Despite RSS, Twitter feeds and Facebook fanpages, newsletter are still pretty nice. Below are some of my favorite newsletters. Please add your favorites in the comments.

Artkrush
My favorite newsletter about art, design and architecture.

About: art
Every: twice-monthly
Subscribe: http://artkrush.com/current/

Gvenk Daily (Dutch)
Every morning Dutch developer Gerard van Enk makes a daily tech update on Twitter. You should definitely follow @gvenkdaily (it’s in Dutch, but most links are English. You can also subscribe to the updates via e-mail.

About: technology news
Every: day
Subscribe: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=gvenkdaily

Springwise
“Springwise and its network of 8,000 spotters scan the globe for smart new business ideas, delivering instant inspiration to entrepreneurial minds. Time to start the next big thing!”

Springwise always surprises you.

About: great ideas
Every: week
Subscribe: http://springwise.com/newsletter/

Dexigner
“Weekly roundup of design news and competitions from the #1 portal for design related information.”

A collection of design related news links nicely ordered by field of interest.

About: design, architecture
Every: week
Subscribe: http://www.dexigner.com/newsletter/

Flavorpill Daily Dose
“Flavorpill’s Daily Dose is a jolt of cultural inspiration, delivered fresh to your inbox every weekday morning to help jump-start your day. Our mission is simple: to provide a quick look at what’s new in music, print, art, film, and online, by offering worthwhile culture to explore right from your screen.”

About: a daily dose of arts, music and culture
Every: day
Subscribe: http://flavorpill.com/signup

Photojojo
Photography tips and tricks. It’s a real feelgood website/newsletter about what you can do with photography.

About: photography
Every: twice-a-week
Subscribe: http://photojojo.com/

Sandbox
“Sandbox is a trusted global network where extraordinary young achievers under 30 come together. It’s an inspiring meeting place where a selection of young thinkers and doers connect, exchange ideas and talk about innovation.”

It’s not really a newsletter kind of newsletter, because the newsletter is also about updates to Sandbox, but the content is really good.

About: updates on the Sandbox Network and inspirational links
Every: month
Subscribe: http://www.sandbox-network.com/contact/

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In the videos below Umar Haque and Douglas Rushkoff are both talking about a shift in how we consume and produce. Fueled by the financial crises there seems to be a growing focus on models that don’t extract value during the proces. The search for models where everyone benefits.

We see this in different fields. Michael Braungart and William McDonough propose in their book Cradle to Cradle a model where waste equeals food. And that we should create processes that are sustainable by itself or even add value on all sides of the proces (documentary).

Lev Manovich talks in his presentations about how a global collective culture gives us the same ideas at the same time. And that it’s almost impossible to have an unique idea, because we build so much on eachothers knowledge in this new connected culture. Working togother is the new ethos.

There is also a shift in advertising agencies. Agencies like Anomaly London and Nothing Amsterdam become creative partners. They Become part of the proces and add more sustainable value instead of extracting it.

Thinking about new models that try to add value. Nice things to wrap your head around. Enjoy.

Douglas Rushkoff is making a lot of interesting videos to promote his book Life Inc.

Life Inc. The Movie from Douglas Rushkoff on Vimeo.

Umar Haque recorded at the Constructive Capitalism conference

Umair Haque @ Daytona Sessions vol. 2 – Constructive Capitalism from Daytona Sessions on Vimeo.

Via (TiD)