Everomp: Design Makes the Heart Go Yonder

MC Hammer tweets. And I do not. (02/26)

Pepsi, Tropicana, Arnell Group. But wait, Peter Arnell lead directs this interesting item. (02/26)

I've never seen a library like this. (02/26)

Died Young, Stayed Pretty, a documentary about rock poster artists, as far as I can tell. (02/26)

Old To New To Old

Tropicana recently updated their packaging. It didn't go over very well. Tropicana has decided to return to their older packaging after a very brief run.

Bunkers: Ruins of War in a New American Landscape. I'm so fascinated with remnants of war in modern day. Don't know why. (02/25)

5 methods in CSS for vertical alignment. (02/25)

Beautiful web site for Black Estate Vineyard. (02/24)

A new web presence for Thirst. Very nice. (02/24)

Enjoy the Trojan War, via Facebook. Genius. (02/24)

Shapeaspect. (02/24)

A Simple Pledge. [cliff] (02/23)

HTML Loves Email

I'll be the first to admit, as a developer, I try to avoid HTML emails. They suck. They go against all the proper lessons we've learned about Standards, CSS, Validation (the list goes on). We have to go ass-backwards to make our layouts look okay, including the use of tables (which translates to walking around a public area without any pants).

Looking back, Metallica has an impressive video library. Turn the Page is still a brutal video. (02/20)

Casa de los Pinos. (02/19)

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store. Where a human can be a hero. (02/19)

The Cooper Union has had an identity makeover, and boy-o is it colorful (and beautiful). (02/19)

Olympian Motor Hotel. (02/18)

And it all ends in money. (02/18)

Burning Safari. Monkeys and robots, what could be better? (02/18)

Where is our money going? Because, in the end, it's our money. Well, was. (02/18)

The corporate logo for Kraft Foods has been updated, and no amount of smiley faces can stop me from wondering if we (designers) are in our own era of branding depression. (02/18)

10 Tax Deductions for freelancers. (02/17)

Goodbye Dubai. I didn't once think about the economic fall-out in that region. Ouch. (02/17)

Spotify. Looks promising, but not available in the States. Humph. (02/17)

Brodaway. Uh. (02/17)

Hopside down glass. (02/17)

The Australian Directors Guild web site took me back a step or two. (02/17)

The world's first web site, apparently. No dancing baby? (02/17)

25 Random Things About Graphic Design. I learned a thing (and two). (02/17)

Harry Potter if Penguin had anything to say about it. (02/17)

Interesting portfolio from paprika. (02/17)

Letter monsters. ROAR! (02/17)

About Pepsi

This is why you're fat. Disgusting and mesmerizing. (02/16)

Esquire Magazine: 70 years of covers. Wonderful guide throughout the magazine's history. I remember scanning through issues as a kid - Dad had a subscription. I became interested in the magazine again a year ago when I noticed the interesting typography used on the cover. (02/16)

I'm Housin'

This entry comes rather late. You see, I wanted to talk about this the day I moved in. Well moving is a pain in the ass, so many things are put on hold.

So just what's in the next big stimulus package? A lot more sorrow for our grandkids, unfortunately. (02/16)

No Open Hi Speed Internet. (02/16)

Dark Was the Night, a seemingly massive collection of artists coming to together for an album dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS. (02/16)

Space is the Limit. Apparently they'll shoot ideas into space. (02/16)

I got away with the perfect crime. (02/13)

Amazing photographs of factories in Japan. (02/13)

Something Very Public. From the artist: "...an ongoing video series, in which I speak from memory about scenes and events from my childhood. There is no rehearsal, script, or retakes. I am alone when filming. I will not recall memories from after the age of 12. My hope is that I can recall everything, eventually." (02/11)

Thou shalt consume the roasted bean beverage. (02/11)

White Cube, by Andreas Gursky. (02/11)

Presentation tips by Edward Tufte. A must-read for those of us who want to make a good first impression. (02/11)

PowerMeter, from Google. In closed beta now, this amazing tool/idea will monitor your home's energy usage directly form your computer, and show you specific areas where you can improve your energy consumption. Awesome. (02/11)

My Web 2.0 Startup Company name shall be Scarlet Dog Interactive. What's yours? (02/11)

Awesome illustration coming out of Germany, from Human Empire. (02/11)

I'm fascinated by this architecture in Japan, the Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers. (02/11)

Oceanic cable, circa 1901. Pretty amazing. I had no idea we had come this far by then. (02/09)

Drum Beer. Making my mouth water. (02/09)

Lincoln Mercury. How long will it remain? (02/09)

We're doing it wrong. (02/06)

The art and design of Eric Carl. (02/06)

Great article on the environmental impact of concrete, not to mention just how dang amazing the stuff really is. (02/06)

Grow Tower. Just get ready to waste your day away. (02/06)

Apparently this is how America treats a 14-time Olympic gold champion. A shame, to say the least. (02/04)

Miller High Life's 1 Second Ad. In a pile of piss-poor commercials, this stood out. BEAN DIP!!! (02/02)

Faith

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay it's not the end.

"Art is the highest form of hope."

— Gernhard Richter