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Over a month later, millions of gallons of oil are still gushing into The Gulf of Mexico. There is a distinct possibility that this will be the single worst human-evoked disaster in our history on this planet. One can only hope that this is not a sign of things to come.

As a designer and web person, I get asked to help people with there websites a lot. About three months back I discovered a service called flavors.me. This is now THE service I send people looking for a dead simple and pretty website.

Flavors.me from Jack Zerby on Vimeo.

Those pesky NYC artists are making us think again. This sculptural expression created by Jeremy Dean very literally juxtaposes the old and the new. In the spirit of eco-statements, I would have preferred that a totalled Hummer went into the project rather than a perfectly functional (albeit gas guzzling) automobile. Waste not, want not applies to artists too.

Check out the show in NY: JEREMY DEAN : FUTURAMA @ Pulse New York

This is a great combination of information and graphics.

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

Learn more at: http://storyofbottledwater.org

Ji Yong-Ho's tire creatures

Some people recycle their tires, Ji Yong Ho turns them into art. Check out the Theme Magazine interview with Ji & the high res photos of his work courtesy of Autoblog.

Links :
Photos on Autoblog
Ji Yong Ho Interview on Thememagazine.com

It’s mind blowing to see the images that can be produced without stepping a foot outside.

Videographer Mirko Faienza Discovers “a whole tiny world in my father’s small garden.
there is a small pond with small falls, some stones, some plants, and plenty of life!”

"Stress Relief" - ink on paper

Inspiration is a fickle thing. Sometimes you search for it, but can’t find it. Sometimes it finds you, when you’re not even looking. For the first time in a long time, things have slowed down enough for me to let inspiration tap me on the shoulder and say hello. I’m looking forward to seeing how this affects my professional work.

Every creative professional can relate to this on some level.