Thierry Blancpain, a designer from Zurich and a friend of mine, has launched a blog to curate good content from across the web. Worth following.

From Weekly Filet #11, in March 2011.

Yes Machine – More yes, less no, less meh, less duh.

Yes Machine – More yes, less no, less meh, less duh.

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