Remember when you used to take your mom’s post it notes from her desk to make flip book animations? This video takes that concept to a whole new level of awesome.

You’re committed to a cause & want to help make this world a better place. So how do you grow support and get others to join you? Interactive technologies are making it easier than ever for businesses and individuals to connect with the causes and organizations they believe in. Join our knowledgeable panel as they discuss how to spread the word and activate legions of do-gooders.

Our speakers include:

Wendy Cohen
Manager, Community and Alliances - Digital, Participant Media

Sarah Ingersoll
Director of Development and Strategy, Meaningful Media

Olivia Kuhn-Lloyd
Founder, Cause+Capitalism and Marketing and Business Development, Intent.com

Renee Miller
President/Creative Director, The Miller Group Advertising, Inc.

SheSays LA: Care for Your Cause
June 25, 2009 / 7-9:30 PM
The Miller Group Advertising
1516 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Map
www.SheSaysUS.org

This event is free to women who are involved with or interested in digital marketing and advertising. To RSVP for this FREE event, click here.

Note: Space is limited. Please RSVP by June 24.

***UPDATE: Be sure to stay ’til the end for a chance to win a fantastic grand prize provided by leading  cosmetics company, La Bella Donna.

Pixar has yet to disappoint me (except for “Cars.” Sorry, not a race fan). Check out the plethora of beautiful concept art that Lou Romano so generously shares on his blog. I really love how he documents many parts of the development and production process here, including dioramas he shot for composition ideas, test digital animations to see how lighting would work, and research photos from South America.

Wallpaper usually reminds me of creepy haunted houses, batty old ladies and the like (or batty old ladies staring at you from creepy haunted houses). Why not plaster your walls with ginormous, colorfully fun graphics instead?

UK’s Surface View offers a variety of unique graphics for your walls and windows, so cool you will never have to step into a Home Depot for your decor again (which you wouldn’t do in the first place, right?!). For ideas and inspiration, check out how the prints would look mocked up with a room set (above).

June 6th is an important date because

a.) it’s my birthday and
b.) it’s international Drawing Day!

Little did I know that my life-long subconscious tendency to doodle all over my notebooks/shoes/everything would someday lead me to my design destiny. Now here’s a day to pay homage to the sketchmaster in us all. The name of the day pretty much sums it up — drop everything and draw for the sake of drawing. 

Not only should you draw, you should share it with the world, via numerous online communities such as DeviantArt, Facebook (with Pencake), and YouTube to name a few. Visit drawingday.org for more ways to share.

Feel free to draw me a birthday present!

I wasn’t aware becoming an engineer required a vow of chastity. Celibacy is a hands on job.

The following is a roundup of some creative billboards that break through the fourth wall and become a sort of 3d art installation. Please enjoy responsibly.

Last year I was fortunate to set off on a journey around the world. I had this entire inventory of cities scribbled down which I longed to see… Cites listed mainly because of what defined them: Agra for the Taj Mahal. Siem Reap for Angkor Wat. The southern part of Australia for the Great Ocean Road. But from each of these places what I left with was much more than what they’re known for. Through long walks, I discovered the unique breathing “bodies” which surround the hearts of their defined histories-through-monuments. Some of my most treasured photos were not of the ultimate destination, but of the art found throughout the journey. Here are a few images which enhanced how I defined the cities I visited…

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Agra, India

Adelaide, South Australia

Next time you are traveling – or just walking around your own city, open your eyes to the unexpected art… whether it’s a faded painted wall sign or a stencil in an array of colors.

New York artist, Devorah Sperber, is recreating masterpieces by arranging spools of thread hanging from string. She starts with a pixelized jpg of the artwork and maps out the colors/thread pixel by pixel. Watch her in action.

At this very moment there are roughly 237,483 Facebook fans of bacon. That’s right. BACON. Not to be confused with the 298,834 fans of Bacon Butty. I even know someone who proudly displays a felt flag with the word “BACON!” on it in his office. (It also contains a felt cutout of bacon.) And yes, this person is a fan of 3 separate bacon pages on Facebook. Now that’s passion.

Within the confines of Facebook – and throughout the web, we are able to define exactly who we are, what we believe in and what we’re passionate about. Fan pages are, in essence, viral altars created for the things we love, detest or just have a point of view on. People have started pages for the most basic of activities, like napping – to mowing the lawn. Currently there are 35 people who believe “mowing the grass is a conspiracy”, 2 members of “i love mowing grass” and 7 people who claim to be “lawn mowing monkeys”.

What are you passionate about?

“Paging Dr. Jack Black…!” This is a great campaign from the Noreen Fraser Foundation that all men should rally around. For Mother’s Day, send a free e-greeting card to the woman in your life and consider donating to this great cause.