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By David Sykes

Look ma, we’re in Ad Age!

Creative Director: Mike Sukle
Art Directors: Andy Dutlinger, Jeff Euteneur
Illustrator: Matt Carpenter
Copywriter: Jim Glynn
Campaign: Denver Water / Use Only What You Need
Publication: Ad Age. Art of Outdoor Special Report 2009

Healthy community, healthy planet

As part of President Obama’s “Clean Energy Week,” Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA, spoke at the Highlands Garden Village yesterday. I had the opportunity to hear Ms. Jackson speak on the topic of sustainable communities. Highlands Garden Village is in the heart of the Highlands in northwest Denver and is a model of sustainable living. It was previously an abandoned amusement park (the former location of Elitch Gardens) that has been converted into a community that accommodates the elderly, young, single parents, parents with kids and extended families each of whom have diverse degrees of economic and cultural characteristics.

Highlands Garden encourages pedestrian activity, and many daily needs are withing walking distance. Schools, the post office, parks, a fitness center, cultural activities, and restaurants are all easily accessible via the pedestrian paths that wind through the community. All of the residential buildings are built with recycled or recyclable materials and the homes are built with energy-efficient mechanical systems and construction, achieving Colorado’s Built Green Program, E-star rating standards.

The 100-year-old Elitch Theater, once the longest running summer stock theater in the U.S., is being renovated into a center for arts and culture. The carousel pavilion that once housed a 1926 carousel ride has been restored with a walking labyrinth and will feature farmers markets, small concerts and private weddings. The historic park entrance has been restored to reflect the formal gardens of the former amusement park.

So very cool. You can see more here: www.highlandsgardenvillage.net

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Barf on that logo.

yourlogomakesmebarf.com is pretty entertaining. In the world of quick, cheap logos online, many horrible examples of logos clutter our world. This site just proves, once again, that it’s worth paying a little more to get a qualified shop to design something beautiful that conveys what your company does in a smart, effective way. This ‘exposed’ tooth above does not do this. Unless this dentist drills your molars while showing you his bits.

Obama Kills A Fly

He can give monumental speeches, reach across the aisle and find ways to rescue the economy. But none of these attributes come close to his newest talent. He’s a human fly swatter! Check out how he dominates this pesty bug with his slap of death.

Hammer Time

Brilliant use of a flash mob to promote MC Hammer’s A&E reality show. What’s your favorite, make that, second favorite Hammer tune?

U Can’t Touch This
Let’s Get It Started
Too Legit Too Quit
Pumps and a Bump
Pray
Have You Seen Her
Turn This Mutha Out

Deadline: Post-It Stop Motion

Ok. This is badass. I used to hate colored post-its. Visual noise, you know. I’d prefer black ones, but not sure they make them. Over 6,000 post-its and 3 months in the making, watch this video and give it the viral status it deserves.

Unique ice cream flavors.

We at Sukle applaud creativity in whatever “media” it is expressed. Especially when it’s a tasty frozen media that you can eat. Here’s a list of unique ice cream flavors at womansday.com. I swear we don’t spend a lot of time on this site, but how can you NOT read this article? I mean, come on, candied bacon ice cream? Bourbon and cornflake? Check the rest out for yourself. You might be surfing womansday.com more than you think after you see these delights.

Push button, receive bacon

This requires no explanation. It’s pure bacon awesome-ness. Or is it pure awesome bacon-ness? Regardless, I want one.

You can get one here: http://www.noisebot.com/push_button_receive_bacon_t-shirt.htm

A guide to moustaches of the world….on a ukulele

We like ’staches, diagrams AND ukulele’s. Combine all three and you’ve officially got our favorite instrument ever. Check out the back story and other images here.

Opinions of a Mexican Girl

I was once asked about the huge, gaudy, multicolor, shiny stickers that some cars, well mostly trucks, have on their back windows. After thinking about the reason for such cultural behavior, I realized that in Mexico people actually don’t put those stickers on their cars. There are no displays of the Virgin Mary (except inside public busses), last names or place of origin.  If someone has a sticker on their car it is far more discreet than our paisas, short for paisanos. Paisano is the name give to the Mexicans who work here, but still have ties to Mexico and go back to their country often.

But why the strange behavior? I don’t know, maybe we are hoping that some distant relative will find us cruising down Federal, stereo blasting, picking up chicks, 10000 miles away from home. I admit these stickers are a bit much, but you guys have your fair amount of bumper communication – the evolution fish eating a smaller fish, the Christian fish, and finally the evolution fish eating the Christian fish. It is like a silent bumper war. We don’t have that problem since we are all Catholics.

Besides, it is obvious that any culture that drives around with rubberized male private parts hanging from their truck bumpers is hardly in a place to judge others. I don’t even want to get into that.

I guess we don’t have as many honor roll students or colleges to be proud of either, but we sure are proud of that extra last name that we were given. If you got it, flaunt it! Or as a few gringo’s do “let it hang”.

So the word of the day is testosterone since there is plenty to go around.

Everybody loves free shirts.

Well, folks, it’s that time of year again. And what time is that you ask? Use Only What You Need time! The microsite just got re-launched last week and there’s officially some free t-shirt action going on. Go to useonlywhatyouneed.org and order one up. If you’re a Denver resident, that is. Only Denver zip codes can have the freebies sent to them. Sorry if you’re out of the Denver Water service area. Stay tuned for more fun (and free) shirt designs and please get a yard sign to show everyone else on your street that you pledge allegiance to the orange and white (signs are free, too). Feel free to forward this site to anyone else you know in Denver who likes free stuff and saving water, as well.

This year’s TV and Outdoor work coming soon.

Talk about having to wait for your design to come to fruition

Apparently, these ‘tree sculptors’ have beeen working on this particular chair for 10 years! Wow, amazing paitience. But the end result is really stunning. Read about it here.

A facelift for SSC

One of my favorite sites, sharesomecandy.com, has had a recent update. Much to my pleasure. It was already a fantastic source of inspiration, but now it’s organized a little bit more, which is nice. With categories like “furniture, graffiti, packaging, logos, art, illustration and design” there’s endless bits of creative fantasm to keep your eyes singing the praises of this website. It sure makes me happy. Go surf around and see for you yourself.

Yes. I want them.

Here is a product targeted right at me and done with exceptional skill and taste. Designed by Yes for Penguin. Purely delightful.

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