Conduit

Friends & Family

• Yasha Wallin
• Cultural Images
  My mothers jewelry design business specializing in Jewish and hamsa hands
• Smith, Agent Smith
  Mixing, mashing, and scratching….my cousin the DJ
• Kenny C
  Taking great photos, every so often.
• Shaun Webb
  Shaun is a SF Bay Area graphic & web designer, who also takes great pictures
• Robin O’Neill
  Whenever I need photography help I call Robin O’Neill
• Boundingbox
  Vancouver based UI/print/graphic/web/motion design portfolio of Jamie Currie
• Bea’s Newsletter
  Good food and good friends
• My Life Starting Up
  Marc is not “starting up” anymore, but he occasionally has good things to post

Clients

• Heeb Magzine
  “The new Jewish review” or Mad Magazine for Jews
• Neela Bags
  An island the size of Texas made up of plastic bags is floating in our oceans grab a stylish and reusable Eco bag
• Best of Both
  Looking for a great ski or golf vacation with an establish pro as your guide?
• Armchair Revolutionary
  Supporting progressive and technology causes through gaming.
• Electronic Arts

Daily visits or in my RSS reader

• Surf Pulse
  Ocean Beach, San Francisco surf report
• Stoke Report
  Surfing community for the San Francisco, Bay Area
• Slate
  Online news magazine
• Daring Fireball
  Where I get my daily Apple fix
• The Daily Beast
  One of my daily new sources
• Five Thirty Eight
  Excellent political commentary
• The Big Picture
  Amazing collection of photographs for the news stories of the day
• The Morning News
  an online magazine that is black and white and read all over
• Good
  for people who give a damn
• The New York Times
  if your serious about news you read the NY Times

Influences

• Saul Bass
  arguable the greatest logo and movie poster designer
• Draplin Design Co.
  Great graphic design artist and blog from Portland, OR.)
• Signal vs Noise
  web, design, business blog
• A List Apart
  Articles for people who make websites
• Hicks Design
  This guy created the Firefox logo, ’nuff said
• Pentagram
  Historic design/advertising company
• Coudal Partners
  Historic design/advertising company
• Mike Davidson
  Thoughts on interface design
• I Love Typography
  The right font lends a great deal to a design…oh how I love fonts
• Icon Factory
  Good design needs good icons
• Good Design is….
  Dieter Rams’ ten commandments of good design
• Jason Santa Maria
  Great web designer who loves fonts
• Khoi Vinh
  the man responsible for the great interactive presence of the NY Times

Sources of Inspiration

• TED
  Ideas worth spreading – great ideas as told by great thinkers
• Thomas Campbell
  artist, surfer, photographer
• The animated teachings of Alan Watts
  Buddhist teachings of Alan Watts set to animations producted by South Park’s Trey Parker & Matt Stone
• Bansky
  London based street artist with a strong social/political message
• Evan Hecox
  Artist and Illustrator
• The Ryde
  surf art and T shirt designs from down south
• O plus D
  Greeting cards are fun
• Sony Bravia Commercial
  Explosion of color in a TV commercial
• Alexandre Orion
  Brazilian photography artist
• Each Grain of Sand a Tiny Work of Art
  individual grains of sand photographed through a microscope
• Matchbook Museum
  Super cool match books
• Breathing Earth
  Interactive world map showing CO2 emmisons combined with birth and death rates
• David Choe
  Great artist
• Colour Lovers
  A commuity of color