Thrift is the New Black. - Barry A. Smith

ThisAintNoDisco is a brilliant site (and soon to be book) allowing agencies to flaunt their interior workspaces. I only now heard about the site via Rule29's space submission (my uncharacteristic lateness to the game is a result of more than a little social media burnout). Votes elevate the submissions into subcategories of best looking and most popular, and the site's simple blog like interface makes browsing and drooling a breeze.

A great inspiration if you're looking to spruce up the place, or a downer if not. (I warned you).

I noticed a great deal of vintage sprinkled in and around the IKEA and CB2, which leads me to believe thrift is the new black.

Justin on the Road: Making Creative Matter

Designer Sobriety Intro from Rule29 on Vimeo.

UPDATE: You might say I accompanied friend and fellow designer Justin at Rule29 to this year's 2008 How Design Conference. Well, just sort of. Actually, he asked myself and dozen other colleagues to provide him some chatter about an issue near and dear to his heart – Designer Sobriety. How to balance life, joy and great design when things get crazy. I had my friend the novelist Travis Thrasher video tape me on a day where I was blasting a 103 degree temperature at the forefront of what turned out to be full blown bout of brochitus (sweet).

Anyhow, I have just seen how Justin used my blibidy-blab and hope my perspective on matters served him well in the context of his address to the How Conference attendees. For the record, I enjoyed Armin Vit's contribution the best.

If you have not heard of Rule29, I posted about them before. They are midwest design rock stars. My friend and former colleague Keri just started working there, and it's a bit slow round the office without her.

It's been fun to watch Justin and Rule29 grow and expand over the years, and for those of you fortunate enough to be at How to hear him speak, I am sure you can see why I am a fan.