The Donut Project

We’ve posted Chris Piascik before, but he’s worth a repost. His ‘Internet inadequacy’ drawing hits close to home. Running a blog based on inspiration has me looking at even more work than my normal curiosity would have me look at – and I run across a ton of stuff that makes me feel like a no-talent fraud. It’s ironic that I feel like that when I see Piascik’s drawings but nice to know others feel like this too. See more of his work at www.chrispiascik.com.

These movie posters for The Cabin in the Woods are awesome. The Cabin in the Woods is a horror movie slated for a February 2010 release, and there isn’t much info out there about it besides the fact that it’s horror and satirical – poking fun at the horror-movie genre. I hope it turns out to be good. Read more to view the other two posters.

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Business Guys on Business Trips offers a funny commentary on daily office life and bumbling business-types. Check out the illustrations at businessguysonbusinesstrips.com.

As if the iPhone didn’t already help you do almost everything in your life better, it can now help you nap at work! iNap creates “productive office” noises so that no one will know you’re taking a little snooze at the 3pm slump.

All you do is adjust the settings on the iPhone touch screen to pick the sounds you want to simulate. You can adjust the frequency of sounds to simulate either a light or a hectic work day. You then click on the Start to begin your nap time and Stop when you want to do some real work.

Read more about the app here or download it at the App Store!

Be still my heart!!! My absolute favorite Disney movie of all time is Alice in Wonderland. I think I’ve wanted to be Alice for 20+ years now and my heart skipped a beat when I came across the new movie that releases right around my birthday in March, 2010. With a cast of Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter, and from Tim Burton’s wild imagination, there is no doubt this movie will be phenomenal. I can’t wait for more sneak-peeks to be released! Until then, enjoy some pictures and info that I did find here. You can view a sneak peak trailer at Apple Trailers.

I can’t get enough of Jason Limon’s fanciful robots, gadgets and batteries. While he has many other pieces to show on his website, I think these are by far my favorite, with such details in the grunge, yet such adorable characters! See more of his work here and don’t forget about his blog!

This list of ‘20 Cheesiest Pick-up Lines to Use on Graphic Designers‘ circulated around the office yesterday. Be sure to have one of these ready when you meet a cute designer at the bar. Read them here.

Ever have a strong craving for carbonated milk? Well your prayers have been answered by CocaCola. Introducing Vio, the world’s first “vibrancy drink.”

Vio is a combination of carbonated water, sugar, flavoring and a “hint of rBGH-free skim milk” and requires no refrigeration. The drink is available 4 flavors (peach mango, very berry, citrus burst & tropical colada) and comes in 8 oz. bottles for $2.50. It is making a test market run in New York City before possibly being released nationwide. If $2.50 for an 8 oz. beverage sounds a tad pricey, remember it’s being sold in NYC and a bottle of Pellegrino there goes for roughly $74 and a slice of pizza is $87.

Almost as remarkable as this odd product, is the language used to describe it. CocaCola must have purchased a stack of thesauri and hired the slickest bunch of marketers/copyrighters money can buy. This “vibrancy drink” is “so delicious and effervescent, you just have to try it to believe it.” The Very Berry flavor apparently tastes like a “birthday party for a polar bear” and another “tastes like a dreamsicle in technicolor.”

Interesting. I wonder if this will catch on? I’m sure they’ll sell plenty to curious first-timers, but will it have staying power? View the site at viovibe.com.

(via Quipsologies)

Nubby Twiglet has a great writeup on creating a physical print portfolio. Her 7 tips will help your portfolio stand out from the pack! Check it out at nubbytwiglet.com.

Thanks to Mig Reyes for the tip!

If you’re looking to kill some time at work or at home, here’s a great resource for all those design manifestos you’ve been dying to read from the last 100 years.

(via swissmiss)