Entries published in July 2008:

dire:

Shufflesome stickers for iPods: quite a menagerie of sticker goodness ranging from cute to abstract to hip. all colorful. why don’t they do stickers for non-nano/shuffle iPods? did gelaskins corner the market on that?

So why don't they?
Who is they?
Can I make stickers now?
Hi!
Repeat loop. Or do exit:

You can make skins, stickers, stikahs, schtickts AND stickerings. I am not stopping you. Contact me. Sponsor an edition. We no longer live in a producer-dominated world (unless you still believe the news). You are the producer, if you'd just happen think as one.

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Following a wink from Fabrizio Valentino, I swiftly sent him some Shufflesome stickers to be part their design collections. May your iPod be with you when you go shopping in Bologna.

One of the new designs, so much I can tell you already, has to do with a large marine mammal. Anybody interested in producing stickers for yourself or for the Shufflesome collection, please proceed. There is about one week left until the print run on July 21, 2008.

The voting booth is now open at Fred Flare. You can vote for any of 27 designers. See this post for background. Annamatic, whose devine sticker designs you can't have missed, is one of them. You bet I am voting for her!

boingboing.net

Shflsm deftly tries to step into the gap consumerist space by offering an array of decorative choices for your first or second generation iPod Shuffle. Some are absolutely terrible, such as Gus the gay leather fetish gorilla, but the goldfish above is just wonderfully elegant and subtle.

Three comments on this: (1) step into the gap: I am more like drenched in the pool. (2) tries to: I am not trying anything. I create opportunities for things to happen. (3) consumerist space: I am tuned into the producer space as well, deftly.

grinn.net

Forget bulky rubber, silicone or rubber protective sleeves and cases - they're ugly, and who needs that? Besides, how much protection do you really need for your Shuffle? These cast vinyl stickers should protect your musical friend from scratching just fine, I imagine. And Dear Lord are they lovely.

smartgadget.gr

A post in greek, mostly greek, for those you can read greek. Greek.

More stickers for more iPod models, and in addition stickers for cell phones, laptops, and, and, and. I hear you! And I see the opportunity. I saw it in 2004, when the term skin was still mostly about animate matter.

And today, you might think there is an oversupply (and I would challenge that). Say hello to my German fellows at dein-design.com or tortoise-design.com. Say hello to GelaSkins, who shine with designs from a range of popular artists. Say hello to People Like Us Style. Say, ... do you notice something?

The creative mafia is everywhere! Don't trust designers. :)