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The light and airy vocals and the mysterious, artistic styling of the video creates a complete package of sight and sound. This is the type of work that inspires me to produce my own music and videos.

Via: Vectro Ave

I love coffee and I think I’m going to have to go ahead and try all of these!

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Designed by: Plaid Creative

What if there were no stop signs, and a major corporation was charged with inventing one? They’d brief their agency and let them do it. Sorta. Welcome to corporate creativity, where groupthink and endless revisions help good ideas get executed.

Article: Smashing Magazine

I ran across this Big Think interview with Jason Fried of 37signals regarding why the modern workplace is designed to not let you get any work done. I totally agree with his outlook on the situation… so true.

The worst thing you could ever do to a designer, developer, writer, creative, employee or anyone in fact, is to interrupt them while they’re in the zone. When you interrupt people at work, it’s equivalent to walking up to the stage while a band is performing and asking the lead singer, “how’s it going?”. Would you really expect Mick Jagger to stop the concert and have a conversation or answer a question like that? How do you feel the audience, who paid good money for the show, would feel about you interrupting the concert?

It usually takes me anywhere from 10-15 minutes to truly get in the zone. Once I’m in that zone, I can stay there for hours… I’m talking 4-18 hours straight. Yes, I have to eat and visit the restroom on occasion, but for the most part, my mind is focused on the problem and task at hand for that duration. If I’m interrupted 4 times every hour, and it takes me 10 minutes, conservatively, to get back in the zone after each of those interruptions, I only have 20 minutes of real time in that hour to produce results. Really it’s more like 10-15 minutes of real time, because don’t forget that you have to answer the question or hold an irrelevant conversation before you can get back into your zone. Add that up over the course of a day and you can see how many hours are wasted.

Interruption wastes people’s time.  It wastes your customer’s time and money, and it decreases the quality of the end-product, project, venture or whatever it is that you’re working on. It’s a lose/lose situation for everyone involved, so don’t do it. The people and companies that are successful are those that get things done, and you can’t get things done if you’re constantly interrupted.

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Intriguing lyrics, beautiful tropical scenes and a sophisticated vision help us remember that there is still beauty and love in the world amidst all the death and destruction. We may be adults on earth, but we’re still children when it comes to the universe and there is still much to learn and discover.

Directed by: Moop Jaw

Latest iMac shows off the new apple-less Apple logo:

Jony Ive, apparently searching for things to do now that iPad and iPhone 4 have launched, presented his new design at Apple’s quarterly Minimization Meeting last week In the meeting, Jony presented a minimal one-paragraph argument for making the change. “In the mobile age, we need to shed, not add. We’ve shed 24% of the iPhone’s bulk, we’ve shed Flash, and we will now shed the bulk of our logo. The leaf says all we need to say.”

A new brand campaign will celebrate the new logo:

“The old logo was way too complicated,” explains a graphic artist inside Apple. “Leaf, apple … apple, leaf — the eye never knew where to focus. The solution is pure Apple. Or, I should say, pure leaf.” A new theme line, a minimized version of the old Think different line — Think dif™ — will accompany the new logo at launch. A pure brand campaign featuring the new logo is slated to run in prime outdoor media.

If all goes well, it will have minimal impact on Apple’s business.

Ok, so this is not true at all and soon realized it was a joke…

Via: Scoopertino

Earph still exists, but in time will evolve into an inspirational design blog and creative outlet. It will be a “products” based business and will act as a storefront for artwork, posters, prints and clothing designed by Earph.

Introducing Big Skillet

Big Skillet will now be the main point of contact for all design services formerly provided by Earph. Big Skillet’s focus will be the design and development of simple, usable websites for clients who want to build companies, strengthen brands, engage audiences and create relationships.

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• Web Design & Development
• Content Management Systems
• Email Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization
• Hosting & Domains
• Branding & Identity
• Print Design
• Photography

Big Skillet? Funny Name. What’s the Deal?

Yes, people normally smirk and laugh a little when they hear the name “Big Skillet” and rightfully so. Big Skillet was born out of the phrase “home skillet”, but was altered after hearing a line recited in an old 70′s movie, “Tell Big Skillet I said hi!” “Skillet” was soon adopted as nickname of choice by family and friends.

I admit, Big Skillet is a funny name, but I bet you never forget it!

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