Get the Glass

So his name is Jorge Calleja, an Art Director at Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam who art directed the "Get the Glass" campaign for Milk. So how do I know Jorge?!....well, I heard him speak at DesignThinkers 2007 about the Get the Glass campaign. The campaign is essentially an interactive game that is centered on the Adachi family who are living a life without milk and are attempting to get the glass through any means possible. The island that you see in the game was built by hand to give the game a more realistic look. I sat through his talk and was just blown away by his work on this project. 

Me and my friend Alex actually kind of stalked him trying to get an autograph on some posters that he did but he was talking on his phone so we never got a chance to get the posters signed. 

IdN - International designers Network magazine

Sooo, I was at DesignThinkers last year volunteering and I was on by way to hear one of the talks when I happen to stumble on the IdN magazine booth, which my the way immediately blew my mind...I think it might of been love at first sight because the visuals were amazing in terms of execution and print quality. I've honestly had never heard or seen these magazines before...they were just waiting for me to gawk at and caress. The first thing out of my mouth was "I'm subscribing!" like seriously! there was no hesitation just inspiration from the talent that was oozing out of this magazine. So I ended up getting a 1-year subscription with five back issues that I carefully spent over a hour mulling over because I wanted them all. And the great thing about the magazine is that they come with a dvd with videos and other media. 

Apparently, the magazine is published in Asia and this was the first time the (IdN) magazine was being offered in North America. And to tell you the truth I think saying they are doing a great job is understatement until you lock eyes on this magazine. They are being sold at Chapters so get a copy. It's SO worth it.

Procrasinate, much?!

It's funny because  I keep telling myself that I will do it when I get home but when I do get home I see my nice comfy bed and I just have to go lie on it. Is there a reason that it has become a chore to do things that I use to live and breathe...things that I would lose sleep over just to get it just right. I remember a time where I use to live in the computer labs doing my projects, sleeping on chairs and doing whatever needed to be done. I guess I just got burnt out from pushing myself so hard that I started to slack. I also think that my need for perfection hurt me in the end because I never learned how to manage my time effectively like the rest of my classmates that were producing 10x more then I would. I've envied those people that could just sit there and get work done. Me on the other hand always had to over thinks every detail until I got overwhelmed with the idea of the idea. But I have learned some thinks over the years that has helped a little bit with this overwhelming chaos that goes on in my mind. I need to sit down and sketch out what I want to do so there is so semblance of order that I can go through to get my work done. 

You know what has boggled my mind is the home thing...it's like the place has this homework free shield that won't allow me to do any of my homework. I guess it's just all the other fun things that I can do there like laundry and cleaning my room. Like seriously homework can't be that bad that you would rather spend a couple of hours cleaning your room. We're future graphic designers and compared to other less fun things we could be studying why is it so hard to get our work done?! Maybe it's just me that struggles with procrastination I guess I have to find better ways of getting this stuff done because I know I've run out of chances. 

A first!!

Sooo, there are so many things that I can bore you with but I'll try to keep it to a minimum seeing that you all have more important things to consider.

I was recently on Facebook being bored as usual when I noticed one of my "friends" was attending an event that caught my eye and my curiosity. It was called the "No pants on the TTC" event, which took place on Saturday. It basically required the participants to get on the TTC and take off their pants and pretend that nothing was wrong. Could you imagine getting on the subway and seeing everyone not wearing pants???? It would make someones day and scare the rest for life. And the best part was the part that stated that people should refrain from "WEARING THONGS".

Sometimes you just have to wonder where people come with this stuff.