Break the Mold

Pretty cool design for a business card...

Who The Heck Are You?

I remember reading an interview that Walt Disney did, and he was telling the interviewer about a girl that came up to him one day at Disneyland. She said, "Are you Walt Disney?" He nodded. She quietly asked, "do you draw Mickey Mouse?" He replied, "no." She asked if he wrote the stories, directed the movies - - answer was still a no. "What do you do, sir?" was the final question from this little lady. Apparently, he laughed (lucky for the kid). He said he saw himself kind of like a bumble bee, going from one beautiful flower to the next.

Well, I may not be Walt Disney, but I also know that I am not a director, artist, etc. (I do consider myself a writer - that's another post). I'd like to see myself as someone that can spot talent. I've been lucky enough to do so with the development of Metro-Burbs, and had folks at Nickelodeon tell me so - - gotta believe them, right?

Anyway, while doing my usual looking around on web, I am across this dude's work, his name? Bryan Ballinger. I don't know much about him, but I do know that guy has it. He has a wonderful site with his very creative, quite amazing pieces of work. I hope you check it out.

The two images on this post are just a tease, you really have to check out more on his site.

Workplace Envy

Most of us spend the majority of our waking hours in an office setting, whether it is in a cubicle, an actual office, on the floor in your house, etc - that is where we create, work and live most of our lives. So why do we spend so much money on our Living Room in our homes - a room that is rarely used on a regular basis?

Visiting others in their "work space" can be a bit deflating to a person (me). Just last week I visited a couple of very cool offices in NYC - - toys on display in cabinets, candy everywhere, great music playing, cool sofas, lots of creative visuals - fun, fun, fun. How cool is your workspace? If it is very cool, I guess you can comment below with visuals so I can be jealous of you too.

Here are a few pics from the GOOGLE offices - lucky jerks - -

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

I came across this crazy cool image from a Russian artist, not sure who did it because when I tracked down its origins, the site was in...Russian. Shocking, huh? Out of respect, here is the site. How cute is that fluffy elephant thingy?