A piece of technology goes a long way. This is a USB flash drive is something that has always come in handy. However it is different than your usual usb. It actually serves as a memory card reader. As someone who takes a lot of pictures with a SLR camera I find myself unloading my pictures on various computers. Instead of having to carry my camera and cords and downloading the camera's software just to upload my photos, I can just take the memory card out and place it in this little usb. Convenient and compact- This gadget is a must have by any artist or photographer in need of an easier way to upload their pictures. 

Looks can be deceiving. What you see before you looks like a vintage skeleton key. It looks very realistic with the texture, color, and weight. Furnished to look rusted and old most would not think twice when looking at this key. 

If you look closely to the top handle of the key, you'll notice how big of an opening there is. One would think it that perhaps it was made that way on purpose for easy holding. 

However you come to realize that this is no ordinary skeleton key. It is in fact a bottle opener. It was created to look like another object so that the carrier may be discrete, instead of looking like they constantly carry around a bottle opener.

This bottle opener was designed not just for a beer drinker in mind, but for people of all ages in need of a bottle opener, who would prefer to have a more visually stimulating object to open up their bottles versus a plain ol' bottle opener. Appealing for both its purpose and its design this object fulfills its purpose in more ways than one.

This is a canvas tote bag that I own stylized to represent one of Andy Warhol's paintings called Flowers.

Andy Warhol was one of the greatest artists in american history whose work was released throughout the 60's,70's, and 80's. He started the pop art movement which was visual art inspired by celebrity culture and advertisement that was popular in the 1960's. He worked in many different mediums including paint,film, silk screening, and photography.

The bag is made out of canvas and the front is the silk screened print. To the side is Andy Warhol's signature. Along the straps written is the name of the piece, the year it was created, and where it was created. The whole purpose of this bag is the same as any other tote bag- to carry your belongings in. What is special about this bag however is that it represents a piece of iconic artwork/ Any other bag would be decorated some way or another to seem attractive, however this bag is decorated to draw attention and to pay respects to one of the most influential artists of our time.

This is a key cap attached to my car key. The purpose of a key cap is to distinguish the difference between all of your keys. This one in particular is made by Hello kitty and is meant to look like the iconic hello kitty face with 3D glasses on.

There are all sort of different key caps made, all different themes. Although we use these caps to help us tell the difference between our keys, we also use them to express our personalities. With so many themes to choose from we are given an instrument to help communicate to others our individual style

World Market is a home goods store that has sells whatever is needed to furnish every room of your house. This bag is what you would receive if you were to buy something small. The logo for the company looks to be made with a stencil print and using one color. The image of elephant drawn with eastern Asian / Indian influence gives the feeling of culture. The addition the decoration around the logo also encourages this theme. Lastly, the  serif typeface gives the logo a sophisticated look to attract the type of people who like to decorage their home. 

Golden Road Brewery is a craft beer brewery and restaurant based near Glendale. In addition to the variety of choices of beer that they sell on tap, they also sell packaged beer flavors to go. The cans were actually designed by the company and the images printed on the cans are pictures that they took of surrounding Los Angeles neighborhoods. 

Simple and clear the logo is placed directly in the middle of the can and in large font for the drinker to see. I also appreciated the L.A pride that the company portrays by using their own imagery of the city versus stock images

I read on their website that they use cans versus bottles for specific reasons. Cans are made with 100% recyclable aluminum and are better to house the beer in for taste purposes, in addition to being compact and easy to store

But what I really wanna do is direct...

With the demand for technology to become more portable, a company named pure digital technologies created a wireless digital camcorder called a "flip cam". Compact and loaded with tons of memory, the flip cam grew popular among young people who wanted the option to record high definition video without having to carry around a large video camera. Its design is sleek and simple. It comes with a built in usb port to download files and to charge the internal battery versus using a separate cord. With a small portion of buttons the user is able to easily view and record their video clips

Because the concept of recording and uploading videos has become so popular in today's society the creation of having a portable and compact video recorder created much success for the company.