Since 2005, the design collective Rebar, has been claiming metered parking spots and using them as public parks. They lay down grass, picnic benches, and lounge in downtown parking spots, simply feeding the meter when the time is running low. Yeah, I know: brilliant. Now, they’ve made a mobile, peddle-powered park, called PARKcycle. Once again, [...]

Lately I’ve noticed that I’ve become super sensitive—even a little bitchy—around bad conversation. I mean conversation of all kinds, from branding and advertising to small talk between acquaintances and deep talk between friends. But it isn’t the subject matter that bothers me. It’s the manner in which those conversations happen or don’t happen. Here’s what [...]

Seems like it’s gun week here at Tiny G. These pics from Kyle Cassidy’s book “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in their Homes” are truly amazing. Whoa.

Our friends at the vega project have just launched their new blog, red pill. Go give ‘em some love.

My mother, of all people, sent me this really smart anti-gun ad.

For some reason, this awesome ad for the X-box got pulled, while game ads showing a swastika hanging from the statue of liberty are running rampant on primetime tv. Um. Does that seem backwards to anyone else?

A few days ago I ran into an old acquaintance who also works in the creativity business. He said he’d heard that I’d started a studio. Was that true? I said yes. Then, he looked me in the face and said, “So, what’s it about? Give me your elevator pitch.” Now, up until that point [...]

This is fucking awesome. But here’s a question: why does a sandwich shop somewhere in the mid-west need “viral” videos? No matter. It’s an example of a kind of generosity marketing that we should all follow: make cool stuff and give it to people for free and the world will take care of you.

So I’ve been wondering about inspiration lately: where to find it, how to use it, and how to maintain it. You could argue that finding it is the easy part—as long as you’re paying attention as you make your way out in the world, there’s a million things that might inspire you. But do you [...]

Go watch this beautiful beautiful animation made of paper. And yes, according to the site, each frame is really a hand-cut sheet of paper.

This is one of the weirdest ways of doing business in the Information Age I’ve come across in a while. I can’t even tell if it’s real or not. From the company’ site: A death switch is information insurance. Don’t die with secrets that need to be free. Fucking freaky.