Converge Newsletter
Browse all 186 links from 20 issues.
3D Printed Homeware
UAU Project is a design studio creating and selling incredible, sustainable homeware. The Warsaw based duo experiments with 3D printing and high quality materials to create environmentally sound, beautiful products.
Interactive Learning
Learn about synthesisers in this magic site from Ableton. Play with a synth in your browser and learn all the different features to create your own sounds. This is an old favourite I’ve lost quite a bit of time to.
Online Guide
A nice little online catalogue of user interfaces that captures some key moments in the history of human-computer interaction.
TV Series
We just finished this four-part BBC series and thought it was both brilliant and unbearable in equal measure. I recommend it with some trepidation as it won’t be for everyone — the pace and tension are so excruciating as to be almost unbearable. But there’s also a lot of humanity in there and we found it worth sticking with. And it has Sean Bean, so there’s that too.
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Film
With all the talk of Thirteen Lives recently (about the Thai boys that got trapped in the cave), I was surprised that a lot of folk I’ve spoken to hadn’t seen The Rescue on Netflix. It’s an incredible documentary on the same subject by Free Solo directors, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
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Album
I can normally take or leave most of Max Cooper’s stuff without the accompanying visuals, but Unspoken Words from earlier this year has really stayed with me – it’s got great pace and tempo, a proper vibe. Exotic Contents and Symphony in Acid are such good tunes.
Album
One of my favourite bits of pop culture to come out of the lockdown in 2020/21 was Bo Burnham’s Inside (very worth a watch on Netflix first if you’ve not seen it). Assuming you have already, this recently released playlist is a collection of audio outtakes and previously unreleased stuff from the production.
Book
I’m a latecomer to the work of Jon Ronson having only been vaguely aware of him, but never having dipped my toes into any of his books. I’ve discovered I quite like his brand of journalism.
Single
I’m a big fan of Ryan West AKA Rival Consoles. He’s a bit of a master of layering up beautiful, melodic and percussive soundscapes that build and recede. This recent one, Echoes is no exception – a total beaut.
Creative platform
As I get increasingly jaded about the likes of Instagram and other social networks, it's nice to see smaller contenders popping up with decent values and a positive vibe.
Analytics
I was looking for a decent alternative to Google Analytics for my site and found one in Splitbee. It's just simple metrics to satisfy my curiosity, while respecting the privacy of users. And I am so glad to finally be shot of the over-engineered mess that is Google's UI.
Social network for reading
For a better designed alternative to Good Reads, check out Literal, which I've been using since it's private beta. You can track and share the books you read and get inspiration from others on what to read next. Lovely. And now publicly available too.
TV Series
We've just finished this brilliant series on Apple TV+, based on the real life case of Larry Hall. Taron Egerton plays a drug dealer who is offered the chance to clear his sentence by the FBI if he can elicit a confession from a known serial killer before his appeal comes up.
Film
My wife and I recently went to see Brian & Charles having no context beforehand on what we'd be watching.
Playlist
This is a lovely mixed bag of stuff curated by Von. It's 'a playlist to interest but not interrupt. Good tunes at a good pace spanning genres and eras.'
Book
Really enjoyed this first hand account from ex-Apple engineer, Ken Kocienda about his time at the company under Steve Jobs. Lots of details about the design and engineering of now ubiquitous products like the iPhone and iPad.
Artist
I’m really drawn to colour and simplicity in art. And Smallhorn’s work has this in abundance. Love how she explores the relationships between colour, volume and proportion. And these are all real artworks, not renders.
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