eve of halloween post

Cockeyed is the website of Rob Cockerham the man behind the above two costumes and a website full of fun filled answers. He's posted the process and results to many experiements:

-How much gold is in Goldschlager
-Can collecting cans in a shopping really generate a substantial income?
-Are spring shoes really possible and do they help you jump higher?
-and also the pranks section: slipping in fatty photoshop menus into TGI fridays(to replace vegetarian ones) (it has a photo of a stick of butter wrapped in bacon, lol)

enjoy!

XRS flash website

XRS site
an amazing example of where flash is taking us.

kenny wong: illustrator

kenny wong is an illustrator dude- but he has a really rad website and some awesome work. Okay, so its a little dizzying at first, but the whole branding of the website is so clean, and awesome, and just amazing. Check out molly's house, his workspace, and read through the copperhead-18 story.(which I thouroughly enjoyed, tho long) Yeah. something nifty to look at.

hello

this is brian and im new here so just thought i'd say hello, after intruding upon this humble design blog thanks to kristina's invite. mm i guess just a little about me...

my name is brian and i just graduated from ccsf with a degree in graphic design. right after getting done with school i ended up in japan for 2 months during the summer and then europe for 3 weeks with The Kristina. so now im poor and unemployed (arent we all?) and putting together a redesign of my website and getting a printed portfolio out and all that good crap. i love ling ling potstickers, play the drums and guitar for my church, dumpster dive for treasure, was raised on videogames like zelda and rtype, am an advanced metal artist, draws quirky creatures on my arms in tattoo form, reads bringhurst before going to bed (any type lovers here?), went to the maker faire...

and since this blog is a design blog. i must post a picture else i be shunned.
heres some of where i get inspiration from: omnivorous



ignore the chopped off right side of the image. :D

latte art, the new scene, brooklyn west

Good ol Oaktown has been getting some much-needed buzz as of late. Here is a link to the latest article in San Francisco magazine hyping our fair town as 'the next scene' and giving some ink to the monthly Art Murmur and bubbling-up uptown/downtown art and design scenes.

Anyone who lives here has been watching this happening for a while now. It's refreshing to see businesses other than nail salons and vacuum repair shops giving our fair city real urban life.

One place I've been keeping track of lately is the Awaken Cafe, soon to open in the now-closed (and sadly lamented) Golden Bull at 414 14th street in downtown. They are doing a total green re-model of the space, and promising to bring latte art to Oakland's caffeine addicts.

Also of note is the recently opened FiveTen Studio, run by local designer/entrepreneur Alfonso Dominguez who has his hands in some of the best new restaurants and design shops sprouting up around Old Oakland. He's making a concerted effort to showcase local up-and-coming talent. Designers, take note!

yamaha tesseract concept

This is the newest concept to come out of Yamaha's motorcycle division for the Tokyo Motor Show. It's a mix between motorcycle and scooter, similar to Piaggio's MP3 scooter. Yamaha says it's a little wider than a motorcycle and still leans into corners. The engine is a hybrid between V-Twin engine and electric motor.

As for the styling? It's, uh... different! Imagine a Transformer half transformed and you'll be pretty darn close. [autoblog.com]

¡very important!

things you should know:

1. Car drawing tutorial

2. IDSA openings & parties for this week!

3. Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland hosts free or cheap classes, and has "lab time" for access to screen printing studio and industrial sewing machines for way cheap. Check it out. I made a T-shirt last week!

it's bout time!

Its half past eleven, and I just got home from the post office. There was one clerk who didn't have a calculator - the man customer was arguing that 15 stamps was $5.50, and she couldn't work it out right on paper. Finally, she was like, "oh...your right.." and he turned around to us(the audience) and said, "When I was in fifth grade. I got in trouble for not showing work. It cuz i use my head. It's all in here!" (pointing to his noggin)

Besides spending my morning watching other's antics, this time piece struck my fancy. Since visiting the land of swatch watches, I've been enamoured by time-keepers. This clock is called "About time"(hat tip to slipperybrick), by Dutch design studio Buro Vormkrijgers and it rolls conically one full revolution in the span of 12 hours. The edge of the circle touching the surface tells the time, well kinda.



The continuous strand of words say, "It's about seven o'clock," or "just nearly eight", so you never know exactly know what time it is.

an etsy find

I surf etsy on occasion to get a lil inspiration and see what other DIY'ers are up to (and trying to make a penny on) I thought this Laptop wallet by workingclassheros was quite a slick find. At first glimpse I was like, "Are you serious? You stick your arm through...?" It looks well made and the leather gives it some class, above other "camp-crafty" etsy products. I really like the contrast of the leather and felt materials, even if I'd prefer wool. It reminds me of a woolen pea coat with lether bits to hold down the ends of the cords for the toggles up the front. Ah, a wintery laptop cozy, that is made for walking down the hall clutched in one arm! (finally!) I have never dropped my ibook, but this cozy gives some reassurance.

ciao!