Design and Ethics/Morality
If you haven’t seen this video of Aaron Draplin talking about why ‘America is F-cked’ then by all means, do so now. He is clearly on the side of ‘good’ design and a sane person can’t really argue with the example he uses as proof of the downward spiral of ‘professional’ design. It ends up posing a rather interesting question: is there a moral code by which designers and design professionals should practice? Now, I know that there are moral codes for designers out there. AIGA has

Fashion Shows and Random Old School Treadmill Thoughts
So, there’s a fashion show coming up, and I’m doing some design for it. Not fashion design, but designs for t-shirts and various other media (perhaps thongs, hats, cups, who knows). It should be a good time. Check out the sweet card artwork above. It’s on November 14th at the USF Tampa Marshall Center. Be there or be square. And, randomly on the treadmill, I started thinking about really REALLY old stuff from 6th and 7th grade. I think it might be a sign as I start brainstorming my new site. But it was really rand

Zombieland and Sweeney Todd
So, both movies were pretty GD awesome. Zombieland was kind of like an American attempt at zombedy much like Shaun of the Dead put a uniquely British spin on the genre. It’s not subtle. At all. But it was definitely a fun movie, even for those who may not generally go for the Zed word. I appreciated a couple things specifically: first, the movie takes the ‘virus’ approach much like 48 Days Later which—for me—gives the whole experience a foot grounded within reality. It’s the whole ‘people connect better whe

Dear Blog
I suck. I don’t mean to leave you just kind of hanging out, forlorn and lonely on the internets. We’ve had a tumultuous time together: I’ll get excited about you and write steadily for a couple days, and then I’ll get busy and will forsake you for months. Then I’ll come back and write feverishly before losing interest/drive. Again. So, how about we make a deal? Once a week? Fridays sound good? Awesome. Now that I have a research direction, you and I may be spending more quality time together. XOXO Phil