Mick Pulling In

You gotta love email. One minute you're bored and the next you get photos from across the globe of your buddy getting tubed. This is one of those emails that comes out of the blue and gets you stoked in the middle of the night, making you lay awake mind surfing until the wee hours of the morning. The lucky guy in this shot is Australian filmmaker Mick Waters. I have no idea where it's of but it looks like wherever it is, it's good and uncrowded.  Enjoy.

Tak Fin

Here is a really cool fin from the same folks that made the Encinitas Environmental Day Poster. The artist's name is Seitaku "Tak" Aoyama and he and Jaime Di Dio Aoyama are a husband and wife design team here in Encinitas. Through this style, Tak depicts various elements of nature. This fin was inspired by various aspects of life in Leucadia. Their studio is called Studio Aiuto. Check out their website here. Tak and Jamie are an amazing team and produce some incredible work. I have yet to tour their studio but hope to get an invite soon. Enjoy.

Bath Tub Art

They have things for kids these days that they never had when I grew up. I had a little plastic boat that I played with in the bath. Now, they have all sorts of stuff.  My favorite new toy for kids though are the bath crayons. Now it's not just a bath it's an art project!  

The funny thing about new product design is that the person who invented this was most likely traumatized as a kid for drawing on the tub and getting punished for it. That experience inspired them to create a non-punishable version. What used to get us spanked now is legal and fun for both kids and parents! How cool is that? 

The cool thing is that my daughter loves them as well.  We draw together and have fun with it. Every now and then we start a doodle that I like and half way through she usually wipes it clean when I'm not looking. Here is one we worked on together that survived.