Creative Swell / Design Blog

POV: Skier Meets Avalanche

Getting caught in an avalanche has to be one of my biggest fears while back-country snowboarding. This skier had my fear realized. Watch the entire video as it captures (via his head cam) him scouting his run, dropping in, getting crushed and eventually getting dug out by his buddies. I’m not sure this is the [...]

Parking Tickets

Finally a way to give someone a piece of your mind…without the confrontation, slinging of insults and inevitable police report. So time next you get cut off while driving or cant fit into that last mall parking spot because some freedom hating hippie parked his Subaru two feet over the line, you can leave one [...]

Living Magazines

Magazines are everywhere! You can find hundreds upon hundreds of magazines for nearly every subject including Mega Yachts, Celebrity Gossip and even Cat Fancy?!?. While I have never been much of a mag reader in the past this new medium is sure to get my attention. The video below features Outside Magazine as they create [...]

Serious Body Armor (POC)

With the winter snowboarding and skiing seasons just around the corner I have scoured the web to find you the best in crash protection. Once I found the POC brand from Sweden I need look no further! The POC [Body Armor] Labs are dedicated to saving lives using the latest in innovative protection solutions. This [...]

Starbucks VIA Ready Brew Taste Challenge

I visit Starbucks just about two times a day (it’s right next to my office) for a tall cup of black drip coffee ($1.55) which I then add enormous amounts of milk and sugar to. I would say that half of the reason I get up from my desk is for a much needed break [...]

Poll of the Week: Apple iTablet

Would you buy the Apple iTablet? Rumored to be revealed in January or February of 2010 this might be the next big thing from Apple! If Apple does make an iTablet you would not see it on shelves until June or July of 2010. I hope they make one. UPDATED: The announcement is set for [...]

Where the Wild Things Are [Trailer]

This is movie adaptation of the beloved children’s book by Maurice Sendak where a young boy creates a world inside his imagination filled with monsters. Where the Wild Things Are is set to release on October 16, 2009. [IMDB via Warner Bros.]

2010 Brabus Mercedes Concept

Anyone ready for the 2010 Brabus tricked out Mercedes minivan? Um nope, not me. While I usually will fall in love with anything tech this concept has drastically fallen short. Yes, it is filled with LCD screens, yes they used a combination of bamboo and leather for the interior and yes it has more technology [...]

Mind the Elephant

Check this site out! Mind the Elephant is a detailed blog website about two adventurous travelers who asked the question “why not?”. These two (Hannah and Will) decided it would be best to fill a Land Cruiser (“Stanley”) with supplies and head to the dark continent (Africa, if you were scratching your head) and inject [...]

The Value of a Helmet

I learned last night(the hard way) that a helmet might come in handy especially when your head decides its wants to take a swan dive into the frozen tundra of an ice skating rink. Knowing what I know now I should have been wearing some type of protective gear to shield myself in case of [...]