Linda Ma — Designer based in Berlin.

Linda Ma — Designer based in Berlin.

Linda Ma — Designer based in Berlin.

Linda Ma — Designer based in Berlin.

I build stories from visuals and words for the web. Currently, I'm doing this at Muse — a tool purpose-built for the creative process. I enjoy research, sometimes take photos, and spend a lot of time musing on human behavior. You can write me at hello@lindsma.com.

I build stories from visuals and words for the web. Currently, I'm doing this at Muse — a tool purpose-built for the creative process. I enjoy research, sometimes take photos, and spend a lot of time musing on human behavior. You can write me at hello@lindsma.com.

I build stories from visuals and words for the web. Currently, I'm doing this at Muse — a tool purpose-built for the creative process. I enjoy research, sometimes take photos, and spend a lot of time musing on human behavior. You can write me at hello@lindsma.com.

I build stories from visuals and words for the web. Currently, I'm doing this at Muse — a tool purpose-built for the creative process. I enjoy research, sometimes take photos, and spend a lot of time musing on human behavior. You can write me at hello@lindsma.com.

Recommendations

Links to things I want to share.

Book

Why greatness cannot be planned

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

Learnings from artificial intelligence and why objectives and specific goals aren't always the path to innovation.

Book

Why greatness cannot be planned

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

Learnings from artificial intelligence and why objectives and specific goals aren't always the path to innovation.

Book

Educated

by Tara Westover

A memoir and story about resilience, humility, and the importance of self-direction.

Book

Letters to a young poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke

A thin volume of letters written to a young writer. I come back to this when I feel out of creative spark.

Very niche book

Reassembling the social

by the late Bruno Latour

A different methodological approach to social theory but relevant to design. This talk by Nick & Christian at X touches on the topic in the context of design futures.

Newsletter

Proof of concept

by David Hoang

For designers, builders, and entrepreneurs. Especially recommend this piece if you're a generalist.

Library

The Garden

of Maggie Appleton

A digital garden of beautiful visual essays and notes on programming, design, and anthropology.

Podcast

Everything is alive

by Radiotopia

Unscripted interviews in which all subjects are inanimate objects.

Art

The Garden of Earthly Delights

An interactive gallery of Jheronimous Bosch's masterpiece.