I’ve signed up for Founderscard a while back, and recently received my member package in the mail. This is a great example of a membership package done right: the design is impeccable.

Founderscard is an invite-only membership program for entrepreneurs and innovators (as they themselves say) with solid benefits. The actual card itself is cut out of what I assume to be about 250-300μm thick aluminium, laser-engraved with the member’s name and number. It’s nice. The membership package comes in a rather handsome black paper cylinder with a welcome note and membership card.

Founderscard benefits include discounts and dedicated service contacts at Apple, AT&T, Hertz, Virgin America / Atlantic and over a hundred other companies I love giving money to. It’s fantastic. If you sign up with my referral code (FCSEBA398) and get approved as a member, you get a solid discount on your membership fees and I get a few points. You can sign up here.

Camera information: Taken with a Fujifilm X10

A new personal favorite, Fuji’s X10 is a smaller, cheaper brother of the famed X100 point and shoot. It has a rugged, classically styled magnesium alloy body, a manual barrel zoom lens with excellent optics and a 2/3″ CMOS sensor. Get it on Amazon.

Pure black and white form. Astonishing animation by Ion Lucin. I truly love the black and white minimalism.

While we are on the topic, one of the few sites I visit monthly to feel inspired is the Sixteenth Division, an astonishingly well-curated black and white image stream by Derek Boateng.