by.sume

08/23/2023

read to save your {creative} life:

This book is called Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and in my latest episode I share stores about what I learned from applying these lessons in real time. It is Part 1 of a two-part exploration on what it means to be a ‘great creative’, and can be found on Apple Podcast or Spotify :)

If this opened your mind, I urge you to RUN, don’t walk, to mark up your own copy of Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. Xoxo



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07/28/2023

Why do we never have enough time?How does the culture we live in influence our scarcity of time? And what are other ways of viewing how to use it? Through the experience of applying more effort & yielding poorer results while designing a piece for a runway show, we explore why we live in an age where time behaves paradoxically to how we typically best encourage it to be used.

In this episode we explore: Absolute Time, Subjective Time, Temporal Perspective, Linear / Cyclical Nature of Time and much more.

New Episode out now!! You can find it by search The Why Intercept on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!



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07/23/2023

u evr see some inspo & think hold up let me get my scissors ???? & now off to edit this weeks episode of 🤪!!

top: found at a clothing swap!
pants: second hand (from )
boots: second hand (from )
bag:



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07/18/2023

can u BELIEVE we created our very own (sustainable) stimuli-responsive material ???? god I love science.

By treating the fabric with tumeric, we were able to make it turn this yellow fabric into a pretty red color, as well as imbue it with the properties of being a pH indicator (i.e a material which is responsive to acids & bases). Adding lemon juice (acid) turned it back to a pretty yellow, and washing the acid out brought it back to red. The fact that this can go continue to go back & forth between colors is INSANE to me!!! we did it!!



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07/10/2023

PSA: we are pivoting!!! Thank u for sticking by me :’) I feel that trying to make cool/unique/sustainable clothing *affordable* is a noble goal, and I’m not yet willing to try giving up on it completely. While I know my timeline is going to be embarrising my optimistic, who cares!! We live & learn baby. Here’s to a next chapter of prototyping 💛⚡️🫡

Xoxo sume

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07/10/2023

Why do stories matter? How do we appreciate them? And what can we do to be an artful storyteller? In this episode we explore concepts such as: ⁠The Pragmatic Theory of Truth⁠, ⁠telling stories as a brand⁠, ⁠the death of storytelling,⁠ and so much more.

New Episode out now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!! 📚🎉



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07/02/2023

in lieu of making the hard decision to transition this pod to every two weeks, here are some excerpts from the story as to why!

the full article can be found by searching on substack :)



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06/29/2023

001: Why Do We Pay the Wrong Price for Things?

Through the experience of having a handmade upcycled piece sell for 9x what it was offered to the world at (where it sat unclaimed), we explore why price is so confusing. In this episode, we explore the following concepts: Value Based Pricing, Cost Based Pricing, Corporate Trust, The Endowment Effect, Cognitive Dissonance, Price Anchoring.

Theme music by Brooks Hamilton /

References:
- Admissions by Henry Marsh
- Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
- School of Life: Why We Hate Cheap Prices
- Anchoring Bias: Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. science, 185(4157), 1124-1131.
- Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, Ep: Cognitive Dissonance with Carol Tavris (BS 175)

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Through the experience of having a handmade upcycled piece sell for 9x what it was offered to the world at (where it sat unclaimed), we explore why price is ...

06/28/2023

Making a thing in one day?? The pressure no one asked for & yet I apply ALWAYS 🥲🤝

S/o for donating the trousers & for the vision!!!

05/03/2023

mid week inspo from New series: books by sume
wearing the corset set, bysume.com