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39 | Why Do We Love Beautiful Products?
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Why spend $25 on a pencil sharpener when a $.99 one will get the job done? Why spend $300 on a raincoat when you could spend $25?
In this episode of The Craft, Carter and Colby explore the craft of beautiful products. What makes a product special or beautiful? Why are we drawn to certain products, even when they cost more money? Their conversation digs into these questions and explores the relationships we build with the products we love. Carter and Colby share some of their favorites, both physical and digital, and try to articulate how these products curate our experiences and cultivate personal values.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction (Aesthetics, Utility, and Identity)
8:32 LAMY Safari Fountain Pen
12:35 Blackwing Sharpener
19:00 Scrivener
27:00 Colby’s Big 4
28:25 Proton
35:22 Arc and Simplicity
42:13 Taste and Expertise
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Links:
- The LAMY Safari fountain pen
- Blackwing One-Step Long Point Sharpener
- Scrivener
- Proton
- Notion
- Arc
- Copilot.money
- The first 20 hours | TEDx by Josh Kaufman
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