I was asked to participate in What Do You Carry, a website for creatives to show off some of the objects they can’t live without and use in their day-to-day lives. While this doesn’t include everything I use it gives you an idea of the “basics”. Be sure to check out @whatdoyoucarry for other creatives’ lists.

• 1. Lacoste City Casual Large Messenger
• 2. Knockoff Ray-Ban Wayfarers
• 3. HB pencil
• 4. Timex T2N107 watch w/ J.Crew dark pumpkin military strap
• 5. Moleskine Cahier Plain Journal
• 6. Apple iPhone 4 w/ Incase Snap Case
• 7. Clarks Originals Desert Boot Taupe Suede
• 8. 17″ MacBook Pro

If you’re like me, and have a MacBook (Pro), you probably didn’t pick the MacBook just because it’s stylish but I bet it helped. In general, I think graphic designers are fairly stylish people. After all, visuals and appearance are our job—so why is it then that there aren’t a lot of nice laptop bags for us to put our MacBooks in? In the last year, I’ve been on and off looking for cases and have found a ton of options. I’ve narrowed them down to some of my favourites (in no particular order).

• 1. be.ez LEvertigo
• 2. Chrome Bags Sleeve
• 3. Rainer Spehl Wooden Laptop Case
• 4. Hard Graft 2UNFOLD
• 5. Incase Canvas Vertical Sling
• 6. iSkin SOHO

Another addition of Weekly Faves coming to you with some magazines, posters and, of course, clothes.

• 1. Fantastic Man magazine
• 2. The Hound of Baskervilles book cover t-shirt
• 3. Dieter Rams “10 Principles” poster
• 4. Tanya Johnston’s Transcendence 16″x20″ print
• 5. Noah and the Whale’s “The First Days of Spring” film
• 6. Moleskine Ruled Soft Notebook

Looks like Weekly Faves is more like Bi-Weekly Faves. School is hectic but here goes.

• 1. It’s Nice That “If Drawing’s Were Photographs” booklet
• 2. Levi’s Japan Vintage Elk suspenders
• 3. Basso & Brooke Digital T Shirt collection
• 4. Urban Outfitters Picture Window Wide
• 5. Zuriick Ake Charcoal slip-ons
• 6. FLAP analogue wall clock

Decided to try and keep a “Weekly Faves” which is an idea I got from Benjamin Groulx’s Tumblr, which he apparently got from me. Go figure. Will try to keep up to date.

• 1. D Collection Captain Toggle coat
• 2. Dwell magazine
• 3. Classy camera strap
• 4. CXXVI PJ red shirt
• 5. Vanishing Elephant Ferris leather desert boot
• 6. Fossil Jackson E/W Messenger bag

I saw they were doing “2009 Holiday Wish Lists” at grain edit and it looked like fun so I decided to post the list I had already made for my family and friends.

• 1. American Apparel Salt and Pepper zip hoody
• 2. ALDO Shoes Papallo
• 3. MoMA Bauhaus Moleskines
• 4. Apartamento magazine
• 5. Inventory magazine
• 6. Canon AE-1 35mm camera
• 7. Apple iPhone 3GS

I have redesigned the TJR website to separate the portfolio from the blog. I am still in the process of transitioning over so bear with me here.