INTO: Geek Culture, Gig Poster Design, Movie Poster Design, hell design period, Apple Products, spending time with people that make my cheeks hurt from smiling. Also see "Makes Me Happy" section.
NOT INTO: Needy people, those who are closed minded, whiners, arrogance, others who constantly batter themselves down and can't look at the good things in life, Ma from the Goonies.MAKES ME HAPPY: A team of kids saving One Eyed Willie's treasure from from the Fertelli gang. Sloth having a purpose in life. Good Design, Good Food, Good Company, Good Humor, Lazy Weekends, Clean Sheets, and someone to share those things with.MAKES ME SAD: Feeding Mogwai after midnight. Liars, those who lie to themselves even moreso. See "Not Into" section for more.HOBBIES: Pixel mashing via the CS2 lineup. All things design related really.5 THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Earth, Air, Wind, Fire, Water. (dude, did I just say I can't live without Captain Planet???)
VICES: Geek Culture. Electronics and all things Mac. Design, design, design.
You. Well, maybe anyway. Depending on how well our personalities mesh. In reality this is just an odd and almost stupid question. Do you give a deep answer or a silly one? I think I am lucky to have met the people I know now and I will be greatful for the ones I meet in the future. If it had to be someone inspirational from the past I could give you a massive list of graphic designers, typographers, etc, but that list could and would take forever. Let's just leave it at George Clooney for now... why you ask? Uhm because he is badass?! One of the few actors I have seen who will make fun of his own acting choices from the past and just love life at what it is.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment
City & Colour, The Black Keys, Boards of Canada, The Shins, Daft Punk, The White Stripes, Run DMC, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis, ZZ Top, and the list goes on.
GrindHouse, Devils Rejects, 300, Children of Men, Stranger Than Fiction, Anchorman, Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Night Watch, Lost In Translation, The Last Kiss, Transformers.
The Office, Diggnation (Podcast), Totally Rad Show (Podcast), Creative Suite Podcast, Ask a Ninja (Podcast), VH1's Best Week Ever, Adult Swim, MythBusters, Man vs. Wild, Discovery Channel. Period.
Anything Design Related, Text Book o' plenty, including the almighty Meggs' History of Graphic Design. More real books to come in the near future. Magazines include Computer Arts, DG Design, Print, Communication Arts, and so on.
Hulk Hogan, for teaching me how to leg drop bitches on the playground... Ash for reminding me that you can have a sense of humor while pimp slapping zombies. Raptor Jesus... just because, do I really need to explain?Inspirations would include many many of the great designers; german, dutch, french, japanese, american, and so on. Special props go out to Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Alphonse Mucha, Herbert Matter, Stefan Sagmeister, all of the design movements, typographers, and print designers that have moved and invoked new design throughout the years.