Have you been searching far and wide for a way to cat-ify your images quickly and efficiently? Well look no further, Cat Effects, the free iphone app, allows you to stamp cats of all sizes and breeds–from kittens to lions!–on your photos…for free! A 99 cent upgrade gets you more kitties (replace word for dirty joke here), and we’re seriously considering it. However, we were able to create some outstanding photos with the free felines (hit the jump). Granted, it can’t compare to the actual image of our office (above) that was taken with real live cougars. MEOW!

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We cringed when we saw the “Wake Up” flash mob stunt that Blackberry maker, RIM, admitted to organizing last month. And then we could only nod in understanding as the lame shenanigan was perfectly suited for the brand it was representing. Basically, a group of people dressed in black piled out of a bus with signs and shouted “wake up” in front of the Sydney Apple store for about 15 minutes before leaving everyone more confused (yet unfazed) than before. We still don’t even know what the point was. Wake up to what?

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Jane interned at Stark Design in her sophomore year at Parsons while studying Communication Design. She is originally from Michigan, has lived in Korea and Kentucky, and currently resides in New York City. Jane is addicted to design, especially the interactive quality of it. She is often inspired by architecture and short ocean films. After interning at Stark Design, Jane continues to practice her skills as a freelancer and intern in New York City.
 

Originally from Taiwan, Philip went to school in Canada and came to New York to study Product Design at Parsons. In his quest to become an expert Product Designer, Philip sharpened his skills as a Stark Design intern with an ultimate goal to design more useful products for human society.
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Denice was born in Virginia, grew up in Seoul, Korea, and graduated from high school in Vancouver, Canada. She then decided to come back to the United States and study design. She graduated from the Communication Design program at Parsons in 2009. Denice is determined, eager, open to learning, and driven to do her best in anything and everything. She was a welcome addition to our team as an intern.

Eungi was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She currently lives in New York City, studying Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. She interned at Stark Design during her senior year and has also gained experience at MTV and Nokia as a graphic design intern. Before she was a graphic designer, she studied classical music and played viola. Music serves as one of her greatest inspirations.

If your craving for sugary, artificially colored confections was not appeased by unicorn poop cookies, take a crack at these rainbow Piñata cookies! And then send some our way! In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo!

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Check out this beautiful, live Wind Map, where data visualization meets art!

Thanks to Gawker for this little, quick reminder of why advertising exists as a profession. Listen to the hilarious voicemail here from an Ohio woman who seriously believes her jingle for Quaker Oats is the next big thing. Because, really, how hard can it be?!

All we can say is wow. We would have never been able to conceive of such art ourselves. We can only aspire to do work like this!  Read More