2008

How to Hide an Elephant photo contest entries…

Read My License Plate: It Cost Me a Fortune

Post party, Pierce Jackson and I ventured to Brooklyn to see...

“Beware of artists – they mix with all classes of society and...”
— Queen Victoria

Tuesday night we went to the Men’s Vogue party at...

23 Album Covers That Changed Everything

Mom: If it is Pinkeye how are you planning on treating it?
Simko: Visine?

“Celebrated prankster father of agit-pop” Ron...

“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the...”
— Robert Orben

Chess Set designed by Yasmin Sethi inspired by the novel...

Maxwell Snow’s “It’s Fun To Do Bad...

I wish I were currently at the corner of 6th Ave and 31st St. I’m curious to see how it...

Marketing for a “farm gorwn” market in Portland,...

Jackson: I was going to comment
Simko: and say what?!
Jackson: I want to see a picture of the woman who wrote these words. Her use of commas and other grammatical tools tickle my syntactical fantasies

A spread from BBC Ice Cream’s Season 7 Look...

“The topic of the exhibition – flexibility – gave me the...”
— Fernando Brízio

Billy May’s Torn Lighting is space efficient and...

The 10 Commandments of Web Design

“My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.”
— Steven Wright

Photograph by Cristobal Palma of Casa 11 Mujeres (Eleven...

The Gay Pride Parade is today. Although the weather is unfortunate, I still see great potential for...

I’m officially obsessed with hybrid animals. My first...

“I see the dopeness in everything, and you just see the...”
— Stephanie, The Wackness

Under the ever-expanding list of things that should never be (accidentally) thrown down my apartment...

Earlier this month, Phillip Lim opened a 5,000 sq. ft....

13 Signs You’re A Bad Graphic Designer

I saw it and it was definitely worth the hype.

Anonymous: Are you still doing typography for [redacted]'s windows?
Simko: No. I only did the design. They brought in someone to apply the actual decals.
Anonymous: Well, in that case I was wondering if you'd consider doing ours? We absolutely loved the way theirs used to look!
Simko: Thanks, that's always nice to hear.
Anonymous: It's a sin, now theirs look like Rainbow Brite has puked on them!

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish,...”
— Ayn Rand

Louise Bourgeois’s exhibit opened at Guggenheim last...

Adams: don't you find it strange that 2 of your ex-boyfriends have now legally changed their names? for vanity?!
Simko: If by "strange" you mean HILARIOUS

Advertisement for McDonalds by DDB Sydney.

Professional Pyromania: Explosive Art

“Take risks, but fail forward.”
— Kevin Kelly

The internet grew up today. Web regulators Thursday voted...

Digital Photography School recently investigated...

Every morning I hate putting in my contacts just a little...

Bell: by the way, your boyfriend's totally cooler than you
Simko: No news flash there.
Bell: well now it's official
Simko: Did you by chance teach said boyfriend to shave?
Bell: I'm not one to talk right now

Justin Timberlake is the face of Givenchy’s new...

“I have OCD mixed with ADD. You try living with that. It’s...”
— Justin Timberlake

According to UrbanDaddy, the French will be extending yet...

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas by Monet… A quick reminder of...

“A good impression is lost so quickly…”
— Claude Monet

Simko: Question. Weren't you the one who got a DUI at a drive-thru?
Munson: taco bell
Simko: Right. Well, good news...
Munson: there are no drive-thrus in Manhattan?
Simko: And I found you a posse: http://tinyurl.com/3m9wce

The Digimech Clock designed by Duncan Shotton. A video of...

I just overheard a woman telling her friend that the Internet is “a place to store information...

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Houses with a View (2) via Phottle.

“If you want to steal, steal a little cleverly, in a nice...”
— Mobutu Sese Seko

Cash Money Clip designed by Scott Amron. Painfully simple,...

The Highest Popping Toaster in the World

Timex’s massive Big Time Digital Wall Clock measures...

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”
— George Carlin

While (technologically) streamlining my life this weekend, I decided to start using Gmail Reader. As...

Designed by Chris Robinson, The LearnList is an essential...

“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
— Groucho Marx

Nipple balloons from Katy Perry’s ‘Katy...

Internet Addiction: 'Clinical Disorder'

“Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as...”
— Nora Ephron

For brunch, we went to Petit Abeille and sat in their...

I think my phone is developing narcolepsy.

According to International Herald Trebune, Karl Lagerfeld is...

“Gray hair is God’s graffiti.”
— Bill Cosby

Several months ago, I was raving about the avant-garde...

Alexander: it's like home shopping for nerds
Simko: So what did we buy?
Alexander: well, let's just say my girlfriend (or as most people call it - my "car") is getting some new presents

Stephanie Rad just sent me this photo of her sister (Alexa)...

“This shirt is dry clean only. Which means… it’s...”
— Mitch Hedberg

Last night, we went to the preview of P.S.1’s outdoor...

“The “bad boy” of the boy band, Donnie Wahlberg, reached into...”
— Ted Casablanca, The Awful...

According to a Curbed tipster, the massive waterfalls (that...

Kor One water bottle, designed by RKS designs.

Simko: Did you go to the opening?
Ward: no. I went to the Yankees game and there was a ketchup explosion. I now own a pair of white Marc Jacobs jeans which will maybe fit... my pinkie.

Unless it’s a birth announcement, I fail to see what could be ground breaking about anything...

This photo (of my recent adventures creating cotton candy)...

DestroyFlickr: Terrible Name, Excellent App.

I caught up with Ben Fink Shapiro today. Ben is an old...

“I was born blind in one eye. I have never seen with two...”
— Jón “Jónsi”...

Perez Hilton’s advertising style + Facebook’s hues and layout = “new”...

According to Paper Magazine, Johnson & Johnson has...

“Function reforms form, perpetually. Form follows funding.”
— Stewart Brand

Frat boys rejoice - Airworks introduces the World’s...

“The dirty little secret of the avant-garde is they are...”
— Jake Axelrod

Chloë Sevigny via Couture Cult… “I’m very...

Feder: I wonder what your brain looks like
Simko: My guess would be... colored confetti
Feder: yeah probably
Simko: It would explain why I am so easily excitable
Feder: like when you get excited, all the confetti floats around your skull because your head thinks you're throwing it a surprise party?
Simko: Exactly! hahahaha
Feder: what fun! sometimes I think my brain consists of a group of angry monkeys with tools and they're mad but they don't know why
Simko: 3 words: Citibank. Customer. Service.
Feder: SERIOUSLY! the monkey's went ape-shit after that! hahaha (pun intended)

Hedi Slimane has a (photo) diary. I can’t believe that...

Las Vegas Times Square is where typographic hierarchy goes to die.

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human...”
— Albert Einstein

Drive-In Wheel by John Körmeling. It is just what the name...

“Jesus is magic, because he turned water into wine. I think...”
— Sarah Silverman

Onlab’s Urban Jealousy - Humboldt, Between The Lines....

Jesse: what's up lover
Simko: Watching the end of V for Vendetta and my better half left for dinner at Waverly. I think it's safe to assume that we officially know who the cool one in this relationship is... (Not me.)
Jesse: you used to be - you're just taking a very long break
Simko: S for Sabbatical

I found this stunning image by typing...

“Kids all fuck around. You try to be supportive. I try not to...”
— Patrick McMullen

Vinyl Record Bowls - for the domesticated DJ…

Simko: Meaning?
Dad: Just try to keep in mind - a career is a marathon, not a sprint.

“Women should be obscene and not heard.”
— Groucho Marx

Try as I might, I just don’t understand the cult...

Simko: I don't understand Crocs
Rodriguez: Do you like functional utilitarian design? Do you like proper air flow? Do you like easy to clean and maintain? Haha
Simko: But what about appearance? Doesn't that rank?
Rodriguez: Simply a matter of aesthetics which is endlessly debatable and easily molded with the recruitment of the proper "influencers" as Gladwell would put it. Like you. And based on the camera phone snapshot my friend sent me from the airport: they apparently come in black as well, so it can also fit business casual needs. Like if you have meetings with your corporate oriented clients.
Simko: You now have a debate on your hands (feet). I feel confident that you will hold your own.
Rodriguez: I really don't want to quote this movie but: Bring it on.

Murphy & Company Florist and Decorators table setting...

“The whole idea of recycling and going green motivates some...”
— Laura Fluhr, When Conscience...

I’m such a sucker for photos that imply fresh paint...

Simko: I have a surprise for you!
Bell: Is it an ashtray eraser for my cigarette pen?
Simko: Stop mocking the best present ever... This one isn't even tangible.
Bell: It's not something lame like "friendship" is it?

I can’t help but think of Steve Jobs as a modern day ...

“I don’t mind you thinking I’m stupid, but...”
— Harlan Ellison

I’d like to start using “summer” as a verb - unfortunately my income currently...

Sister: I'll blame that spellcheck mishap on delirium
Simko: Fair assumption on your behalf
Sister: mom just made me rush home (threatening tornado warnings) mind you it is a clear, cloudless sky
Simko: It's her way of saying "welcome back to Connecticut"
Sister: no thank you

Anticipating the Future to ‘See’ the Present

Yesterday, I went with Eric West to see a (preview)...

“Manhattan’s East Side is a veritable third-world...”
— Pareene via Gawker

It’s Internet Week and I (still) have no Internet… Very funny Time Warner.

“Anger Release Machine” by Yarisal and Kublitz via Wrong...

Simko: Do you want to go to a blog party?
Jackson: Sure. I love block parties!
Simko: I said blog not block
Jackson: Sure. I love blog parties! Wait... What?

Tuesday evening there is a gala for charity: water.

Pouring myself into a few more hours of work and then (lazily) enjoying my Saturday. I’m...

Nissan’s design studio in La Jolla, California (via...

“I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.”
— Hunter S. Thompson