I’m sure a few of you out there have some design savvy friends you’re struggling to shop for this holiday season. Fear not!

Time Out NY released an article today with advice from design gurus Kristen Sloan, Jacob Cohen of Syrup and Doug Jaeger. Check out the article so you don’t end up getting your favorite designer something aesthetically unappealing

We’re showing our pink pride this week after news broke that Deutsch Telekom, the parent company of T-mobile, lost one of their court battles in the war to control all things Magenta.

They’ve been slapping around little guys for a while and this time the lowly offender was Telia, a rival European wireless carrier. Fortunately, the Danish court judging the case ruled in favor of Telia citing that

thehappycorp just launched a new website, You Look Great Today, dedicated to finding and capturing greatness in the wild.

To celebrate this wonderful addition to the internet we’re throwing a party tomorrow night in the real world. You should come.

WHO: thehappycorp global, You, Your Friends

WHAT: Launch Party for the new website, You Look Great Today, dedicated to helping people find, capture, and become better friends with

Sometimes we work out in the Yard. It just depends what time of day you catch us.

Mark Miller, Senior Art Director for thehappycorp, appeared last month on Inside Mac Radio to discuss how our family uses Apple’s software to design award-winning projects that raise the bar for interactive design, branding, and social networking.

Listen to Mark on Inside Mac Radio (he comes in around minute 59).

Mark explains thehappycorp’s methodology of partnering with like-minded brands to facilitate

Last night we had a screen-it-up party: a screen, some goop, an apron, a squeegee and bundles of magenta cotton.

Legions of  shirts emblazoned with thehappycorp wink await bodies.

At times thehappycorp re-education center feels a bit like a modern day artisan guild: the smell of sawdust and paint; the zipping

Olympic snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler’s new website is up and running, shiny and smooth like Gretchen landing a crippler.

GretchenBleiler.com

The new site has a blog, videos from the slopes, gorgeous photo sets, info on Gretchen’s non-profit work and calendar to keep track of