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Awesome new stuff

2010-12-29T07:42:00.000-08:00

Photography: 2010 in Photos

Sculpture: Do Ho-suh

Sculpture: I love miniature food artist Stephanie Kilgast!

Nickelodeon

2010-12-20T08:08:00.000-08:00

Portfolio: Just updated my work, Nickelodeon, Logos, and Apparel for work done for Victorious

Cakes: Just love these beautiful artisan cakes from Maggie Austin- must be pretty expensive. I hope they taste good too.

Pottery: Lovely whimsical craft works from Caroline Swift

Packaging/Wine: List of winning wine packaging designs from Francesco Mugnai

Book Covers/Design: Very nutty eye catching book covers from Kulick

Inspiring Design / Home Decorating

2010-03-05T10:10:00.000-08:00

Design/Art Direction: Caleb Bowen Everit

Design/Art Direction: Michael Freimuth
Photography/Interior Design: Brian Park
Interior Design/Home Living: Having just moved into my first own studio in Dec, I've gotten very into interior decorating and making my home as homey and cute as possible. Took a quiz,What’s Your Decorating Personality? from one of my favorite magazines, Real Simple, and I completely agree with the result. Vintage Eclectic :) I looked further and found blogs that suit my style:

New Stuff

2010-02-23T06:34:00.000-08:00

Portfolio- It's been a while! Cannot believe it is nearly the end of Feb. Finally got around to updating my website.
New work added to: St-Germain and Victoria's Secret.
New sections: Murray Hill Wines and Crème Yvette. Hope you like the additions!
More to come~

Branding..

2009-10-28T15:19:00.001-07:00

It has been so long since my last entry. Been very busy with Victoria's Secret, St-Germain, and now a new project with Murray Hill Wines (work will be on website soon.)
New work on Victoria's Secret, and Logos. Enjoy!

Lake George Pictures

2009-08-10T11:41:00.000-07:00

Portfolio/Photography:: Posted new pictures from my time in Lake George. Took a ton of pictures when we ran into an antique store in their town.

New Work

2009-08-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Just updated my website with new work for Ritz, Bed Bath & Beyond, Victoria's Secret (still have a bunch of stuff I want to put up but can't yet), Cooper Spirits (in logos), and St-Germain, and About Me.

Travel / Puerto Vallarta Pics

2009-07-14T13:02:00.000-07:00

Photography/Travel: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Uploaded new pictures from my trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was amazing- stayed 5 nights in downtown PV at Hotel Encino, $16/night/person! And 2 nights at Occidental Resort for $52/night/person/all inclusive with all meals and open bar. I found this special deal from Travel Zoo: stay one night and the next night is free. Went on a sunset cruise > all day Los Arcos + Snorkeling + Beach cruise > Rain forest tour > San Sebastian + Tequila tasting tour, and para sailed.

Travel: Have some other trips planned for the rest of the year: Thailand + Cambodia, LA+ San Fran (Lovevolution)...next year: Brazil, Amsterdam for Dance Valley + Sensation White, Egypt, Switzerland + Norway?

Beauty, MccGwire, Samson Balakov

2009-06-09T12:33:00.000-07:00

Portfolio/Beauty:: Added a new Beauty section: showing work I've done for Revlon. Now freelancing at Victoria's Secret Beauty 4 days a week and at St-Germain one day/week> Loving it. VS keeps me busy and now I'm a full time freelancer with the freedom to travel :)
Sculpture:: Kate MccGwire: fantastic sculptures from feathers and wishbones
Photography:: Jonah Samson: his series "Pleasantville" has me cracking up, full of dark humor.
Photography:: Balakov:: I used to play with Legos all the time when I was little, and his photos of Lego characters gives them life. I especially like the ones where he puts a Lego spin on famous images.

Illustration:: Jon Klassen::

New Orleans

2009-05-08T10:58:00.000-07:00

Photography/Travel: Posted new pictures from my trip to New Orleans. Some are below!

Nicholas Felton

2009-05-07T13:34:00.000-07:00

Graphic Design/Editorial:: Nicholas Felton. Came across his Hard Times work and found out that he does the editorials for Fast Company and New York Magazine. Always wondered who did the layouts: turned out to be Felton! Strong and clean work.

RasterBoy

2009-04-27T13:34:00.001-07:00

Design/Illustration: RasterBoy still rocks!

ALL Paper, Evolution,

2009-04-15T12:59:00.000-07:00

Not Cot/Giant Robot/Gallery: Papershapers
Photography:: Each Grain of Sand Is a Tiny Work of Art
Evolution of Advertising: This is hilarious

Creative:: Marc Atlan:: Awesome work
I want this book!!!

Zbihilkyj, Arnell, The Partners

2009-04-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

House/Trance Music Festival :: Going to Bal En Blanc this weekend in Montreal! Can't wait to explore the beautiful city and dance to some good beats. Their flyer is pretty cool too, minimal colors. A little crazy with the information, it took me some time to find the venue of the damn party.

Illustrator :: Andrew Zbihlyj :: Some awesome work he makes with ink splatters, hand-drawn linework, blurring, cropping and manipulation of photographs

Packaging:: Arnell Group :: From The Dieline >>
Via Daily Icon, new work from Arnell, the same folks who brought you the new Pepsi and the new (now discontinued) Tropicana packaging:

"Elegant packaging for 1000 Acres premium Vodka. Glass vessels designed for display beyond the liquor cabinet. 1000 Acres Vodka, by Manufacturer"

Design :: The Partners :: cool website (although it takes time to load up all the pages)

Update

2009-04-06T11:26:00.000-07:00

Uploaded new work to St-Germain Page

Photos

2009-03-23T07:34:00.000-07:00

Uploaded new photos to my flikr!

Armory, HOW Magazine Design Annual 2009

2009-03-10T08:48:00.001-07:00

Show/Modern Art: The Armory: Got up early on Sunday to check out the Armory Show on 52nd and 12th Ave at Pier 92 + 94. It was huge! I thought I was done with the show when I went through another gate and realized it took up a second pier. There was a lot of great (and bad) work.

Mark Ryden

Maria Antonietta Mameli

Manabu Ikeda: Foretoken (190 x 340cm) all done in pen and acrylic on paper.

Design/Branding/Magazine: HOW: My Favorite Picks from HOW Magazine's March International Design Annual: Their work is phenomenal (and many of them are repeat winners). I would love to intern/work with them!

New Website Up

2009-03-02T07:08:00.000-08:00

Portfolio: My new website is up and running! Now looking for a second freelance job that would be 2 days and week and/or weekends!
Photography/Portfolio: Please disregard any old links I have concerning my photography because they are now all on flickr.
Industrial Design: 20 Years of Miata: Gotta love the vintage cars.
Video/Perspective/Funny: Everythings Amazing, Nobody’s Happy…Always good to look at the context of situations and realize that we've come a long way (After reading books like Wild Swans or Infidel and reading what experiences those people have gone through), that we are fortunate to have the things we have, and not to take things for granted and complain about the more trivial things.
Events/NYC: Too many good things to do in March!

It's Been a While

2009-02-18T08:31:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since my last post. Sorry!
I've been super busy since I have been back in the city: I am now freelancing at St-Germain. I love it! Their entire design and concept were created by Sandstrom Design. Looking back at my time at Momentum, I am grateful to Mike Bade, Benita Conde, Jana Welch, Katie Garton, David Fite, Alex Klein, Kamau, Ty Baker, and especially Richard DiFuria, and Mary Minor for teaching me so much. Many thanks.
I am now also now part of Creative Circle. Great resource for freelance creatives.
Inspiration/Talk:: TED TALKS: Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise
Random/Funny:: This is Why You're Fat:: Americans can stop complaining, whining, sueing, and gain some common sense.

Photography add!

2008-12-30T22:10:00.000-08:00

Career: Now looking for a full time or freelance creative position: Design / Photography / Creative Asisstance / Art Direction / Marketing // Anything of this sort in Manhattan!! :)
Photography / Travels : Spent Xmas in Asia: Hong Kong > Shanghai > HangZhou > South Japan...and added a new page to my photography section

Sam Wiley, Jonathan Lawrence, Catalina Estrada

2008-10-21T08:37:00.000-07:00

Packaging/Branding/Illustration: Sam Wiley: Saw his packaging design for Mocking Bird Beer and reminded me of my student packaging work for Sapporo Beer: love the simple yellow and black color palette.

Graphic Design: Jonathan Lawrence. Organic, and very stylish.

Design/Show/Art: Pancho Tolchinsky and Catalina Estrada has a show Oct 29th at Galeria Ras in Barcelona. Wish I could go! Catalina's work never appealed to me until now- her work is stronger and works well superimposed over photographs.

Kirsch, Doubilet, APAK...

2008-10-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

Packaging/Branding: Jesse Kirsch

Photographer: David Doubilet

Photographer: James Wojci k: currently sitting in his photography studio, he is shooting the new line of Revlon 2009 products. Amazing work and studio!

Video: Fascinating Mimicking Octopus..omg
Illustration: APAK Studio: so cute!

Tenticles, Retro

2008-09-30T09:07:00.000-07:00

Awesome book art!
Chemical Tenticles - [wow video]
Cool retro style applied to modern designs - [vintage]
Portraits... in a very cool way - [gallery]
Stefan Sagmeister: Things I have learned in my life so far

DUMBO, Crouser, Wiener

2008-09-26T07:09:00.000-07:00

Festivities/NYC/Art :: Planning on checking out the

Festivities/NYC/Art :: "The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) is pleased to present the D.U.M.B.O. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL,™ sponsored by Current. For the 12th year running, the entire neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn, will become a multi-sensory art arena, FREE and open to all."

Photography :: Micheal Crouser

Jewelry/ID :: Erica Wiener Jewelry

Advertising/Spot ::Axe: Squares

Interesting Stuff!

2008-09-19T07:42:00.001-07:00

Interesting Stuff!

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David

Hearts V Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?

A. Obsession

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'?

A. One thousand

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by women.

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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.

When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.'

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice.

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September! Time Flies

2008-09-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

Personal/Photo: Added new page to my photo section!

Personal/Art Direction: Added new stuff to art direction section!
Interior Design/Branding: Jetblues new restaurant terminals!
Strange/Nature: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth.
Museum/Exhibit: Ice Sculptures
Poster Design/Illustration: Jason Munn
Design/Funny: Made in USA shirt in Chinese.
Package Design:Student Spotlight: Tabula Rossa
Contemporary Art: Tim Fraser Brown: Pantone Painting

Awesome Urban Furniture - [designs]
Art Deco Space Travel Posters - [retro-future]
Wicked Drawing on a Kitchen Floor - [wow art]
This street drummer is something else - [wow video]

More stuff!

2008-08-18T12:58:00.000-07:00

Rich People Rooftops in NYC - [cool pics]
Ice Sculptures of Melting Men by Nele Azevedo
5 Unusually Inventive Kitchen Furniture Concepts: Part Five in an Eight-Part Unusual Furniture Series
After the hurricane: street tubing - [fun video]
Russian Micro-Miniature Art - [cool art]
Largest and smelliest flowers - [wow nature]
Beards... the weirdest in the world - [funny pics]
International Photography Contest Desktop Wallpaper

Photos

2008-08-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

Photography: Updated new stuff to my photo site!

Random random random..

2008-08-11T08:07:00.000-07:00

Rich People Rooftops in NYC - [cool pics]
The most bizarre flower set you'll ever see - [flickr set]
Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art - [cool pics]
Slow Motion Lightning Video - [cool video]
Styrofoam Dome Homes - [architecture] [Japan]
Most fascinating waterfall effects - [design] [video]
Chess players, frozen in time - [cool video]
Amazing mirror made out of wood blocks - [design]
Sand with very weird properties - [cool video]
Insane Mountain Bike Ride Downhill - [wow video]
Pangolin is officially the coolest animal - [wow video]
Traffic from Space Videos Blow Our Minds, Pants, and Socks- [wow video]

Beijing Olympics

2008-08-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

Updates!

2008-07-21T07:05:00.001-07:00

Design: Updated work to my design page.
Photography: Updated work to my photo page.

AT&T, BBDO

2008-07-17T12:14:00.000-07:00

Advertising:AT&T International Roaming Hand Art Advertisements :BBDO Atlanta made an awesome print campaign for AT&T

Illustrator Roadshow, White Night

2008-07-07T07:32:00.000-07:00

Graphic Design/Flyer: White Night: New flyer designs for DNA Nightlife!

Installation: Joshua Allen: Artist Joshua Allen Harris Turns Garbage Bags Into World's Greatest Balloon Animals.
Illustration/Show/Design: Went to the Icon 5 Illustration Roadshow! Had a blast, free snacks, wine, chocolate, contacts, and other assorted goodies. Also won 2 free tickets to MOMA- Love ADC! Some illustrators who caught my eye:

Wordle, Electric Light Shoe

2008-06-19T08:51:00.000-07:00

Girl does parkour & urban acrobatics - [wow video]
Awesome tornado photo - [weather]
Beautiful & Original Product Design - [design]
Coffee tables can be fantastic - [design]
Graphic Design/Illustration: Wordle: Beautiful word clouds

Advertising/ID: Electric Light Shoe by Freedom of Creation, and you can see it being made via this video

DNA, BMW, Pinkberry

2008-06-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

Design/Trends/Industrial D/Architecture/Books/Digital Eye Candy: FFFFound and Cool Hunter: absolutely love these two sights, I can spend hours on them for constant inspiration.
Print: Fresh Squeezed: new flyer for DNA Nightlife:

ID/Auto: BMW GINA:

Graphic Design/Branding: Ferroconcrete: did the branding and identity system for PinkBerry- they did an amazing job.

Illustrator: Stella Im Hultberg:

Freestyle Dance Performance (Korea:PREPIX)

2008-06-10T21:19:00.001-07:00

Design Adds, LEGO, Micheal Iny

2008-05-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

Design: Update: Just added a bunch of stuff to the Design page of my website. Have a TON of photography that also needs to be added!

Shipping Container Architecture - [design]
Jewelry made from cast octopus tentacles - [weird art]
Collection of great flash animations - [web]
Graffiti raised to a new level - [large picture, scroll right]
15 Unfortunately Placed Ads
LEGO Harpsichord (and it plays!) - [geek art]
Packaging/Graphic Designer/FIT: Micheal Iny

Science/Design/ID: Phonofone II: "Art that functions. This cast ceramic grammaphone by Tristan Zimmerman for Science+Sons works without external power or batteries. Just plug in the earbuds from your iPod or MP3player. Exploiting horn acoustics, sound is amplified by resonating via the horn up to 55 decibels (roughly the max volume of laptop speakers). The treble buzzing is instantly and profoundly transformed into a warm, rich and resonant sound. Patent Pending. As Canadian inventor Tristan asks, why-fi?"

Packaging/Design: Mor Cherry Blossom Soap Bar

Design/ID: Bambu vases by laura de santillana:

Architecture: Intelligent Egg

Photography: JULIAN MEIJER AGENCY

Scott Hansen, Retro Design...

2008-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:00

Movies I cannot wait to see:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): Loved all the originals, and Harrison Ford is the man!
The Dark Knight
Harry Potter
Iron Man (should either be really bad and well-publicized, or really good)

Movie Update:

Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay: A-: I could not stop laughing.
The Mist: C-: One of those movies with horrible, low budget special effects, where I was thinking, "How the hell did I sit through two hours of crap?"
Into the Wild: A This movie was incredible, and based on a TRUE story!

Hi-tech bicycle storage tower in Japan - [wow tech]
Miniature Models of Moscow, more - [urbanism]
Awesome: Sand Tornado - [wow video]
More incredible LEGO creations - [geek art]
The Tasty Art of Chocolate & Candy- [cool pictures and wow videos]
Graphic Designer: Raster Boy: His strongest work are in flyers, print, and web design.

Graphic Designer/Musician: Scott Hansen: "I'm 30 years old and live in San Francisco. I split my time creating visual work as ISO50 and making music as Tycho." I love both his music and work. He also has his own blog.

Transforming Owls, Eric Skillman...

2008-04-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

Very strange "transforming" owls - [wow video]
Siberian Aurora Borealis - [nature]
World's Most Exotic Pets - [animals]
Luminous Photos:"Visions of Earth"--Spectrum of Nature - [nature]
Art On Tokyo’s Construction Fences- [cool art]
Bionic eyes implanted in blind patients- [technnology, medicine]
Designer/Art Director: Eric Skillman: "After graduating from NYU's Gallatin School for Indivdualized Study, I got my start in graphic design working for Stewart Cauley at Pollen Design, and for the last 6 years I've served as Staff Designer/ Associate Art Director (and on occasion, interim Art Director) for the Criterion Collection, where I've had the opportunity to work with and learn from many award-winning designers and illustrators. I live in Brooklyn."

Office Interior, BUTT WORM...

2008-04-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

10 Annoyingly Brilliant Office Interiors - [design]
Pig-butt Worm - [nature]
Gardner Dragon Illusion - [cool video]
5 Proven Strategies to Simplify Your Life- [positive tips]
Japanese "Bento" lunches decorated as album covers- [design]
How to fix the internet (according to South Park)- [funny video]
Discovery Channel The world is just awesome commercial - [sweet video]
An Exhibit People May Be Dying to Get Into? - [bizzare contemporary art]
Super Sexy Bikini Pants Combine Low-cut Jeans with a String Bikini - [weird fashion]
Beef iPod Cover - [weird product design]
World's First Eyeball Tattoo - Ouch! - [wtf??!!?]

Great Wall, and more randomness

2008-04-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

Fantastic Panorama from the Great Wall of China - [travel]
Cool Chair Cushions- [cool product design]
X-Ray "Everyday Objects" Art, artist - [gallery]
World Record Bike Jump Attempt - [wow video]
John Kanzius : Cure Cancer Through Radiowaves!- [wow video]+++
Fantastic Desert Getaway - [architecture]
Incredible Starry Night Sky - [wow image]
Polaroids/Photography- Elizabeth Esoule- I love polaroids, and I love the perspective, rich colors, and delicacy of her work.

Solar, with lyrics

2008-04-15T16:50:00.001-07:00

Amazing video perfectly synchronized with the music..enjoy!

Murakami, Mueck, Indoctrine U

2008-04-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

Art/Manga/Contemporary: Takashi Murakami: Forgot to mention that I saw the new exhibit of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. That was a fabulous sunny day and I got to see a beautiful part of Brooklyn. Definately a show worth seeing. And I was really upset when I missed the Ron Mueck exhibit. Ron Mueck is one of my favorite sculptors of all time.

John Harwood, of The New York Times and CNBC, talks to presidential candidate Senator John McCain about the economy.
Social Issues/Politics/Education: Indoctrinate U: Watched a free screening of Indoctrinate U at Director's Guild of America Theater: The film was funny, accurate, and very revealing about the way many universities are run today. Should be shown in major theatres nationwide.

Here is a brief synopsis: "Speech codes. Censorship. Sensitivity training. Political conformity and rehabilitation. Intolerance. Hostility to religion. Violations of freedom of speech and conscience. Kangaroo courts. We usually associate such things with the repressive regimes of North Korea, China, Cuba, and the former Soviet Union. But instead, this assault on free thought is taking place all over America--right now--on our nation's campuses. Award-winning filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney's new documentary film, Indoctrinate U, reveals the ugly truths about academia that you won't see in their glossy admissions brochures."

PSYOP, Justin Maller

2008-04-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

Time-Lapse Video of San Francisco Fog - [cool video]
Extreme Off-Road: Vertical Hill Climb - [car video]
Insane Ballooning Stunt - [wow video]
Digital Artist/Graphic Design/Illustration: Justin Maller: "is a freelance graphic artist based in Melbourne." Saw his stuff in the recent issue of Computer Arts|UK- completely floored me.

Animation/Motion Graphics/Advertising: PSYOP: one of my favorite animation houses. Their work is spectacular and beautiful.

Random Videos and Links

2008-04-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Super-crowded Trains in Japan - [wow video]
Bizarre History of Common Sayings - [fascinating]
Incredible Buildings Made of Ice - [weird]
The World's Highest Bungee Jump - [wow video]
Personal Robots Group - [wow video]
What Leonardo Da Vinco Really Looked Like- [wow video]
Virtual face follows your cursor.- [creepy site]
www.ffffound.com - [cool eye candy]
Cool Wine Label -[packaging]
Regenerative Medicine Cellular Matrix Dust grows back FINGER - [amazing video]
Bjork in 3-D: The 'Wanderlust' Video - [interesting video]
The new video from Bjork, "Wanderlust." - [wow video]

Lanima, Basejumping, Southpark, Small House

2008-04-07T19:14:00.000-07:00

Music/Promotion/PR: Lanima: Got a small promoting gig with Pacha, a club that usually holds some of my favorite DJs like Armin and Above and Beyond. I wanted to be as creative as I could with it and still be as clean, concise, simple, and as user friendly as the medium could be. I designed the logo/avatar= I wanted the logo to represent my state of mind when listening to progressive house and trance= pretty much in my own little world! L'anima is Italian for the soul, heart. I want to come out with Lanima keychains, cell phone graphics, and wristbands!

Video/Extreme Sports: Base Jumping: WOw I really want to do this! (If I ever get the guts to..)
Video/Viral/Social Commentary: Southpark Kills 10 Youtube memes for Good. Hilarious.
Video/Architecture: Small House Seems Large. Leave it to the Japanese to maximize living space. :) So efficient.

Etsy Rock Soaps, Dieline, Pii, Pettit

2008-04-07T12:28:00.000-07:00

Nature/Animals/Photography: Creepy shot of a transparent frog.
Package Design/Blog: The DieLine: Just found the best blog on package design! Cute name. Now that I'm learning all about production, I hear "die" all the time.
Installation/Technology: Rob Pettit: This artist uses old cell phones to make pieces of art. Interesting.
Product Design/Bizzare: Super Pii Pii Brothers: Is this a joke??!?
Package Design: British Mint: "Royal Mint Reveals New Coin Designs."
Product Design, Cosmetics: Etsy Rock Soaps: I love beautiful rocks and stones, and now Etsy sells them as soaps. Pretty amazing. I personally wouldn't use them because I would want to keep them as is.

Dennis Prager, Michael Medved

2008-04-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

Radio Host/Philosophy/Politics/Society/Morality: Dennis Prager: (Recommeded by my dear friend Alex) I just started listening to the Dennis Prager Show- and all I can say is that I love his show, his views and opinions, and the topics he covers. It is my new source of moral, political, historical, and cultural enrichment. You can listen to him streaming or by downloading 190+ podcasts from Townhall. I highly recommend! And after him I will start listening to Michael Medved. Here are some highlights of Prager's views (taken from Wiki) - all of which I completely agree with.

"Prager often presents his political views in moral terms. He advocates what he sees as the uniquely American combination of "Judeo-Christian values." He places great emphasis on "moral clarity," that is, the ability to identify and combat evil."
"Prager has declared that the U.S. is engaged in a "second civil war," a "culture war" over the fundamental moral values on which American society was built."
"Prager claims that many influential American institutions (universities, trial lawyers, labor unions, the ACLU, civil rights groups, and most large newspapers and television networks) are dominated by secular leftists."
"Prager is a proponent of his version of "American exceptionalism," the view that the moral superiority of American values sometimes justifies unilateral action on the world stage, and that the U.S. should not always be constrained by international law or the United Nations in pursuit of its goals."
"Prager has difficulty believing in the Christian, or even Jewish concept of Hell, namely that only those who are Christians, or Jews will enter heaven, and all others (Muslims, Buddhists, etc.) will be eternally damned."

amazing human beatbox

2008-03-29T07:39:00.001-07:00

Stephen Wiltshire draws Rome from memory

2008-03-29T07:35:00.001-07:00

Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)

2008-03-28T18:58:00.001-07:00

Technology: This is an amazing video, kind of creepy but worth watching. It's awesome how we can make something this sensitive and sophisticated.

Hilarious: NOW: you MUST see this video. I nearly fell off my chair laughing and crying...and then I sent these videos around my work- just had to share it.

Hugo, Freimuth, Walter, Gressley

2008-03-21T07:10:00.000-07:00

Graphic Designer and Illustrator: Mario Hugo

Graphic Designer: Michael Freimuth:

Graphic Designer: Stephan Walter: Specializing in Illustration, Graphic Design, Typotektur, 3d, Infographie, Award Winning Design.

Graphic Designer: Holly Gressley: "Holly Gressley is a graphic designer working in New York City. Her multi-disciplinary studio focuses on print, identity, editorial and book design projects for cultural and corporate clients."

Fusion Fashion Show, Cai Guo Qiang

2008-03-09T18:35:00.000-07:00

Fashion/Show: Fusion Fashion Show: Had the wonderful opportunity to have seat tickets to the Fusion Fashion Show last Saturday: "Fusion Fashion Show, an established event since 2000, brings together the two best fashion schools in the nation: Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons The New School for Design. It combines the innovative creativity of young designers with the stellar talent of up-and-coming models, running on the devotion and generosity of volunteers and fans, climaxing in a groundbreaking display of style and artistic expression." Amazing and beautiful...I see so much potential in the show/event itself. A possible collaboration between Momentum and Fusion?

Contemporary Art: Cai Guo Qiang: "Opening February 22, 2008, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present the most comprehensive survey to date of the innovative body of work of Cai Guo-Qiang (pronounced tsai gwo chang). This forthcoming exhibition, Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe is organized by the Guggenheim and represents the museum’s first solo show devoted to a Chinese-born artist. Designed as a spectacular site-specific installation within the museum’s galleries, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rotunda, the exhibition will present a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist’s creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: gunpowder drawings; site-specific explosion events; large-scale installations; and social projects. Featuring over 80 works from the 1980s to the present—selected from major public and private collections in the U.S., Europe, and Asia—the exhibition will illuminate Cai’s significant formal and conceptual contributions to contemporary international art practices and social activism."

Smash Up Shirt, Watches Marathon

2008-03-07T09:06:00.001-08:00

Fashion/Illustration: Smashing Darling Shirt: I designed a shirt for the owners of Smashing Darling, "place for EVERYONE who loves fashion that thinks beyond the mall. Whether you want to shop, sell your own designs, find raw materials, meet others, collaborate, or just see what's new and hot in independent fashion...Smashing Darling is the place that brings all of these elements together and is a community like no other." and now they are selling it online via this link! :D

Packaging/Branding/Visual Communications: Beardwood & Co Company: their work speaks for themselves.

"Watches" Marathon: Winter is the perfect time to catch up with so shows, movies, musicals, and plays- it's been a little ridiculous! Weather in NYC has not been stellar. I can't wait for the summer!

A Grade Watches

Movies

Persepolis (++++)

The Lives of Others (++++)

Shows:

Nip Tuck Season 5
Mad Men Season 1
In Treatment Season 1

Musicals:

RENT (the musical will be closing soon)

B Grade Watches

Movies

Election

Triad Election

Plays:

C Grade Watches

Movies:

The Other Bolyen Girl

Be Kind, Rewind (This is actually an F movie ----)

Baglione, Fish, Kiselev, Okada, Gozetlik, Be Nice

2008-02-25T11:48:00.000-08:00

Illustrator/Graphic Designer: Herbert Baglione

Illustrator: Jeremy Fish

Digital Illustrator: Evgenvy Kiselev

Graphic Designer: Takashi Okada

Art Director: Mehmet Gozetlik

Graphic Design: Bernice Studio

Dos Logos, MK12, NDEUR, Saleem, Winkle

2008-02-22T08:17:00.000-08:00

Book/Graphic Design: Dos Logos: by Roland Muller (Foreword), Robert Klanten (Editor), Nicolas Bourquin (Editor). Their 3 books on logo design serve as my source of inspiration for any logo.

Graphic Design: MK12 Studio: Based in Kansas City, MO, MK12 Studio is a "full service lateral hyperthreaded taactical design and research bureau." Their designs from motion graphics to posters fun, dynamic and eye-catching.

Graphic Designer: Ari Weinkle: "is an artist from Boston, Mass. Currently, Ari is studying Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Ari has a passion for design and graphic communications but also enjoys exciting his creative side through digital illustrations."

Graphic/Interactive Designer: Samia Saleem: her work is elegant, beautiful and organic. She does everything from logo design to web sites.

Illustration/Product Design/Fashion: Mathieu Missiaen: "paints canvas, walls, anything and everything. [Her] designs are street, modern, fun and will make your shoes a work of art. Together we will change the way the world thinks of fashion. You can see more of [her] work at www.myspace.com/ndeurr."

Momentum Worldwide

2008-02-21T20:51:00.000-08:00

Advertising/Promotions/Events: Just finished my first week as junior art director at NYC's Momentum Worldwide, part of Mccann Worldgroup. :D Looking forward to New York City for a couple years.

Momentum New York, Spot, Officelab, Serino Coyne

2008-01-16T09:25:00.000-08:00

Advertising: Momentum Currently interning at Momentum Worldwide's New York Office, and helping on work with Martini and Jamaica Board of Tourism. Congradulations to the beloved Atlanta office who helped win an Evian and US Open business! I miss the creatives there! Momentum new business blog here.

Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier: While searching for photographers for Martini research, came upon Patrick Demarchelier, one of the most famous fashion photographers in the world, and istantly fell in love with his work.

Design/Branding:Office Lab: Got the chance to visit the intimate office of Office Lab. Amazing work, which can be seen on the new website launching 2.25.08. Over-arching, beautiful, clean, and elegant stuff.
Theatrical Advertising: Spot Company: did promotion campaign for Cirque du Soleil's Reality | Zumanity, Rent...

Theatrical Advertising: Serino Coyne: did the posters for WICKED, and Hairspray...amazing!

English, Radke, Take G, Elseware

2008-01-01T19:46:00.000-08:00

Sculptor: Take G- "Nakagawa Takeji is a 32-year-old toymaker in Nagano, Japan. Nakagawa's Take-g Toys [though it's a spin on his first name, it's pronounced like English] specializes in simple, modern toys with almost baroque combinations of woods and grains."

Sculptor: Scott Radke- "Surreal sand sculptures, painting, drawings, masks, and marionettes."
Artist/Painter: Ron English: is a "celebrated prankster father of agit-pop", who wrangles carefully created corporate iconographies so that they are turned upside down, and are used against the very corporation they are meant to represent.
Product Design: Recycled Beak Vase "These gorgeous vases are expertly sculpted from recycled wine bottles through Artecnica's Design with Conscience project. Using only environmentally friendly and humane production methods, their goal is to promote self-sustaining communities of skilled artisans in underdeveloped countries. Perfect as a flower vase or as pure decoration. Handmade; allow for slight color variation; all have satin finish."

Christmas Film Catchup

2007-12-24T23:57:00.000-08:00

Film: Deep Water (B+) "Equal parts mystery and biography, Deep Water is both an engrossing documentary and an affecting treatise on human folly and obsession.

Film: 2 Days in Paris (A-) "With 2 Days In Paris, first-time director Julie Delpy has crafted a sharp, insightful rom-com about cultural idiosyncrasies."

Film: I am Legend (C) "I Am Legend overcomes questionable special effects and succeeds largely on the strength of Will Smith's mesmerizing performance."

Film: Rescue Dawn (B+) With powerful moments and memorable story, Rescue Dawn is a film of rich visuals and obsessively dedicated craftsmanship."

Film: Enchanted (A-) "A smart re-imagining of fairy tale tropes, Enchanted features witty dialogue, sharp animation, and a star turn by Amy Adams."

Film: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (B+) "A tense and effective thriller, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead marks a triumphant return to form for director Sidney Lumet."

Film: No Country for Old Men (B+) "Another triumph for the Coen Brothers, No Country has the perfect mixture of suspense, humor, and desperately compelling performances."

Film: 3:10 to Yuma (A) "The remake of this classic Western improves on the original, thanks to fiery performances from Russell Crowe and Christian Bale as well as sharp direction from James Mangold.

Film: Talk to Me (A-) "A riveting look at the life of legendary DJ "Petey" Greene, Talk to Me goes beyond the typical biopic with explosive performances from Don Cheadle and Chiwetal Ejiofor."

The Dark Knight Official Trailer

2007-12-21T15:12:00.001-08:00

I cannot wait to watch this film!

Ginormous Gingerbread House

2007-12-21T12:39:00.001-08:00

Yum!

Uniqlo Mixplay

2007-12-16T15:19:00.001-08:00

This is a great commercial and dance sequence. Extremely well executed!

Eboy, Kick Bad Habits, Ceccoli, Seeing

2007-12-13T11:48:00.000-08:00

Photography: Ulli Michel's The Art of Seeing is what got me into photography and photojournalism. Bought the book more than 6-7 years ago and fell in love with the way the photographers captured an entire story an a single image. And now Reuters Photographers also came out with a second book, which I really want to get. "The Art of Seeingoffers a fascinating and visually stunning selection of pictures taken by Reuters Photographers with the vision and imagination to capture extraordinary incidents or moments of beauty. This collection comprises a story with many threads: celebration, adversity, hope, triumph and humanity - and offers some of the most spectacular and significant images you will ever see."

Illustrator: Nicoletta Ceccoli, an Italian illustrator whose work is surreal, fantastical, dark and subtle. She is a "also a three-time recipient of the "award of exellence" from Communication Arts. In 2006 she received the silver medal from Society of Illustrators (New York)."

Advertising: Stumbled upon Kick Bad Habits, an awesome blog on fantastic advertising campaigns concerning social issues for clients such as Amnesty International, WWF, and NRDC. Agencies to commend are Dentsu, Saatchi and Saatchi, and BBDO.

Illustration/Art: I have been a huge fan of Eboy for quite some time, and I am excited to see the debut of their new Tokyo Poster. Crazy compositions and stories in every square inch. Thinking about getting the New York poster.

Hipster Olympics

2007-12-12T16:56:00.001-08:00

This is the funniest video! These hipsters make up around 60-80% of the RISD student body.

ImageKind, New York

2007-12-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

Photography/Art: I am now selling prints of my work, mainly photography, and some illustration and fine art pieces. Since posting my work online, I have been getting so many positive responses of my photography that I have been thinking about pursuing a photo internship possibly for travel companies like Contiki, Lonely Planet, NYTimes Travel, or even National Geographic, although most of the time I do not think I am good enough to work there!
Post-Graduation: Spent the previous weekend in New York City! Very excited to be moving and working there (interning at Momentum, then looking into Hangar, Food Network, and OfficeLab). Some pictures from the weekend:

Blair, Bach, Dobi....sloths...

2007-12-06T19:56:00.001-08:00

Thought: It is freezing in Providence! 25-35....I am so much of a sun/hot weather person. How did I survive 5 winters in Lawrenceville, Wash U, and now here??!! And because of global warming, we are going to have longer and colder winters, and longer, hotter summers, what will happen to Spring and Fall?

Photo: I always see this shot coming from the back of 15 West...that is Prov Wash, and the Illustration Building...

Web Design: Today was Richard Gann's final for web design. I was so nervous showing mine but then it was fine! Saw some portfolio sites and work that was mind-blowing!

Illustrator: Morgan Blair, RISD 2008. Amazing master of pen, pencil, digital, and photography, and yet keeps her unique, raw style and personality. Her photography is beautiful as well. I saw one of her most recent pieces in a show for Advanced Projects (independent study class) and it was one of my favorites. At her prolific and highly distinctive rate, she will be famous and busy with commissions in no time.

Illustrator: Nick Bach, RISD 2008. Highly detailed linework in mediums from paper to wood. I can see his pieces in tons of shows on the West Coast and also in High Fructose or Juxtapoz.

Thought: I was going by the freshman dorms today and ran by some work rooms, noticed some fantastic stuff, and made me feel good to be a student at RISD and be surrounded by so many talented and passionate artists!

Illustrator: Rob Dobi, RISD alum, graduated from the illustration department and is a remarkable illustrator, character designer, graphic designer, and photographer. Found this illustration he did for his book Your Scene Sucks, a hilarious book/website/rant mocking the emo crowd, particularly the abundant amount of hipsters at RISD. As he writes, its a "strange contest where the winner wears the tightest jeans, puts on the silliest looking makeup, and sports the worst haircut. in the end, everyone loses. you all end up looking the same." I completely agree . For more silly and obnoxious stereotypes: click here.

Art/Illustration/Printing: "The amazing artisans at Pressure Printing announced two magnificent new signed and numbered prints from a couple of my favorite living artists." The image below is Mark Ryden's"Madonna & Karl, a 5.5" x 6.5" intaglio embossed print is mounted in a hand-made and hand-gilded wooden frame. Price: $5000! WOW. Other featured artists are James Jean and Alex Gross.

Textile/Printing: My friend Ilene Godresky, RISD Textiles '09, printed tons of sloths on bright fabrics and pasted them all over her kitchen, so cute! Ilene is also going to be a star!

Bonnaroo, Smashing, Nakamura....

2007-12-04T09:23:00.000-08:00

Design: Just showed my Bonnaroo 2008 concept and work to my class, received positive feedback. And if I were to really work for the company that does the design for Bonnaroo, Superfly Presents, I would be in heaven. Saw some other student work that had HUGE potential to make big bucks for niche markets: such as high-end packaging for dog food, Christmas pop-out cards, Christmas bags where angels' halos and reindeer's antlers served as handles, monster mutated plush toys for kids (which is similar to Designer Toys like Munky King and Super Rad Toys mostly for young adults and professionals willing to spend $200 for cool toys.)

Design: Uploaded designs for Smashing Darling, a "place for EVERYONE who loves fashion that thinks beyond the mall. Whether you want to shop, sell your own designs, find raw materials, meet others, collaborate, or just see what's new and hot in independent fashion...Smashing Darling is the place that brings all of these elements together and is a community like no other"

Design/Apparel: Anatomical Chart Company is selling socks that "some of the various acupoints located on the front and back of the lower leg, calf, and the top of the foot. Pictured on the sole is a reflexology/organ legend." Humorous.

Artist/Industrial Design: Stumbled upon artist Tetsuya Nakamura, who makes sexy, curvaceous, luxury bathroom fixtures, sinks...at $26,000 a piece! Beautiful colors, blends graffiti, art nouveau, and fiber-reinforced plastic, and car design into the home.

Graffiti: Speaking about graffiti, I got into the genre when I looked through Banksy's Wall and Piece, Siggi Schlee's Fadings, and Christian Hundertmark's, The Art of Rebellion 2.When I travelled through Europe and especially Spain, collected so many fantastic graffiti works.

Where is Advertising Going?

2007-12-03T06:19:00.000-08:00

Advertising: Posted student ads for RAINN, for my XX XY Gender Studies class with Melissa Ferreria. I was researching statistics for rape cases and the numbers are astounding.

Every two and a half minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted.
One in six American women are victims of sexual assault, and one in 33 men.
In 2004-2005, there were an average annual 200,780 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
About 44% of rape victims are under age 18, and 80% are under age 30.
Since 1993, rape/sexual assault has fallen by over 69%.
And black women are 10% more likely to be raped.

Book: The Perfect Pitch, mentioned in my older post, I liked the parts where the author destroyed his Blackberry, and how these modern everything-in-one devices ruin productivity, and that you make the best work when not multi-tasking (i.e constantly checking your phone for text messages, IMs, calls and emails..), and when you separate your family and work time, when you know how to really relax, when you take vacations, and he also wrote that "the most exciting, groundbreaking ideas happen under extreme time pressure..." Good to note.
Video: Perfect Pictures for the Perfect Word, crazy TV spot for photography, controversial?
Book: (that got me into advertising) Gavin Lucas's Guerrilla Advertising- I love innovative and smart advertising that takes full advantage of the medium. You viral/guerrilla advertising like these in Amy Gifford's blog too. In reality though, these tactics are hard to follow through with clients who are not willing to change and take risks (and that happens so much).

Industrial Design: "Wired magazine reports that Siemens is preparing a paper-thin electronic-display technology so cheap it could replace the everyday labels on disposable packaging, for everything from milk cartons to boxes of cereal." Advertising is changing so fast into the digital world it's hard to keep up! With Adwords, Kindle, E-Paper, LED SkyScreens, MultiTouch Screens, blogs, social networks like Facebook and Secondlife, the world is going to turn into Minority Report. It is scary to think of a world entirely dependent on a digital world, where everything is based on the interface. No more magazines, paper, TV, books... our bodies (and eyes) are going to alter and adapt to the interface too.

Film: On another note: I cannot wait to watch City of Men, City of God is on my top 10 list of all favorite movies because everything from the cinematography, directing, transitions, storyline and plot seam perfectly together! Liked it so much I made my own movie posters for the film.

Octonauts, Lego, Walteria, Thomas....

2007-12-01T11:54:00.000-08:00

Book and Illustration: I want this book, The Octonauts, by Meomi Labs, so cute! They have a great website too.

Toys: I played with so much lego when I was young, and now they came out with Star Wars Lego- awesome!

Artist: Willard Wigan: who creates crazy micro sculptures using thin hairs as tools! Reminds me of paintings done on rice kernals, which I like better.

Article: Bacteria Makes Water Taste Better!
Food Design: Walteria Living Vanishing Creatures Chocolates ($49.50 )
Each box of chocolates contains a Pygmy Hippopotamus, Mountain Gorilla, and Koala Bear. This series makes reference to consumption with an emphasis on conservation education. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each set of chocolates will be donated to aid the World Society for the Protection of Animals.

Photographer: Ben Thomas, beautiful, soft and surreal photographs of urban landscapes that look like constructed, or miniature photography, his photographs remind me Laura Letinsky and David Levinthal.

Chocolate Quail Eggs

2007-11-30T06:10:00.000-08:00

Industrial Design:

Homehero fire extinguisher

Chargpod

Edison oil lamp

Keen ventura: All natural, canvas , lightweight and sneakers perfect for traveler

Chocolate quail eggs, wouldnt want to pay 30 bucks though

L'luvka vodka: awesome Vodka packaging

Etienne Meneau tree wine decanters

Artist: Peter Callesen, this guy makes the coolest sculptures out of paper, his work speaks for itself.

Artist: Tomer Hanuka: clean and elegant style with crazy, deranged characters. Kind of like James Jean but with lots and lots of drugs.

Flotsam, Goodrich, Greenberg, Impact...

2007-11-29T12:43:00.000-08:00

Illustrator: Renowned RISD alum and illustrator David Wiesner lectured last night in the RISD auditorium. His work, boundless imagination, and prolific career impressed me so much that right afterwards I went straight to RISD works and purchased his latest children's book, Flotsam. And..it was signed, he has a beautiful signature too!

Illustrator: This semester RISD has had the pleasure of some amazing artist visits and lectures: Kinuko Craft, Anette Lenz, and Carter Goodrich. I fell in love with illustration because of Craft, Goodrich, and Gary Kelley.

Photographer: Jill Greenberg. And right as I was purchasing Flotsam, I noticed Jill Greenberg's latest book, Monkey Portraits. Very funny collection. I remember when she became famous for her series on crying babies that made many parents infuriated when they found out she made their baby models cry.

Green Movement: I am glad that movements and efforts to reduce global warming and give back to nature is finally in full swing. Thank you Al Gore (with An Inconvenient Truth). His book, Assault on Reason, is high on my list. Derek Smith gave a compelling speech at RISD a couple weeks back about how graphic designers have a huge power to help the green movement. " (an amazing speaker by the way, which brings back to my last entry) gave a compelling speech at Derek's message is one of essential value to designers and he will be discussing issues such as paper selection, printer selection and the impact of our daily design decisions on an individual, studio, and corporate level," but unfortunately they are not doing much at all about it. He advocates Meridian Printing, Monadnock Paper, Symbio Design and Iolabs Printing.

Pura Vida, Stiff, Bella...

2007-11-28T10:42:00.000-08:00

Photography: Uploaded a new series from my Thanksgiving trip to Costa Rica in my photography page. Had an amazing time and definately will be going back there. It was great to get away for a week and come back refreshed.

Advertising/Design: Uploaded a new design package for Bonnaroo: from logo to posters to a welcome backpack that could be given to all the attendees since the tickets were around 200 bucks! I went this summer 2007, it was my first time and it was one of the craziest experiences of my life! It's a great way to listen to new music, meet all sorts of people, and get away from life for 4 fun and insane days in the middle of nowhere.

Travel: Never take US Airways! My flight to San Jose was delayed for an hour, and my flight back was not only delayed for 1.5 hours, but the gate was double booked! And you also have to pay at least 5 dollars for food (when I flew 5 years ago, you never had to pay). Joy flew Delta and she got some pretty decent food.

Book: I love vacations and backpacking because you get to read books you have been pushing aside during the year. Finished Mary Roach's Stiff. Cover design by FWIS. Like the simple solution: beautiful photo with dark and somber color palette and a bold and graphic title tag on toe. The book was well-written, funny, a page-turner, and deserves all the hype it has been receiving. If you are a CSI and Bodyworks fan, you will enjoy this book~

Book 2: Now working on Seth Godin's Small is the New Big. Good read. Joy did not like how all his titles were Yoda-Speak, like Godin thought he was Yoda..a little too egotistical? You pick up on a lot of inspirational and positive insights on self progress. People need a wakeup call: today is the day and age where anyone with our abundant amount of accessible resources....can be spectacular (if you use initiative, drive, of course).

Book 3: Also reading Jon Steel's The Perfect Pitch. Also another great read for marketers, advertisers, and businesses. Books 2 and 3 both advocate:

You need to know how to relax. You make better work when you take care of yourself and your health. Take a vacation and do not feel guilty about it. You find inspiration and motivation when you are not stressed out! Now I go to bed at 1 am at the latest, get around 7-8 hours of sleep, I try to work out daily, avoid desserts...etc.
It's about the story. As Godin says, "Good marketers tell a story." The boring powerpoints and pretty visuals do not win the client, it is a profound, authentic, and moving story that can move the consumers on an emotional and personal level.

Music: I love trance and electronic. I progressed from listening to everything from classical, alternative, rock, hip hop, and rap to only playing trance tracks and sometimes indie rock. Trance/House strips music down it the pure essence and beat. New Yorkers: go to Madeevent for concerts, and I want to go to next year's Ultrafest in Miami!

Movie: A couple weeks ago, Jess and I tried to see No Country for Old Men, but the tickets were all sold out. We ended up watching Bella, and loved it. Powerful yet subtle story that speaks against abortion, very New York, and good acting.

Welcome!

2007-11-17T12:40:00.000-08:00

Introduction: Welcome to my blog! This will be my blog of all news, updates for my website, recommendations, and random thoughts.

Summer 07: Cleaned out posts from the summer where I had one of the most amazing summer experiences: I was a Art Director/Creative intern at Momentum Worldwide's Atlanta office. I gratefully thank MAIP, the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program, that helped put me there and gave me a new and positive direction in the advertising industry. If you are a minority and interested in advertising, I highly recommend this program to network, build on your portfolio, and have a great time!

Thanks: to my dear friend Jen Hom for helping me build my website.

Art: Just updated my photography page. It was nostalgic browsing through my travel shots from Greece, Italy, Beijing, Shanghai, and Putuo Mountain in China. I really want to go back for the Beijing Olympics! Also added a Sapporo beer packaging design in the Design page.

Internship: Got the official yes to an internship with Momentum Worldwide in New York City starting Jan. Very excited! Will be permanently in NYC starting Jan! :) Also looked at Project. Inc, No11, and MTV.

Thanksgiving: Joy and I will be in Costa Rica for Thanksgiving from Nov 17 - Nov 26! Happy Thanksgiving! Going to Monteverde, Arenal Volcano, and perhaps Manuel Antonio.

ANNLIDESIGN.COM

Awesome new stuff

Nickelodeon

Inspiring Design / Home Decorating

New Stuff

Branding..

Lake George Pictures

New Work

Travel / Puerto Vallarta Pics

Beauty, MccGwire, Samson Balakov

New Orleans

Nicholas Felton

RasterBoy

ALL Paper, Evolution,

Zbihilkyj, Arnell, The Partners

Update

Photos

Armory, HOW Magazine Design Annual 2009

New Website Up

It's Been a While

Photography add!

Sam Wiley, Jonathan Lawrence, Catalina Estrada

Kirsch, Doubilet, APAK...

Tenticles, Retro

DUMBO, Crouser, Wiener

Interesting Stuff!

Interesting Stuff!

September! Time Flies

More stuff!

Photos

Random random random..

Beijing Olympics

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

Updates!

AT&T, BBDO

Illustrator Roadshow, White Night

Wordle, Electric Light Shoe

DNA, BMW, Pinkberry

Freestyle Dance Performance (Korea:PREPIX)

Design Adds, LEGO, Micheal Iny

Scott Hansen, Retro Design...

Transforming Owls, Eric Skillman...

Office Interior, BUTT WORM...

Great Wall, and more randomness

Solar, with lyrics

Murakami, Mueck, Indoctrine U

PSYOP, Justin Maller

Random Videos and Links

Lanima, Basejumping, Southpark, Small House

Etsy Rock Soaps, Dieline, Pii, Pettit

Dennis Prager, Michael Medved

amazing human beatbox

Stephen Wiltshire draws Rome from memory

Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video March 2008)

Hugo, Freimuth, Walter, Gressley

Fusion Fashion Show, Cai Guo Qiang

Smash Up Shirt, Watches Marathon

Baglione, Fish, Kiselev, Okada, Gozetlik, Be Nice

Dos Logos, MK12, NDEUR, Saleem, Winkle

Momentum Worldwide

Momentum New York, Spot, Officelab, Serino Coyne

English, Radke, Take G, Elseware

Christmas Film Catchup

The Dark Knight Official Trailer

Ginormous Gingerbread House

Uniqlo Mixplay

Eboy, Kick Bad Habits, Ceccoli, Seeing

Hipster Olympics

ImageKind, New York

Blair, Bach, Dobi....sloths...

Bonnaroo, Smashing, Nakamura....

Where is Advertising Going?

Octonauts, Lego, Walteria, Thomas....

Chocolate Quail Eggs

Flotsam, Goodrich, Greenberg, Impact...

Pura Vida, Stiff, Bella...

Welcome!