A car of folk ride INTO, not away from. A gargantuan dust storm so thick the sun cannot penetrate it.

I saw this and loved it. simple yet complex. I love the diagonol composition and size of the imagery and title text juxtaposed with the simple small text. good work

This is a dope piece of Lil’ Wayne. It’s his official grammy nomination poster. He’s up for 8 when the show airs in February, giving him the chance to be the winningest rapper ever as far as grammy’s go. Good luck Weezy.

So I opened up my fridge the other day and couldn’t find the orange juice. I moved this one white carton several times before I realized that IT WAS the orange juice. Tropicana has changed the look of thier cartons. Everyone knows I’m a fan of the more minimal look but… whether or not this works is up in the air. I mean with Tropicana being one of the clear brand leaders, it seemed like their packaging was made to be vibrant and stand out. This couldn’t catch my eye in the fridge, so who knows how it looks in the grocery store. Perhaps it will just take a little getting used to. Hmmm, I blame ink costs, lol, with the economy sucking I guess it’d make sense to cut back on printing fees. If that is the case so be it. I’d rather that then watered down juice.

My homie, and talented designer friend Jerlyn told me congrats today for the Smashing Magazine mention and I of course thanked her but then mentioned that it had been for quite a few months now. Little did I know, the screenshot had been shown again for their end of the year re-cap, which got me excited. So excited that I wrote a post on here, lol, the first in over a month. (shame on me). I love Smashing Magazine… period. They’re an awesome resource for anyone interested in design on the web, and just art in general really. Be sure to check em out whenever you get a second.

I saw this and thought it was funny, lol. Take a look.

I know my last couple posts have been all political but shit,… current events. It is what it is. This is really starting to weigh down on everyone as this election gets closer. But anyway… when you get a chance, as in right after you read this post, visit designforobama.org, and take a look at all the great artwork they have there. It’s all posters in support of the Obama campaign and is completely user generated which is the best part. You can even download different sized PDF’s of the ones you like most. The only downside is that the higher res ones are broken up onto multiple letter sized pages, which kind of blows. I’ve already went and downloaded all of them. Why not?!?! This is history here!! Go visit this site, download, comment, submit stuff and participate!

I love it. Apparently EA has confirmed that Obama ads appear in some of their recent releases such as Madden ‘09, Madden NFL 09, Need For Speed: Carbon and Burnout Paradise. The ads only appear in the XBOX 360 versions of the games and, contrary to what I initially thought, don’t come on the game disc from the factory. They only become available to people once they’ve connected to XBOX Live. I think this is once again, another great move by Obama’s marketing and publicity team. I was already thoroughly impressed with the overall look and feel of his official website and printed communiciation earlier this year. This is just more proof that he has great people working for and backing him. Hopefully these efforts, and I believe they will, translate into voting numbers come election day.

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CNN is reporting that a 19-year-old in North Carolina has legally changed her named to Cutout Dissection.com in protest of high school dissection. The website itself is one that takes the same stance and is supported by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. When the girl, whose birth name is Jennifer, was in High School she spearheaded a policy that would allow kids to complete an alternative assignment if they didn’t want to dissect. The article goes on to say that her family supports her choice and yada yada, so on and so forth.

(short pause)

This is stupid.

I’m sorry but it just is. I’m all for peoples attempts to change the world. I just think there are smarter ways to do it. Major thought needs to be put into choices like these and I’m not sure she did that. First off, think of your name. It’s pretty much everything. How you introduce yourself, how you’re addressed, the name on all your bills, credit cards and bank statements. It’s just stupid to change your name to a URL, especially one that doesn’t make any sense in a NORMAL sentence, since in reality, THIS is the context in which the name will be used.

Let’s see…

Boyfriend: “Hi, I want you me to meet my girlfriend, Cutout.” nope.

Telemarketers: “Hi um, may I speak to Ms. Dissection.com?” ‘fraid not.

College Professor: “Cutout, did you submit your paper?” ugh.

She’ll NEVER be a star… “And the Oscar goes to… Cutout Dissection.com!”

Just thank God she wasn’t like that in Kindergarten.

School teacher: “Cutout, cut it out and behave!”

None of these make ANY sense whatsover. I personally think she’s a clown. She’ll regret it in a year or two, and if I were her friend I would fully support her and call her by her name. I’d just do it MORE than I needed to so she’d get tired of hearing it, like at the beginning and end of each statement I addressed to her. Cutout, if you’re reading this I am sorry. Because Cutout, I didn’t mean to offend you. I fully support you changing your name to Cutout, Cutout. Cutout we’re here for you. Ok? Cool. Thumbs up for trying to change the world, thumbs down for doing it in a wierd, unconventional to the point of looking stupid kinda way.