that grew up on reboots and revivals has itself, somehow, become one: a kind of woke Silent Generation.

Documentary: Hip-Hop Evolution (Netflix)

Fund81 Podcast #4: The Introverted VC Bill Maris

‘The Frontiers of Design’ by Doberman

Typography Resources by Amrit Pal Singh

Khoi Vinh ‘In Defense of Design Thinking, Which is Terrible’

David Hockney — ‘The Art of Seeing’

“The harder you look, the more you see.”

APG ‘How To Get On’ Series — Patricia McDonald ‘Lessons from the Jazz Age’

Embrace the new but respect the “old”

Be skeptical but not cynical

Embrace complexity but pursue simplicity

Hold strong opinions lightly

Build your brand but don’t forget the work

Think big and small