• 10 lessons for young designers, straight from Wieden+Kennedy’s Executive Creative Director.

• I’m a big fan of Portland favorite Stumptown Coffee’s packaging because it’s simple yet effective.

• JC Penney has just been rebranded but to me, it’s nothing groundbreaking. Thoughts?

• A look inside a French woman’s makeup routine. (via Anna @ D16)

• A recent interview in New York with Carine Roitfeld, former editor of French Vogue is inspiring because she isn’t afraid to speak her mind.

• Who pays full price for designer clothes and then casts them off after just one wear? These people do.

• How to deal with trash talk in your life.

• I enjoyed taking a look at the branding of a bistro in Canada.