lost:firewire

heard news today that lost surfboards will enter an exclusive partnership with firewire. for those of you who don't follow surfing, this would be something close to scion partnering with the tesla motors to develop a scion-inspired tesla roadster. take the young, progressive cache of lost and inject that attitude into an innovative new surfboard technology and we may have ourselves something really exciting to drive down the line, across a ripable blue face.


via shop eat surf

i'm feeling like i'm in "red" today

i often felt the pain of creative types having to explain and rationalize their color choices to clients. maybe this new color/word association tool at cymbolism will help designers?

cymbolism says:
Colors are believed to have very specific meanings, but these meanings vary over time, place and culture. For years designers have been using colors to communicate feeling and mood, to trigger memories to make us act a certain way.

Cymbolism is an attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect. Cymbolism tracks these associations over time (and in future versions by user demographics) to help designers to better create designs for the desired effects.

via smashing apps

wish i had mad design skills

damn, this is cool.

via perez fox

us versus japan

they're happier...


they get right to the point...


they're romantic...



via hemmy

get'n crafty at the office

digg'n these restickable vinyl wall graphics of your favorite games as a kid. i'm bummed that dig dug isn't available. oh well, for $75 the gorilla and the lil' italian plumber is yours at think geek.

via wonderland

habanero

our little yard out back has been cranking out some serious heat this summer. we grow all sorts of peppers, thai, tabasco, cayenne, and the muy fuego habanero. in years past, we'll blend the peppers into a paste, like a sambal and give them as holiday gifts. this packaging for frieda's habanero gives me a nice idea. good thing we only give a few of these a year. don't think my blade skills are what they used to be.

via the dieline

monday morning inspiration

this is one of 3 winners in a recent youtube competition for a scholarship to the vancouver film school. candidates were asked to submit a video on the theme of "what matters to you." to see the rest of the winners and entries, click here.