Jumping.
We had the most fun visit this week with Dylan, who lives in the neighborhood and has an amazing instagram account of him jumping rope. It all came about when an old friend messaged us last week when he saw our new high speed jump rope, and was like, you gotta get one of these to Dylan.
In any case, Dylan came over and showed us some moves. His jump roping feels more like dance and play than a usual attempt at getting buff (he's that too!). When he went home he shot a video of his moves with our rope. We feel honored :)
Check out Dylan Skips
More hangs with Dylan coming soon! Next time we'll take a picture of us all as proof.
Standard.
A few weeks ago Che-Wei made a website of industry standard tools. If you are a barber - what are the top of the line clippers you would have in your shop? A carpenter - the best hammer. A guitarist - the best guitar strings. The site is open to everyone to contribute.
It's still a work in progress so send feedback or issues that pop up.
Design Across Time.
Personal Body Unit Index is currently on view as part of a multi-year exhibit that features objects from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum's permanent collection.
Before the exhibit opened, we did a short interview about the piece. It's up on instagram right now along with some interesting designers talking about their work.
Video of us discussing Personal Body Unit Index
Go check out the show if you can!
Cardboard family of lamps.
How to start?
We are homeschooling or unschooling or whatever you call it our kids this year. It started light this summer, and we are slowly getting our bearings.
To quote my mom on the subject when I told her... "are you crazy? You are already too busy". She's not wrong.
It feels daunting. But just like starting every new project, you shift some things, and somehow figure out a way to make it work.
A thing that makes homeschooling feel possible is how quickly we can now build tools to support this endeavor. Ones that can be adapted and used to make the stuff that is annoying and hard quick, and ensure the work we are doing is the actual real work.
This week someone asked a question about how I would encourage a person starting a new project to take the first steps. We would probably both say "start by building a tool". Often, this process helps articulate what the thing is and informs how it will take shape in the world.
Our unschooling website has is a curiosity log. We want to get our kids into a habit of noticing when they are curious about something. We've been trying to get them to write this in a journal, and it hasn't caught on. But now we have a shared family archive of our curiosities on our homeschool website. We'll set up time for them to write those things down. Me and CW also have logs that live alongside theirs. So it doesn't just feel like a kid thing, but an everyone thing. A practice we're hoping to make lifelong and intentional.
Cute feet protectors for saw horses on the nice floor.
With love and hugs,
Che-Wei + Taylor