Craig Wheeler Senior Designer

I had the pleasure of attending MOPA last night for a talk with renowned photographer Chris Jordan. The event was much more than I could have anticipated, as it touched deeply into lessons in life and matters for everyone to awaken to. During the talk, he mentioned a huge inspiration of his is a well known western Buddhist practicioner by the name of Joanna Macy. The reference resonated with me wholly as I came across this quote from Ms Macy…

The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that we are on the way to destroying the world — we’ve actually been on the way for quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, to ourselves and each other.

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National Forest – Puma “The Games We Play” Montage from National Forest on Vimeo.

I just got an email from the guys over at National Forest and they helped design and create the set design for this Puma ad. All I can say is that this whole project looks like a lot of fun (albeit seemingly quite laborious). Check out the creative process over at the National Forest website.

Here’s some creative ingenuity from designer Eddie Gandelman. A public urinal that filters pee and feeds plants on site. Why oh why aren’t these on every street corner. Read more about the “When Nature Calls urinal” over at the Tuvie website.

Doyald Young is hugely admired around here at Ninthlink. Quite often we skim through his books for research and logo inspiration. I had the honor of having him review my student portfolio after I graduated, and the same day witnessed first hand the astonishing talent he posseses with a pencil. He is a design and type legend and a local San Diego hero. AIGA will be hosting a memorial on March 24th.