Mig Reyes

So, no one actually celebrates half-birthdays. However, since it’s the two-year anniversary of my roommate and me living in the city—and me being a half a year older than I was half a year ago—I’m giving stuff away. I’ve got posters and buttons stacked all alone, collecting dust. I want you to have ‘em.

Here’s how: on Twitter, reply me where you find these hidden on my site.

• My baby portrait
• My close friend, @systemofadan
• UNICORNS! (Yes, there’s unicorns hidden on here.)

Three chances to win! This post will self-destruct after today; happy winning free stuff.

During the month of September, I’ll be guest editing the Fresh Signals over at Coudal Partners. Some really great folks have edited already, so I’m looking to keep the good links rolling.

Here’s the deal: I want what you’ve got. I’ll have plenty of good things to share, but I want to share you’ve come across, too. Dish me some URLs to freshsignals@migreyes.com, and keep a lookout for ‘em on Coudal. (This may be the only time I’ll ever ask you to inundate my inbox.)

By and large, one of my favorite online retailers is Zappos. They truly understand great customer service. Their Delivering Happiness Book is really insightful; it shares a lot about their company history and culture. The kind folks Zappos invited me to come out to Las Vegas next month to visit the company and do a talk about passion and making stuff. I’m humbled and just as excited to learn about more about them, and of course share my discoveries along the way.

Bordo Bello is a charity fundraiser hosted by the AIGA Colorado chapter where designers are invited to design a skateboard to support the Denver youth arts community. Having used to skateboard for several years, I was excited to be invited to design a deck – for a good cause, no less! As added icing on the cake, I later found out I’d be joined by some of my favorite people, including: Will Bryant, Jessica Hische, Jennifer Daniel and Sean Adams.

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Special thanks to Joe Marsh from AIGA Colorado who reached out and invited me to participate. He’s done a great job with the event. It’s quite the honor to do some good along with people who make good things.

PSFK is a New York City based trends research and innovation company that publishes a daily news site. Beyond that, they also host a series of inspirational events. I have the honor and pleasure of speaking with my Threadless cohorts Brock and Colleen at PSFK’s next event. Although I think the event is sold out, you should try to squeeze your way in, anyway—fun times to be had on a Tuesday morning!

It happens once a year: that time where I end up unsatisfied with my current website and end up redesigning it. So, I’m (exhausted and) excited to finally have a new site up, along with some of the latest work I’ve done since working at Threadless. Visually, it’s not radically different, but it has been quite the adventure learning in WordPress (my first actual CMS), CSS3 and jQuery for this version. I finally have a place for my thoughts in article form, too. I wrote about comparisons with my design iterations over the years. Thanks to everyone’s for the support!

After hours, Kyle Stewart and I like to spend our time designing posters and flyers for music venues around Chicago. We were honored to be spotlighted in the summer 2010 issue of HOW Magazine. They picked our brains on our process and the relationship that our day work has with our sideline work. Thanks again, Bryn and the HOW crew!

I had the privilege of being interviewed by one of Chicago’s finest young graphic designers, Lorraine Reinsch, for her Summer Interview Series. She’s been a key contributor to the AIGA KC Chapter, and has gone on to peg the brains of the likes of Armin Vit, to name a few. It was an honor and pleasure, so go on and read the whole thing. Thanks again, Lorraine!

Today, I’m super excited to be spending some time with Kate Bingaman-Burt and Friends of Graphic Design at PSU. Kate curates an on-going lecture series via Skype (or in-person!) with really inspirational creative types called Show and Tell. It’s something I definitely wish I had the opportunity to sit in on when I was in college. Regardless, I’m really honored to be talking about being a young designer and Threadless 101 with the students of PSU. Other amazing Show and Tellers include Jessica Hische, Dress Code, Aaron Draplin, Jennifer Daniel and Alissa Walker.

I know for sure I wouldn’t be where I am today without the giving help of my friends, peers, mentors and creative directors alike. Originally inspired by a previous AIGA presentation, I was moved by all of my great friends to create a site that follows a simple formula: one inspiring creative type sharing one bit of advice, all over iChat. So with that being said, I’m excited to share with you Humble Pied! As always, I’d love for you to contribute.