Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech

It’s hard to have original ideas when you are surrounded by people who all have the same experiences as you.

Jonathan Harris

The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.

Leo Tolstoy (via sirmitchell)

New color set: Uber Chroma

When I start working on a new project I always load a rainbow/spectrum-ish color set. Not because I work in rainbow (…well not usually), but I find that assigning colors to a project is easier when they’re all laid out in front of me.

Uber Chroma is a bulletproof spectrum color set based on a Google Chrome theme released a couple years ago.

Download Uber Chroma

Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old)

(via Brand New)

They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

Banksy (via sirmitchell)

jameslloydprojects:

Again, I made this poster for the TREEFORT MUSIC FEST launch party with YOUTH LAGOON. I am pretty proud of this. 

This commemorative poster will be available for purchase at the show. Right now I am not sure of the price yet. It will be a 16x20 (3 color with a fade) screen print printed by Deadwood Designs.

I can not wait to see them printed. I am stoked to see the blown up half tones. I love that texture. 

I will be at this show for sure. Feel free to say hello.

The AWESOME poster for the upcoming Treefort Music Festival in Boise this year. 

A collection of all that is curious.

Created by Loren Morris, designer from Boise, Idaho.

Sounds

  • UN by Dan Black
  • The Year Of Hibernation by Youth Lagoon
  • Bon Iver by Bon Iver
  • Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cuite