http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUPeVfrvlg

An awesome animated short about owls that a 5th grade teacher made for his students.  If teachers did this sort of thing for every subject they were passionate about, the world would be a lot smarter.
Source: Drawn!

A hilarious look at what fonts would be like as people.

A lot of people outside of the design world might not realize how much personality fonts actually have, and by changing a number of variables (spacing, boldness, positioning, color) you can express limitless ideas. I was once asked to change the font of someone’s […]

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These chocolate-themed Nintendo DS cases came out this week, and it makes me want a Nintendo DS. Like a lot. But I can’t justify spending money on a gaming apparatus and accessories when I have no time to devote to playing […]

Manga t-shirts seem to be popular among Japanese guys right now, and what better way to show this than the awesome line of old Shonen Sunday manga t-shirts that Uniqlo is currently offering. R bought this shirt of Gegege no Kitarou, an old manga series about ghosts that has been running in various incarnations […]

Stich all dressed up for Halloween–photo taken with my cellphone last October
I am not such a huge fan of Disney as I was when I was kid–for one thing, the movies have progressively gotten worse and the storylines seem very desperate.  Japan, however, has continued to fully embrace Disney, possibly even moreso than average Americans.  […]

Taken in Harborland, Kobe 
When I went shopping in Kobe yesterday, I came across this poster in a Hello Kitty store and had to do a double take. Sanrio just came out with a 13-item series of goods featuring Hello Kitty as designed by tokidoki!!
You might recall a while back that I wrote a post […]

What I wouldn’t give for a color printer right now! These are adorably designed critters from Fwis that you can print and fold for free. These would make clever additions to gift wrapping or interesting conversation pieces.  Definitely could serve as inspiration for aspiring graphic designers.
I would love to actually use these in […]

There is an interesting interview on New York Times with graphics editor Steve Duenes. A lot of people might take advantage of diagrams and images that appear in media, but for artists and designers, those are the things we notice first. And to be able to read some of our questions answered by a graphics […]

This is an visually stunning site featuring a gallery exhibition at MoMa entitled Design and the Elastic Mind:
Design and the Elastic Mind explores the reciprocal relationship between science and design in the contemporary world by bringing together design objects and concepts that marry the most advanced scientific research with attentive consideration of human limitations, habits, […]

I’m a little behind on posting about this, but Japanese car insurance company Sonpo24 has an awesome ad campaign that has been going on since last fall. It involves these critters called hanakoalas, or “nose koalas.”
Why? Well, at the end of the ridiculously adorable commercials (of which you can watch here), these koalas […]