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How to Listen to Music – a vintage guide to the 7 skills essential to perceptive listening.

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“1. Develop your sensitivity to music. Try to respond esthetically to all sounds, from the hum of the refrigerator motor or the paddling of oars on a lake, to the tones of a cello or muted trumpet. When we really hear sounds, we may find them all quite expressive, magical and even ‘beautiful.’”

- How to Listen to Music – a vintage guide to the 7 skills essential to perceptive listening. (via explore-blog)

"1. Good design is innovative 2. Good design makes a product useful 3. Good design is aesthetic…"

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1. Good design is innovative

2. Good design makes a product useful

3. Good design is aesthetic

4. Good design helps us to understand a product

5. Good design is unobtrusive

6. Good design is honest

7. Good design is durable

8. Good design is consequent to the last detail

9. Good design is concerned with the environment

10. Good design is as little design as possible

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– Dieter Rams’ timeless principles of good design. (via explore-blog)