My wife rocks

Yesterday was President's Day. I had to go to work. My wife did not. When I got home, I discovered that she had done this.

How awesome is that? Yeah, pretty awesome. Sorry fellas, she's all mine.

The Brand of Graphic Design

"Imagine what difficulty your own business would have if you had to fight not only competition, market conditions, buying cycles, your own short comings and issues unique to your category - but ALSO a general public perception that anyone with a computer can do what you do cheaper if not free. That is the world of the graphic designer in the year 2008."

Is Graphic Design the Worst Brand Ever? Ed Roach thinks so.

|| via Quipsologies ||

Valentine's Morning Commute

The commute in to work this morning was significantly prettier than usually.

Emergency V-Day Kit

Did you just realize that it's Valentine's Day and you're empty-handed? Fear not! My designer buddy Maya Lee has put together an Emergency Valentine's Day Kit that will take you from callous to Casanova in no time.

Taken and Single versions available. Download them here:

If You're Taken
If You're Single

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Future Me

And to lighten the mood from my previous post. I think this is awesome:

Dear Future Me,

Yes We Can Song

First off, I don't endorse Barack Obama. For no other reason than I don't really endorse any of the candidates. I've tried to care about politics, and while I understand and appreciate the national and global impact our political leaders have, I just can't bring myself to get into politics. I just can't.

But, I can say that from a designer's standpoint, Barack Obama's campaign has been the best executed. In addition, somebody recently forwarded me an Obama-related link that I thought was pretty phenomenal. Regardless of your political views, (or maybe because I have a permanent seat on the fence) this is a pretty powerful piece of work. Check it out:

Yes we can song.