Sunshocked

The “talk to someone” function on my cell gets used approximately once a week. Maybe twice if I get locked out of somewhere (which admittedly happened yesterday). Still, people look at me like I’m crazy when I talk about swearing off for good.

When I first got into branding, I was surprised to learn that there were many, many steps before designing a cool logo necessary for creating a successful brand. The first of which must solve the age old problem of scarcity of resources.

Somewhere between reading “Design of Dissent” and trying not to vomit over Target Green, I wondered, “In this age of cynicism and corporate co-option, is there anything capable of authentic revolution?” The answer may surprise you!

Earth Day was last month and magazines made the most of it by making April their “Green Issue”. Here’s my favorite, and least favorite, of the bunch.

What is the business of artists? Are we brilliant creators, fashioning the world into our own mad fantasies or are we discoverers, research scientists of pre-existing aesthetic patterns? And what does this have to do with the Wizard of Oz?

In addition to well navigating the sometimes dangerous territory between playful and melancholy, “Reprise” has succeeded in getting Joy Division’s “New Dawn Fades” permanently stuck in my head.

I called my friend Brant to attend a screening of “Everything’s Cool” at the SFIFF last weekend. It turns out that he was already there, as a panelist. That was only the first of many “Think Globally, Act—Hey I Know That Guy!” moments from the film.