The Words and Not Words of Chris Erickson

Better Than I’d Hoped For

Chris Erickson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:13:02 +0000

Ravage USB Flash Memory

Chris Erickson — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:58:26 +0000

Any fan as bored and exhausted as I am with Michael Bay’s Transformers abomination will be happy to know that Ravage, one of the original Soundwave cassettes, has been appropriately updated as a fully transforming 2 GB USB Flash Memory stick.

Buy it now at this terrible website.

Face Space Office

Chris Erickson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:39:21 +0000

Congrats Facebook, you’re office is much more interesting than your website.

Hip Hopjects by Mike Leavitt

Chris Erickson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:26:18 +0000

I’m loving these impressive cardboard kicks by artist Mike Leavitt.

Retro Jordan

Adidas Gazelle

Chuck Taylor

CXXVI Fall 2009

Chris Erickson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:53:59 +0000

How can you resist CXXVI’s fall lineup of tees? Not sure — I couldn’t.

Adidas Oslo X Sole Service

Chris Erickson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:31:04 +0000

Perfection brought to you by Sole Service. Available Oct 17.

Communist China Turns Sixty

Chris Erickson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:59:48 +0000

China’s 60th Anniversary by Dan Chung.

Ceramic Speakers by Joey “I’m-Better-Than-You” Roth

Chris Erickson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:48:03 +0000

Last year I made a trip to NY and I had a very special moment in Central Park — I remember it as if it was yesterday. I was looking South towards the Essex building and a voice in my head distinctly and very clearly said, “You are nothing.” As fortune would have it, a friend was kind enough to capture the moment.

The voice was right, of course, and upon stumbling on a pair of ceramic speakers design by Joey Roth I’ve heard it again, loud and clear.

All that to say that these speakers are gorgeous. Each is made from porcelain, cork, and Baltic birch. Plastic is avoided (if only I could say that about my diet). Suffice to say they won’t likely be found at Walmart, so most of you are out of luck.

Wacom Cintiq 21UX Maiden Voyage

Chris Erickson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:45:00 +0000

We just received our newborn Wacom Cintiq 21UX at the office today and I am very, very impressed. It is buttery smooth and as wispy as you could ever ask a machine to be. Mort took it for a spin today and it was fireworks. Some of us cried.

He-Man Hipsters — Masters of the Indieverse

Chris Erickson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:30:49 +0000

Like most of you, I’ve been patiently waiting for enough time to re-design the entire Masters of the Universe cast as Indie Hipsters, but the talented Mr. Adrien Riemann beat me to the punch. The shame!

While I’m sulking, check out his set of sixteen characters, including He-Man, Man-At-Arms (aka Burt Reynolds), Trap Jaw, and She-Ra. Please note that Skeletor bears a striking resemblance to a hip and bald Carrot Top, who in turns looks quite a bit like Liono when unbald. Maybe it’s just me.

I’d like to explain. When I wrote, “Maybe it’s just me,” I meant that maybe I’m the only person who thinks that Carrot Top is getting dangerously close to looking like a creepy cartoon villian. I was not inferring that I might be the person who looks like Skeletor, Carrot Top, or Liono.

Am I making this more confusing that it needs to be? I am starting to believe that should have been split into two posts: one about He-Man sketches and one about spooky weirdos.

I want his hair right now — and I mean RIGHT NOW!

Skeletor is one bad dude but he's got mad fashion sense.

Whoa, settle down She-Ra. PS: Kate Hudson called and she wants her face back and the Hoff might want his jacket.