The rate at which graphic design evolves is something that never ceases to amaze me, but after playing around on John Ruppel's interactive portfolio, I'm even more blown away than usual. Ruppel seems to gather a good deal of his…
Continue Reading →It always surprises me how long certain industries take to adopt modern technologies that are not only relevant to their business, but can also serve to enhance it. When it comes to the internet and accessibility, the question is never…
Continue Reading →As a casual fan of hip-hop, I find some publications on the music, the scene, and the culture inaccessible. Not so with recently released DropMagazine. It's not as if co-founders Alex Richard and Sam Wils don't know their stuff --…
Continue Reading →"Collaborations. Everyone's at it "“ stores, brands, websites, blogs, magazines, toy companies, musicians (often in the very loosest sense of the term) and pretty much anyone who wants to get involved." The collaboration has long since departed from the time…
Continue Reading →Say goodbye to the P2P music gathering hassle and hello to LaLa's new online music library. You might recall LaLa as the CD trading, artist aiding, music site that aimed to change the way consumers trade old music. With a…
Continue Reading →Any artist who encourages me to take his/her art without having to exchange an amount equal to what I owe in student loans gets four stars in my lil' book of People I Want to Know Forever. Mulheres Barbadas are…
Continue Reading →In a clever marketing ploy, PepsiCo has been reaching out to the DIY/design/art/fashion communities by offering "design your own" contests for cans of Pepsi, and now, 16-oz aluminum bottles of Mountain Dew. Visitors on Mountain Dew's Green Label Art site…
Continue Reading →Okay, kids, listen up. To celebrate the launch of our hot new Showcase feature, the folks at Spout have generously donated five $100 certificates for the most popular entries posted to the showcase; we'll be giving away one a week…
Continue Reading →I literally had a "holy crap" moment when I popped over to our friends at NotCot on Friday to see what's happening in their world, and apparently, there's a lot: they went ahead and launched NotCouture last week and didn't…
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