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Synesthesia - A sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color (http://dictionary.reference.com/).

My friend has the gift of seeing color (synesthesia). Fascinated by the concept, I regularly ask him to describe the world he sees – “what does that voice look like?”…”what colors does that song produce?”…

Inspired by my curiosity, my friend created one of the most original, creative, and thoughtful gifts I’ve ever been given: two self-tie-dyed t-shirts illustrating the colors that are produced when I speak my name (the center being that of a lime green which slowly gradates to yellows and blues. The orange represents my favorite color and a tone of calmness).

K-A-I-T-L-Y-N (t-shirt design and concept by Morgan Spencer)

photojojo:

Phillip Stearn’s Year of the Glitch is a daily documentation of strange yet beautiful glitches.

So far, Phillip’s focused on cameras — the photos here come from a 1.3MP Olympus digital camera,  a Canon G5, and a Canon Digital Rebel.

Year of the Glitch - Daily Glitches from Cameras & More

via NotCot

Custom-made, hand-drawn cards for any occasion. Available for purchase (includes illustrated card, addressed envelope, hand-written inner text (optional), and shipping).

Contact KP at info@kparkerdesign.net for further details!

A Day of Trash

The Idea

How much trash do we really produce? I sought to answer this question for myself and being an environmentally conscientious person was shocked to see just how much accumulated after one day - now imagine one week, one year…and that’s just one person!

The Process

For one day, I saved all my trash (sans what was biodegradable and/or unquestionably unsanitary). Though it was difficult, I made all attempts to carry out my day as normal and not refrain from activities or products in an effort to reduce my waste. Considering this, it was amazing how my focus of the day became about my consumption and trash. I was aware of how many napkins I was using, paper towels, bottles, cans, even tea bags - my focus evolved around using less trash in a vain attempt to reduce my ever increasing pile.

The Trash

• 1 old cardboard portfolio
• 2 soda cans
• 1 plastic water bottle
• 3 paper towels from cafe restroom
• 1 cafe napkin
• 1 ACE knee brace box
• 1 plastic Safeway bag
• 2 gum wrappers
• 1 tea package and bag
• saran wrap from zucchini bread
• 1 Subway napkin
• 1 Subway sandwich paper wrap
• 2 pieces of junk mail
• 2 paper towels from home
• 1 ziplock bag
• 1 photo envelope from Walgreens
• 1 Walgreens receipt
• 1 Tostitos chip bag
• Paper scraps/cuttings found in portfolio 

The Art

To visually display the impact that one person’s trash accumulation has in one day, I turned ‘trash’ in to art, giving an entire new dimension and meaning to ‘recycled art’. I carefully constructed and glued each piece of trash to a large recycled cardboard portfolio and fashioned a protective frame made of recycled plexi-glass, wood, and screws.

The Message

Though I consider myself very environmentally aware and participate in recycling and reusing goods, I still produce a large amount of trash in a span of 24-hours. It was both startling and illuminating. I encourage everyone to monitor a day of their own trash - this little insight may just prompt people to use less and think more. Even if it’s just one less napkin that we use at lunch or dinner - added up, all those ‘ones’ can make a huge difference.