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GET OUT OF THE STUDIO AND MAKE SOME FRIENDS, OR A PREFACE TO THIS UNFINISHED NON-MANIFESTO, OR OTHER PEOPLE’S MANIFESTOS, OR SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS I’VE HAD WHILE WRITING THIS, OR MY FAVORITE PROJECTS, OR MY CURRENT ELEVATOR PITCH,OR MY NOTES APP,  OR MY COLLECTION OF SUPPORTIVE NOTES AND EMAILS, OR RANDOM SHIT I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT Is there a difference between art and design? I think so: to make a work of art is to occupy a small piece of space and time. To design is to occupy a small piece of space and time — a small piece of the universe and your short time in it — and give it to someone or something else. I’m not saying that artists are inherently self-absorbed, or that designers are inherently selfless, or even that a hard boundary exists between art and design. A piece and a person can occupy multiple states, and most, if not all, pieces and people exist somewhere in the middle: some of the best works of art, really, are excellently designed, and the best pieces of des

GET OUT OF THE STUDIO GET OUT OF THE STUDIO AND MAKE SOME FRIENDS , OR A PREFACE TO THIS UNFINISHED NON-MANIFESTO , OR OTHER PEOPLE’S MANIFESTOS , OR SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS I’VE HAD WHILE WRITING THIS , OR MY FAVORITE PROJECTS, OR MY CURRENT ELEVATOR PITCH , OR MY NOTES APP , OR MY COLLECTION OF SUPPORTIVE NOTES AND EMAILS, OR RANDOM SHIT I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT Is there a difference between art and design? I think so: to make a work of art is to occupy a small piece of space and time. To design is to occupy a small piece of space and time — a small piece of the universe and your short t

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