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I feel like the venn diagram of graphic designers who are on PI.FYI and on Are.na is a circle but I'm reccing this anyway. Are.na is like pinterest but eveything feels more contextualised and people are credited way more whereas on pinterest images of swiss-style personal branding floats around namelessly making you feel instantly disillusioned. Still luv pinterest though for curating home inspo for the house I will never buy!
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one day i was on the work computer and i wanted to find more Fruits Magazines and came across dozens of pdfs on are.na!!! it's catered towards design and architecture students it's the loveliest tool as a casual internet user. it's self financed with premiums (no ads) plus it's minimalistic and easy to use - it organizes pictures, websites, and pdfs into these sections called channels. there is no algorithm it's purely based on hunter and gatherer vibes i started using it recently and have found countless channels of historical zines, 90s/2000s perfume ads, bare bone websites built with just html, old blogs, and so much more. i think perfectly imperfect and are.na are proof that the internet is well and alive!
just attached one of the channels i follow it's a collection of vintage Japanese advertisements and graphics :*)
Dec 24, 2024
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I’ve been preaching the gospel of Pinterest for years. People think it's for moms and sorority girls, but it’s actually just a fundamentally useful internet tool as long as you ignore its larger ecosystem. The Pinterest Chrome plug-in? Can’t live without it. It is especially useful if you are addicted to buying things you don’t truly need. I add things to my various pinterest boards as an intermediary step between desiring said thing and purchasing it. Often after adding to Pinterest, I just forget about the item entirely. But it is also useful for actually making shopping plans for home goods or an event. I used to say Pinterest was the better Are.na, but I’ve since come to understand are.na’s specific merits for research. It should be noted that it’s very important to keep your boards and channels private on both of these platforms lest you become the target of public humiliation and/or get your steez ripped off by some middlebrow loser.
May 17, 2022
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forget if i put this here already, but this app and are.na are my favorite digital locations rn
brainchild of members of iconic design/art collective k-hole, it’s a place for making connections and shit
it’s like if Pinterest was more design forward and had cooler people and a lot of pdfs
follow me https://www.are.na/ben-lipkin
Jan 6, 2024
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Bonus points if you include bits of ephemera. My friend and I have been writing playlists on bar/pub coasters. receiving a letter from her makes my heart swell with excitement
Feb 23, 2025
I just think she's the most beautiful woman in the world. Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants is maybe my current favourite movie of the early 2000s.
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the sky is bluer, songs make you think of them, sitting w your legs touching. ugh best feeling in the world
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