Every seven years, Stefan Sagmeister closes his design studio for a year of focused R&D. Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali. Tag […]
Earlier today Fred wrote about MySpace music and how many artists are now blogging and taking control over their websites. As a timely example, here is Ben Kweller’s tweet from just a few moments ago. i wanna meet a professional web programmer! im talkin’ hardcore back-end e-commerce, user login, databasing shit. not just css/html. hit me! It’s exciting to s […]
Not only does "Are You Sure?" take the prize for being the sunniest song about winter I've heard all year, it also wins the best Beulah song since Beulah broke up four and half years ago. It also happens to be one of my favorite songs of the year. A Block of Yellow's bright melodies come directly from the Elephant 6 Collective songbook an […]
The coolest thing about Blind Pilot (besides the music...I'll get to that in a second) is that they just finished a tour of the West Coast on their BIKES! Gear and all, they pedaled their way down from Bellingham, Washington to San Diego, California. It took them just under two months. As a fellow bike commuter I'm extremely impressed by this feat. […]