Interview with John Lennon

A short film created by Josh Raskin, after 14-year-old Jerry Levitan convinced John Lennon to do an interview with him. This film was created with the amazing talents of James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina.

Criticism: Myths and Childishness

This essay by Andy Rutledge, Criticism: Myths and Childishness is definitely worth a read for every designer. Witty, To the point, as well as humorous.

"Excuses don’t cut it. Only excellent design does.

It’s not about the designer or the agency or the company who owns the site. Design criticism is about the results. Period ... I ’ve got news for you: design criticism has nothing to do with you, you childish egotist. It’s about the design. Sorry to burst your bubble."

The Selby

Random shots taken of people (you may know or not know) in their own home, doing what they do in the privacy of their worl or home, are interesting to look at.

By photographer Todd Selby, check out The Selby.

brett simon - director
at home - venice beach california - august 4 2008

georgie greville - film director
at home - new york city - june 24 2008

marvin jarrett - editor in chief nylon magazine
at work - new york city - july 23 2008

jean adamson - restaurant owner and chef; and sam buffa - restaurant owner and co-owner of freemans barbershop
at home - brooklyn new york - july 18 2008

Random got beautiful

A good idea, by designer Nikki Farquharson.
" The idea is to take objects of various colours out of their original context and place them together to create a new one."

To submit your own, or to just take a gander, visit RGB.

Toy-A-Day

My friend, Gaby, recently introduced me to this awesome blog (something I wish i would have thought of myself) where people show off their paper toy designs (most including a PDF pattern), a new one everyday.

I cannot wait to design my own! Do share yours, if you do design one.

See more at Toy-A-Day.


Some of my faves.

It's OK

For every 'It's OK' sold, a tree will be planted. Individually carved by designer, Sighn, himself, these are all hand cut, numbered and signed. Get yours here.

Stella Im Hultberg

If you also enjoy Stella Im Hultberg's drawings and paintings, you should check out her show at Thinkspace in Los Angeles opening this weekend.

Blue Footed Booby

Too freaken cute.


photo taken by w t jpg magazine

small stakes

I always enjoy looking at the creative process of projects. Thumbnails, inspiration, etc are always inspiring. Here are some examples from Jason Munn of Design Firm, Small Stakes.

Nasa finds Water in Mars

"This is the first time martian water has been tasted and tested."
-William Boynton, mission scientist

Nasa has discovered water on planet, Mars by the Phoenix space craft which landed on May 25. The water was found by melting the icy soil. This will lead to further experiments on whether life on Mars ever existed, or could possibly exist.

For futher info, check out BBC News.

Happy August.

Wow, it is almost near the end of summer and August is finally year, my favorite summer month. So let me share my excitement with you, along with some facts about the ninth month (courtesy of wikipedia).

-originally named Sextilis, because it was originally the sixth month in roman calendar
-It became the eighth month either when January and February were added to the beginning of the year
-renamed August in honor of Augustus
-August originally had 29 days, but Augustus took two days from February and gave it to August when Sextilis was renamed in his honor




enjoy your august. :]