Sounds crazy but the new works showcased at Style.com can be really cool. I never really understood the whole idea of high fashion until recently when it was revealed to me that it's all about the "trickle-down" theory... and that these new styles will infiltrate their way into your local Target stores eventually, but in a way that's more suitable for the common person. That's the theory at least. Crazy works from Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, and Alexander McQueen (among others).

Loads of nice works by Basit Khan... makes me wish I was more prolific in the ole Illustration department... hell I wish I was more prolific in general. But at least I can look at a bunch of other peoples work and have my brain soothed by their pleasant images.

I wasn't going to post Say Werd because Nick already got it covered.. until I saw the packaging design for Camel's for kids.. then I knew I had to share. Lots of rather professional executed yet quite amusing designs.

Graffiti geeks + spraypaint dot matrix wallmounted contraption = Hektor.ch. Link via daniel.

I remember Kurt mentioning to me that the logo for Upper Playground was seen around San Francisco quite a bit before the actual store opened... and while I'm sure I've posted about them before, Wooster gave a nod to their Media section and I thought I'd share. Definetly a nice variety of styles represented.

Remember that 8march2003 site that foretold of some forthcoming catacylism, caused all sorts of speculation, etc. Even though the webmaster posted at one point that it was definetly a hoax, and just for fun (apparently people were mildly freaking out over it). Anyway, today is the 8th of March and his big secret has been revealed - yet another example of how overhype can kill any expectations. Maybe it's just me but I can't even make out the object that is supposedly in question. Can you convince yourself you see what he's talking about?

I hate stealing links from Nick but the Damon Soule site really has a nice style to it. Reminds me of Kinsey at times, but it's just kind of an odd mix of character design and graffiti style.

I finished reading Kurt Vonneguts Player Piano last night and wanted to share that it was quite good. Maybe not as witty as later Vonnegut works but still an interesting story. It's always odd when you can read a book published in 1952 that is still quite relevant - what with the advent of "convienent" machines replacing the jobs of men, people inventing themselves out of jobs, etc. So another (unsurprisingly) thumbs up for Vonnegut.

Don't let Chris scare you away from posting in the thread about bad CD's you own and should dispose of. But if I am too late and he has already scared you, check out this article that talks about The Internet 2 (the sequel) where they transferred "a quantity of data equivalent to two feature-length DVD-quality movies" in less than a minute.

Alright, since I had all of one post today - I'm going to try and incite some conversation here re: CD collections. I personally have loads of CD's in my collection, and while a majority of them are bands I like, not of all them are going to ride the wave of longevity and be with me till the end of days. So, how do you go about deciding what needs to go and what might possibly perk your interest someday regardless of how you feel about it now? OR what are some CD's in your collection that you don't know why you have them now or why you haven't gotten rid of them yet. I.E. Mad Season - Above.. that one needs to go and will find it's way to the used bin sometime this weekend.

Busy at work and not really finding alot of great things to share so far today but read this article about a guy who put up a site that killed itself after 100 clicks to a specific page, just to see if people could resist (it lasted less than an hour).

Would this guy have gotten arrested if he had been wearing a pro-war t-shirt? I doubt it.. what a Communist.. doubting the motives of our nations leader and his push to test out our latest weapons of destruction. Free speech be damned!

Full color stencils at Stain. Definetly not something you see on the street very often. Link ganked from the ever informative Wooster.

I think the Rebelski media player is pretty snazzy. I need to listen to the music more but John is right in that it sounds like a mix between early AIR and The Doves.

Illustrated, silk screened, digital fun from Josh Boston.

New Macromedia site. So far the most impressive part to me is it's "memory." Choose a product from the dropdown menu, then hit back on your browser.. it should remember what you had picked in the dropdown. Not the hardest thing in the world to do, but definetly a nice touch.

Grafitti spraypaint / stencil style to the hilt at Shit, Inc. Be sure to check the Gallery section.

Ugh, great gobs of good work at The Bird Machine. Check the Jay Ryan gallery. Stuff like this Flaming Lips / Hum poster are ridiculous.. 7 screens (gradients!). Link via Jamie.

Sweet link from Daniel to Hubcap Creatures. Loads of (mostly aquatic) creatures made entirely from found hubcaps. The concept may sound bizarre but the results are rather nice.

Ahh, the subtle commentary of exploding dog. Maybe it's just my interpretation but it seems relevant.