Letter to the President-Elect on Technology

Dear Mr. President-Elect,

It is my belief that the government needs to be open and transparent by using the internet.

You have stated the following as part of your Technology Agenda. "We need to connect citizens with each other to engage them more fully and directly in …

Documentation of Election Night

Congratulations to Presiden-Elect Obama! Election night was a remarkable and magical experience. I will always remember exactly where I was when they announced that Barack Obama was to be the next President of the United States of America. It is almost …

Obama for President

Today is a remarkable day. The feeling and atmosphere of Election Day posseses a magical like quality. There is the possibility of change in the country and in the world.

Photos from Callie Shell, Find your Polling Locations, See who is Behind the Candidates, Look …

First Time Voting

This morning I voted for Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States of America. I went with my parents to the polls this morning and became part of history.

Today I spent some time making phone calls to battleground voters to make sure they went …

Yesterday was Halloween

Halloween last night was a good time, kids came trick or treating in our dorms, we went to the sculpture department's performance night and hung out with a bunch of friends late into the night. The first three photos are from the performance pieces at the …

Proudly Presenting a Series of Posters for Sale

Today I would like to introduce a series of posters entitled This is Backwards.

Today in our world somethings are just Backwards. They are broken, wrong, and opposite of what they should be. They are headed in the wrong direction. Backwards is series of messages …

AIGA Connecticut

Last night, a friend and I went to the the inaugural event for AIGA Connecticut, which is the Connecticut chapter of the American Institute for Graphic Artists. Sean Adams, the AIGA President gave an insightful and great talk on fear in the design business.

Over the …

Some Polaroid Photography

Been having some good times with this little application that allows you to create Polaroid looking photos from your digital photographs. The results are great, as you can see from above.

Fifty People, One Question

Fifty People, One Question is a beautiful and magical short film by Benjamin Reece. You need to take seven minutes and watch this. Watch the short film in high deffintion.

We had an idea. Go to a place. Ask fifty people the same question. Film their responses.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell recently released his third book entitled Outliers. It has been added to my long list of books that I plan on consuming sometime in the future.

In this book I'm interested in people who are outliers--in men and women who, for one reason or another, …

Smosch by Sandra from Sweden

One of my new favorite blogs is entitled Smosch, it is just a beautiful online publication. It is a visual documentation of Sandra Juto's life as an artist and illustrator. Be sure to engage in the photographs that can be found here. These two photos are from the site.

Apartamento

Apartamento is a recent online discovery that appears to be a good looking magazine that might just be worth our reading.

Apartamento is a new international editorial project dedicated to the world of interiors, born to tell the story of personal experiences and …

Project M

Project M is a brilliant project and initiative. They have a brand new website as well.

We are part of a design movement. We believe that ability equals responsibility. And we are not the only ones. So, we built a lab where designers like you can make a difference. We …

October Fifteenth, 2008

A Buildup of News and A Remixed Lifestyle

On August 30th I moved into my new living space at the University of Hartford where I am attending The Hartford Art School. I am very happy here and all the people are amazing. The photo above is of my roommate Jeff and I at one of the art shows.

The Hartford Art …

Days With My Father

Discovered Days With My Father online and it is a brilliant piece of online storytelling. By combining beautiful photographs with simple text it tells a heart warming and sad story. The piece develops the character of Phillip Toledano's father through written memories …

Hopp

To listen to them play these two songs provides such an amazing feeling. I was watching television late one night and this came on and I was blown away by Sigur R