time zones aaahhhh

i keep getting confused about what time i need to post by. ugh..


for today's collaboration i asked my cousin to interpret the quotes in my book and make photographs for them. he is crazy like i am so he had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for it.

it is interesting to apply someone else's photographic style to my project:

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."


"Work your ass off. Figure out what you really like and get good at it."


"Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."

The Age of "flamenca"

It's interesting how people's perceptions of themselves changes and doesn't change. I asked my mom what age she thinks of her self in terms of and who she expects to see everytime she looks in the mirror. It came as no surprise that she said "around 22." And yet, she loves the smell of her rose perfume, which I think smells like yuck.

Cable Table reDesign.015

Today's collaboration was something that I originally meant to do during the first stages of the actual project but never got around to. Lifehacker.com has an open thread every Friday where you can post any comment you want, get answers, help people, etc. I went straight to the source and asked my audience what they would want in a table. Unfortunately, the open thread is HUGE ,and I was lucky to get even 3 comments. I decided to collaborate with Danelle (without her knowledge, haha) in the presentation of these wants and needs, by displaying them in a very straight forward and to the point graphic like some of her posts (especially the wooden background one, which is currently my laptop background). This is very representative of the lifehacker lifestyle as well. No fluff, no unnecessary decoration, no distraction. Actually, even the background might be pushing it a bit for their usual style. Anyway, I plan on taking this list into consideration when building the final brand, as my brand originally included blueprints for other variations on the table. Now I have more table ideas to consider and add to the brand, requested directly from my audience. Right now I am only fulfilling the first idea on the list, so this is a great start for expansion.

Glenn Dale and Conner Austin

October 8, 2008 vs. October 3, 1926

FullGive (Day 14)

Getting closer… here is a bit more for you to feast your eyes on. I know it is not much to look at now but just you wait. It has been fun to take input from everyone in the fam; great ideas abound.

Unexpected.

I have noticed that no ones reality is the same. in my course of conversations with several individuals, and my brief study in philosophy, I noticed that people formulate their own reality. The way they see the world.

Some people have a very strict, small reality on how things interact with each other. Wile others are very expansive and include ideas that are currently thought to be "stupid"

For my brand i was thinking on how My personal reality changed as i studied the martial arts. When you learn something that changes your reality it causes you to rethink alot of your philosophies.

I thought this image was appropriate for the kind of reality transformation that happens with some as they discover that they have more potential than previously thought. as they find that they can do what they thought was impossible and that the world is at their fingertips.

Cendrillon: The Company that creates things you forgot you used...

Just as many of us have today, I watched many, many people run for their kin's sake and try to find the very best deals and the absolute lowest prices. What the hell? I can understand getting excited over a great bargain, but when people are willing to injure one another for their self gain... that is a sorry excuse, nea, that is NOT an excuse, that is uncalled for. Sorry, I'm done with my little shpeal.

But just as a perfume or cologne is something that most of us use, or for those that have a vehicle and keep the oil levels at optimum operating level I was thinking about this idea of a shopping cart. It is such an awesome idea and yet most of us forget all about them except when we go to a store and there are none there at our finger tips because the are all clustered in the parking lot. Or we may remember a shopping cart when we get the "crappiest" cart in the store that has the broken or stuck wheel the pushes or pulls one way or the other.

People get busy, and I am guilty of this accusation/realization, but what would this world be like if anything even remotely close to a shopping cart was never invented? Or what about perfume or cologne? Motor Oil? From one shallow perspective, life would be a little more frustrating at the grocery store and sense we would not be able to carry as much at a time we would have to visit it more often. We would all have to ride bikes or something because there would be no oil to lube all of the moving parts in an engine and prevent it from ceasing. Then we would all stink, really bad because we have no perfume or cologne. So then there would be nothing to cover our B.O., even for our deodorant.

Wow we are really lucky that shopping carts were invented.

The holidays are for eating, and as much as one would like a comfy couch to sit on one would probably prefer comfy food to eat. So suites gourmet candy ideas were concocted out of clay for possible signature candies for the store. My little brother and little sister helped me make these colorful clay candies of awesomeness and we are very proud of them.

Day 15

I understand in most cases how people around my age and older relax to get a fresh start after being absent minded for a short amount of time. The answer I always get though when I ask seems to be sleep, which I don't disagree with. So I asked my sister, since she sleeps more than anyone I know, what she needs specifically to get a good nights sleep to help get her creative juices flowing. She was very specific and said she needs at least 4 pillows and 2 blankets, no matter what time of year. It's crazy how picky someone can be when it comes to sleep!

Glo and Gamers

Today I went to a video game store and spent some time there observing people. Not much was really different other than it seemed much more busy that usual. Obviously because of the season. Anyway this is what I decided to make... a Glo themed Xbox 360. Happy holiday shopping all LOL!

Black Friday

This morning at 3:30 I waited in the freezing cold and observed all walks of life waiting to get their hands on the best deal for the holidays. Mothers had maps of the stores assigning different people in their group to split up and get the different items. It felt so good knowing I could help one of these mom's grap a hold of the last Xbox 360 Arcade. haha...anyways...after all my observing I hope that someday the lemonade stand will be on a mothers list of the black friday madness.

Freudentisch: In Lights!

Yesterday, my niece and nephew apparently found the old LiteBrite toy. After they were finished taking their respective turns, I asked my niece Timbre to help me with my project. With her assistance (finding and choosing colors) this version of the Freudentisch logo came into being.

Day : Kid Day

I spent some time with my nephew and niece today. I observed them doing what they do best, and that is having fun. Everything kids do is a learning experience for them. The funny thing is that when kids are growing up, they want to become bigger so they can do big kids stuff. When I am getting older, I want to become younger and do little kids stuff. It is funny how things work in life.

What is a gateleg?

So I asked some of my family what feature they most enjoy about a table, and they replied that like really enjoyed gateleg tables. While I had seen these tables before, I never knew that were called gatelegs. So I began researching about them. They're pretty cool. The sides can fold up to create table space or down to conserve it. The ability to adapt and change to different environment kind of mimics the idea behind my original product and I thought that was pretty neat. Who says tables have to be static objects?

Jessie playing a rubber band banjo

This weekend I went home and got to spend some time with my Parents, Brother and his family. My little niece Jessie is three and we collaborated on making some fun homemade instruments. We took some paper plates, took some rubber bands. She provided the nice decorating and I made my own instrument and until she discovered a much cooler toy (the Barbie Mobile) we had maybe ten seconds of music making. Lots of fun. I highly recommend making your own musical instruments. Sometimes you gotta dance to the beat of your own drum.

save the earth

While our family was going around shopping I saw a store that made me think of Nature's Niche. It was one of the natural dead sea scrub like places, and I asked my brothers what they thought of companies like that and who their target audience would be and my younger brother said health nuts, and my older brother claimed Dirty Stinking Hippies. So Todays about the Hippies.

the can

this morning, at five in the morning, i participated in the crazy shopping that occurs the day after thanksgiving. all of those people, minus myself, have so much energy! getting up really early or staying up all night just to be part of the madness and get good deals on christmas presents! in one store, i was almost run over by the manager and definitely would have ended up on the ground and all that fun stuff. scary. all those shoppers and employees seem to have a plethora of energy...it just seems to continue for hours and hours!!! anyway, i decided i wanted to explore bottling (or in this case canning...haha) all the energy that black friday shoppers have. i have some figures demonstrating energy and crazy motion and they are trapped in a can.