YES!

Holy F! Where the Wild Things Are!!!! You have got to be kidding me! Probably the greatest book EVER is being made into a movie! I loved this book soooo much as a kid, probably so much that I won't want to go see it and ruin it! a guy on Kitsune Noir quoted it best. "I only read this book 1241551 bajillion times!" The trailer looks a bit creepy, and makes me probably not want to see it...but the poster is dope!

I must say, this poster made my day. The only other book that I can think of that could rival Where the Wild Things Are is Knots on a Counting Rope.


Childhood was amazing...

The Hipster Prank

I learned a new 'hip' game today. It's very easy to play, and very amusing.

First: If you are walking down the street and see a hipster, just simply shout out, "Hey Hipster!"

Next: Wait for them to turn around, and when they do...watch the Hipster get angry at themselves for turning around and acknowledging that they are a Hipster! Ha!

Isn't that a fun game? You should try it sometime!

I got no hate for Hipsters, it's just an amusing game.

Haiku City (Jeff Started It!)

Cannot work this week,
Been waitin' for that one call,
Nerves have set in now.

Oldschoolin' it...

So my drawing teacher from freshman year, Hollis Hammonds, recently contacted me about some of my drawings that I had done. She is teaching down in Austin Texas right now and told me that she wanted to make a drawing instruction book, and contacted me because she wanted to use some of my drawings that she remembered liking a lot. I was like heck yea! So I emailed her pictures and she said the book could be done by then end of the summer and she already has her ISBN #! So excited to see what the book looks like. Here are some of the images that I sent her. They are old, but I personally was shocked that I turned out this decent of work my freshman year...enjoy!

The Never Ending Story...of the Portfolio

I have always loved that movie. The big white dog that could fly was my undisputed favorite; I think it scared a lot of people but I was always a fan. I also liked David Bowie before I ever even knew he was a crazy musician (for whom I happen to love his music now) who stared in another favorite childhood movie of mine, Labyrinth. But anyway, that is besides the point...the point is...

I think I can officially say that it is UP, and it is OUT for the world to see; My portfolio that is. I have been working a lot lately after work on my new design portfolio. I have a problem with altogether re-designing my portfolio every time it comes to re-applying for internships. For those who read this and don't know. I go to the University of Cincinnati where the Cooperative Education Program is required for some majors, included in that is my major of Industrial Design and our program is a 5 year degree because of this. After our second year we start our "coop" rotation or internship rotation. Because UC is on a quarter system it makes this easier. We alternate quarters at school with quarters on internship across the US and around the world and we continue this for the next three years until we graduate. For instance, for the past two years every Fall and Spring quarter of the year I am at school and in classes, but every Summer and Winter quarter I am out of town at an internship in my field. It becomes simple math. 12 quarters, 6 in class and 6 at internships = moving 12 times in 3 years gets kinda crazy! But it has been an experience I wouldn't change for anything. I have lived in Boston for 6 months, and most recently Chicago for 6 Months, and without this program, that never would have happened. And I have to apologize to my professors, because despite how much they have taught me, there is no substitution for real world experience and just simply getting tossed into the mix and designing when it counts.

But anyway, that is off topic again...I guess I keep getting off topic because the topic is simple, it's my portfolio, so check it out!

http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?job_seeker_id=186917&t=&keywords=sam+amis&&page_no=&c=1

http://www.daapspace.daap.uc.edu/~amissj/Sam_Amis_Portfolio.pdf

Hello World!

My name is Sam Amis, and this marks the beginning of my second go at my blog. I am a junior industrial design student at the University of Cincinnati in the internationally recognized design school known informally as, DAAP (Design Architecture, Art, and Planning). I'm a passionate, driven, and a well rounded designer who absolutely loves every aspect of what I do.

I originally started this blog 6 months ago at the beginning of last fall quarter in school. However, the blog wasn't really "me" to be exact. We were required to start a blog in Design Communications course at school, and I was thrilled to say the least; because up until that time I had thought about starting a blog but never really got around to it. But this was my opportunity to do it! Finally! And so I started with high hopes and great enthusiasm, but I had one major issue with blog part-1, it was too structured for my liking. This is not to say I don't like structure, because I definitely do, but blogs don't need to be forced and they definitely don't need to be structured by weekly posts. They can be much more or much less frequent than that, this is the beauty of a blog, when you are ready, it is waiting to help tell the world what you think and who you are. I really appreciate my professor for getting my blog going, but I had to start it over, my way, and my word! So I have deleted part-1 and now i move on to part-2 of No Boundaries.

I named my blog No Boundaries because that is how I approach most things in life, I set No Boundaries and have no limits, I go all out and put all I have into everything I do and everything I give, because the power of giving is much greater than the act of receiving, especially in design. If you can successfully give people a product that evokes a desired emotion in them, then you have done your job, and that is what I aim to do in my future endeavors. And seeing as I have No Boundaries, the sky is the limit for me. Enjoy, and thanks for reading!

Sam