When I lived in suburbia, my Black Friday tradition was to stay as far away from malls and shopping centers as possible. I maintained this tradition for seven years after moving to New York City. After all, it can be argued that Manhattan is essentially a 22.7-square-mile mall. However, this year, Heather and I decided [...]
My first Thanksgiving with Heather in our own place was fantastic. It was a small gathering: me, Heather, and our friend Sophie. Sophie is from London, so we had the great pleasure of sharing her first American Thanksgiving. We watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Commercial Parade while we cooked, enjoyed an fantastic spread, then tried our [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! Does anything say Thanksgiving more than photos of cats? Yes, many things do. Nevertheless, here are a few of my guys that I took this morning. Have a safe and joyous holiday!
1 Word Trade Center—the tallest structure with all the red steel on the left—has shown some notable progress since last week. Now that the foundations are set, I expect this building to rise fairly quickly. It’s difficult to appreciate scale from this distance, but the structure is already impressively massive close up. It’s exciting to [...]
Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” done with Little Big Planet sack people. If this isn’t tailor made for my fiancée, I’m not sure what is. Little Bad Romance
I am normally not averse to companies changing their brand identity. I’m not terribly nostalgic when it comes to graphic design, and am usually enthusiastic about new ideas and changing trends. However, AOL’s new brand identity puzzles me. Most notable is their decision to switch from an all-caps acronym to a single declarative: “Aol.” Am [...]
As delivered to Axl Rose from his editor, courtesy of McSweeney’s.
As promised, here are my final drawings side-by-side with the original paintings that inspired them. All original paintings scanned from “Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-ups,” © 2009 TASCHEN GmbH.
“I like girls, but now … it’s about justice.” Amazing. Credit to G4 TV.
