Lovely and thought provoking portrait of game inventor Ralph Baer, often called the father of video games. The interview is a part of an ongoing series on inventors by photographer David Friedman.

A nice and informative video about the creative process at Holaria, a porcelain design studio in Brazil.

Great video profile of Sam Zygmuntowicz, a violin maker in Brooklyn. Directed and filmed by Dustin Cohen.

New Grain & Gram interview with Jason Gregory of Makr Carry Goods. Beautiful as always.

Interview with Jay Ryan of the screen printing shop The Bird Machine near Chicago. The video is part two of the very promising Practice & Space series.

There is a growing movement of people that dedicate themselves to more sustainable, more difficult and/or more expensive practices in order to produce a higher quality result.

I’m absolutely in love with Hypebeast‘s Modern Day Artisans series, a study into British handcrafted products. Great music, great mood, fantastic editing and beautiful people!

We highlight a range of individuals who have become experts in their field, effectively maintaining the authenticity, originality and art of their respective trade.

Madrid based advertising agency Swing Swing created 120 Christmas presents for their clients and friends, illustrating their new year’s resolutions. Beautiful project.

Freunde von Freunden is an absolutely brilliant international interview magazine that portraits people of diverse creative and cultural backgrounds in their homes or within their daily working environments. Don’t click through if you need to do something important today!

WNYC, one of the oldest radio stations in the United States, has a lovely video feature in their culture section called Know your Neighbor about New Yorkers; characters, legends, and good folk.

Poet Samuel Menashe (above) is one of the many characters featured.

Le Corbusier in his studio in Paris, 1960. Photographed by René Burri.
More excellent photos over at Phaidon.