An example, he says, is “petracore,” a word for the scent that rises from pavement after rain has begun to fall. “It’s a beautiful smell,” Shea said. “I’ve always loved that smell, when it first starts raining.”

I also liked debag – to strip the pants from a person.

I got a lot of push-back from on the original design, which was pretty dull(just the laptop). It’s a little trendy, but it makes a shockingly boring subject (new web pages) a little more entertaining.

My 30th birthday is next month. Nothing says ‘I care’ like a Design Within Reach Airstream.

Just sayin…

Maybe I’m just cranky from too much vodka-tonic, but it really looks like they’re ice-skating in hell. Or maybe a Frank Kapra version of Mordor.

Every so often, some quirky little piece comes together that I get really attached too, like this postcard/invite, with a shout out to my architecture days. Good things.

I traded these guys a website for a custom steel road frame. The load times are a littel slow, but otherwise I’m pleased.

Creative people have to believe in the value of their work. If you don’t have any belief then you can’t give anything – designing is an act of giving, and a belief in the value of the work fuels the desire to express something. (via swissmiss)

Not sure about the last time I was actually able to give said gift at a job (or if that’s even possible in most modern design jobs), but the full article/manifesto is interesting.

A jersey design, that is part of a website design I’m putting together. This was super fun, but the Scottish were smoking Scottish-crack when they invented argyle.

I think my dad told me once that clean desk is a sign of someone who doesn’t have enough to do. Due to recent tumultuous life events and a simultaneous upswing in projects at work, my desk recently reached a truly epic point of chaos. I’m pretty sure it was about to buckle under the weight of paper samples and discarded starbucks containers.

This got me contemplating the desk of the creative professional – organized vs messy vs waayyy mac-geeked out (I wish I fell into the last category, but sadly I’m still on a piece-of-shit dell). Not surprisingly there’s a blog dedicated to the subject that makes for a pretty good read. Although they sure look a lot cleaner than my desk.