Ten characteristics of creative people. (Basically, they're a beautiful mess of contradictions.)

How might we not even realize we want things? "I guess I'm talking about passive contributions of public behavior information to traditionally-sorted data."

Explanatory stills from (and a link to) the fantastic new Spoon video.

Check out "things for sale i will mail you" and everything else. Cute and creative and solemn and exuberant. Wonderful.

On crazy geniuses and products with and without imagination. "And the iPod itself is a shiny fruit fallen to earth from an enchanted tree in a mystical fairy land populated entirely by crazy geniuses."

A huge collection of excellent drawings, realist (and surreal) photography, painting, collages, and more. Good for wasting a few hours and wishing you were cooler.

Good pictures, good overview of his work, and, of course, sage words from the designer himself.

Or so says this guy. Basically, stop feeling sorry for yourself and getting wrapped up in your moods -- just go go go!

Awesome advertising campaign that arranges album artwork to create a bigger image.

Christopher Fahey lays out his. A by good set of commandments for happily and successfully working in design.

The professional work of Jason Nocito; absolutely fantastic and blissed-out. Check out the landscape-portraits.

The personal photography of Jason Nocito. Comparing and contrasting, visual puns and stoned friends, the elevation of the mundane. Fantastic!

Very nice, very creative business cards, but don't expect them to fit in your wallet or Rolodex. Check the comments for bonus footage from "American Psycho."

A very nice short history and profile of the Pentagram design and architecture firm.

Great interviews with web developers and luminaries, including Khoi Vinh, Jason Fried of 37signals, Jeff Veen, Merlin Mann, Heather Champ, Dan Cederholm, and Guy Kawasaki.

This is delicious. Don't miss the eye fish or the larval horse. Or the tennis ball or the library entrance.

From the masters. Good ideas and inspiration.

An interview with Apple's brilliant product designer, who possesses a "fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff."

Interesting videos from the experimental electronic musician. The third, "Phases," played behind him when he opened for Deerhunter in Boston in July.

An awesome collective of creative/design types. A great "About" page.

Indeed.

Design inspiration.

On programming well. Devote time to it, rewrite it completely, work without distraction. Echoes of "Getting Real."

A very interesting and multi-talented guy.

An interview with James Victore. "Yes. I’m afraid of everything. I am. But I do them anyway. This is my dharma. This is what I was meant to do. I just want to do a good job."

Excellent videos!