If we want to speak to people, we need to know their language. In order to design for understanding, we need to understand design.   — Erik Spiekermann

Adobe Flash + After Effects = Hallowindow. By Mark Gervais. (Scaring the neighborhood kids. Way to put those tech skills to work Mark.)

As part of MINI's Creative Use of Space campaign, Kreative Konzeption built MINI Space—a blog-like site for connecting creative types. (Thanks FWA.)

Ask.com launched a new site yesterday.

Hotel 626. A haunted interactive experience. By Doritos (Uh, huh, Doritos). The only drawback: It has to be viewed between 6pm and 6am. (Yea, yea, we know, just change the computer's clock...)

The inaugural 2008 Winners Showcase of Wolda (worldwide logo design annual) is online. 192 logos made the cut.

Unbutton Your Beast? Really? So, uh, Levi Strauss, could you be any more obvious?

Judging by the name, we're fairly certain this conference covers everything anyone needs to know about widgets. Widget Summit 2008. San Francisco. November 3 - 4.

Seriously. Don't Vote.

Can a chubby toy change the way people eat? howies, the UK-based clothing company with a conscience, is betting it can. DohBoy a simple lad.

"There are more slaves today than ever before in human history." Call + Response, a feature-length abolitionist rockumentary raises awareness of human trafficking and calls for an end to slavery in the 21st century. Directed by Justin Dillon and edited by Radium, it opens nationwide October 10. See it.