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All Blog Posts Tagged 'happiness' (4)

Searching for Happiness in Old Denmark

Flickr just announced the addition of The Royal Library, Denmark into The Commons. As Denmark's national library, The Royal Library is not only the largest library in the Nordic region, it also holds the key to its country's past. One of the sets they've shared is by Sven…
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Added by alice on July 7, 2011 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Can we be happy without destroying the Planet?



In this terrific TED talk statistician Nic Marks says that our most common measures of progress, the Dow Jones Index, Gross Domestic Product, etc. are very poor indicators of what really matters. He introduces the Happy Planet Index. It is a measure of how happy people in a country are and also how many resources did they consume to get there. His premise is that countries like the US are pretty happy but they use way too many of the planet's resources to… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on September 9, 2010 at 4:38am — No Comments

Brilliant Wine Labels

Cause I like graphic design and wine.



Cheers monkey ears.







Frank B, label with a customizabe message, designed by Talia Cohen.





Sohne Vineyards, big typography for a strong branding, designed by Ned Wright.





Sheva wine bottles by Nine99 Design.

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Added by jenni on April 1, 2009 at 5:39pm — 4 Comments

Creating Happiness

Sometimes, you just have to create your own happiness. By Stan Chow

Added by alice on March 14, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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