wordpress logo and standards.

wordpress has a really nice online graphic standards site for their users. i love the design and how easy it is to use. really nice inspiration for anyone building a site that requires putting brand standards and their logo online.

windex ad. simple and clean.

very creative and simple ad. love it.

cool new interiors.

here's the original link where i found these. really nice design. super clean.





here's a photographer who has shot some really nice interiors.

check out some more cool interiors i've posted.

another cool lamp. chrome.

nice lamp. nothing spectacular about the design. i just thought it looked pretty. could be a nice conversation starter if the type actually and messaging was more playful. you can learn more about it here.


heres another chair that looks like it. would like to get one of these as well. made by the same company.

check out another cool lamp.

nasty hair.

what would you coin this style?

hat tip: jim

cool business cards.

check out some my older blog posts to see some more cool business card designs. here's one that was pretty crazy too.

the internet color palate.

it's interesting to see how branding has changed, based off context. for example, what red means in print is totally different from what it means when viewed on the web. the photo above was something i came across on coroflot's blog. i thought it was interesting to see different companies with their colors being ranked.

the question is, what does this color mean to you?

bacon strips bandages.

i found this on a total stranger on twitter. she twitted about using her new addthis button, so i checked out her blog.

hat tip: star

the neo cube. ultra nerdy. ultra cool.

The Neo Cube - The most amazing videos are a click away
one of my coworkers showed me this today. he actually has one, and it blew me away. it's so much fun! get yours here!

simple packaging design.

nice packaging design. such a simple and clever use of a single contour line. here are some other packages you might be inspired by.

cool lamp.

oh man, i'd love to have this in my studio. looks really nice in a dark room.

"somebody's watching me" for geico

somehow i came across the producers of this song on twitter... now i'm following them. hopefully they'll respond. i'd love to build a relationship with them—i think they have a great ear for pop music. producers like mysto & pizzi and RedOne (the guy who produce lady gaga's "just dance" and "poker face") are going to be huge. i'd say they'll probably be up there competing with guys like danjahandz (just produced "if you seek amy", and other big hits like "promiscuous", "sexy back", "the way i are", "gimme more") soon enough.



and you can download the full mp3 here. ps. it's awesome to see geico use addthis to share their page.

breathtaking photos.

marc adamus shoots some wicked HDR photos... makes me want to go outside and shoot some photos.







god, i wish i had this camera lens to shoot ultra wide angle. it's a tokina 11-16mm f2.8 lense. it runs about $550. i'll probably get one when the price drops a little more. *sigh*

photos from cj's wedding.

i went to one of my friend's weddings, in birmingham alabama about a week and a half ago. i have never seen so much decoration, food, and dancing my life. 4 days straight of partying. every night was a different country club. i'd write more about it, but i'm a little tight on time... i'll just have to let the pictures tell the story. here are some of the highlight.

the grid.

If you love the grid, you'll love these links.


this site offers several grid tools you can use for print and web. very nice collection of utilities.


this site offers tools for a developer to build grids. it shows alot of really nice examples. i highly recommend it if you're a designer or developer to check it out.


and this site is my personal favorite for creating grids.

i've been using omnigraffle for the last 6 months, and i love it for creating my wireframes. i wish i could share some of the stuff i'm working on, but it's confidential. i'll post pics up of the grid systems i've been designing with once our products have launched. here's one of the older designs i've worked on that uses a basic 960 grid system.

tree lighting.

whoa, this would be really cool for christmas time. would be cool to see an entire forest designed with these kinds of installations.


speaking of growing trees, you can do it with this... what makes it cool is the packaging. love how the grass bleeds over the edges. such a nice organic treatment.

50 cent review is f'n hilarious.

this guy is such a great writer. i love his reviews. this one might be one of the best one he's done in a while. you'll have to sit through a 15 second commercial before the video starts, so be patient—it's worth the wait. (i sent this link to vinny, and he didn't even get past the commercial. i blame his A.D.D./instant gratification tendencies as the downfall of our country.) just wait 15 seconds folks. it's painless.

watch more awesome videos.

bolt. two paws up.

if you love dogs or animation, you should watch this. it was too cute.


btw, i found out that bolt was modeled off a white german shepherd. they're pretty adorable.

green house.

very green. very house. love it!

interface design by microsoft.

this is a pretty long video, but it was really interesting to see all the interfaces integrated into all the surfaces that surround us. love the touch screens.

3d chess board.

thought this was clever... wonder if it's just as fun to play.

environmental concentric circles.

beautiful visualization graph... and it has interesting information. "in the center of the concentric circles are the most fundamntal influences. rippling outward are the effects, which create a surprising number of synergies. red lines depict reinforcing relationships. blue lines show some of the inhibitory forces that also come into play." found this link on seedmagazine.com

crayon artwork.

this guy created these pantings with crayons. pretty wild.

dragon boat race compitition.

so i've been invited by one of my friends to do a dragon boat race this year. i figure i should try it out since i haven't done anything really physical or social over the last year. let me know if you're interested! would love to do it with you! here's what the invite looks like:

Date: May 16-17, 2009
Time: Whole day event
Place: Georgetown/Kennedy Center waterfront
Commitments: 3 practice sessions (TBD)
Fee: $60/each (including team jersey)
Race info: DCdragonboat.com