So, this semester I had a sponsored project with nike to design shoes for the 2012 Olympics in London. I was assigned the sport BMX Racing, which will be new to the Olympics in 2008 at Beijing. I chose the Netherlands for my country to design for because of its history in the sport as well as it interesting culture. Nike seemed to like it pretty ( Read more... )

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Remember in Fear in Loathing in Las Vegas as Raoul Duke was dropping of the Samoan at the airport. When Oscar Z. Acosta (the Samoan) looks back to wave off the airport in a very Richard M. Nixon-esq fashion, Johnny Depp narrates and refers to Benicio Del Toro's charecter as "one of gods own prototypes". As I watched this while sketching cooktops, I ( Read more... )

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See, I go to college too.
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Like, 998 days, is a whole fuckin' lotta' days.

I remember when I was a kid and saw 101 Dalmations and thought 101 was a lot.

Shit

Marrying Flava Flav for his money is like buying a Chevrolet Blazer Xtreme for its sex-appeal.

So, I am getting used to the second semester. Working on weekends. Mere weeks away from headers.
Here is a taste
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