WINTER JUST GOT A LOT MORE FUN

Snow Shorts are pull-on snowsuit over-shorts with a foam-padded PVC seat fused to the butt. This ridged plastic butt-plate allows you to slide down any snowy slope. Gone are the days of lugging a sled up a hill!

Snow shorts retail for $35 and don't you worry- they come in adult sizes too. Click here to get your own.

A STOP-MOTION LOVE STORY

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Carlos Lascano is an illustrator, photographer, writer, animator and director from Madrid, Spain.

His unique style mixes digital tools and real objects bringing an organic quality to his animations. Click here to visit Carlos' website.

DREAMY PHOTOGRAPHY

Dreamers series-

Photography project from the summer 09' semester at the University of Wiesbaden (Hochschule Rhein-Main) in Germany.

The team consisted of Mohammed Amine Nasseri, Natalie Borger, Magda Klukowski and Elisabet Frau-Trullen under the direction of professor Frau Meike Becker-Lacour.

HALLOWEEN CREATIVITY

FRED PERRY BRAND

Tennis champ = tennis apparel + 100 years = Styling website

BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL

Brendt Barbur founded the Bicycle Film Festival in 2001 after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. This experience inspired him to create a festival to celebrate the bicycle through music, art, and film. The festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. This trailer was directer by Marco Mucig.

DESIGN INSPIRATIONS

I met today with a design agency to discuss the potential of working together. All was going smoothly until the creative director asked me to list some design influences. A simple enough question, right? My brain farted and I muttered something along the lines of "usafgsh."

Fuck.

If you are ever faced with this question and your noggin' lets you down....here is a short list of designers and websites that inspire me to help you out. Friends don't let friends look stupid.

Tim Gough, Graphic designer & illustrator [traditional print style]
Sébastien Nikolaou, Greek graphic designer & illustrator [flyer work]
Julien de Repentigny, Graphic designer and artistic director [3Deelicious]
Zeptonn, Graphic designer, illustrator & art director Jan Willem Wennekes/ Zeptonn [creative creatures]
Iain Crawford, photographer [texture]
Bloomsberry & Co., New Zealand based designer chocolate bar company [packaging & company branding]
The Die Line, Packaging designs from around the globe [packaging]
FFFFound, web service that allows users to post their favorite images found on the web and dynamically recommends inspirational imagery [blogging resource]
Geekologie, Gadgets & gizmos galore [blogging resource]
ILoveTypography Typography, Fonts & Typfaces [blogging resource]

I also regularly visit:
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/
http://freelanceswitch.com/