Hi, I’m Mike
I live in Toronto, as a designer, who loves taking photos and playing the ukulele. I spend the majority of my time outside of work and school going to shows or exploring the city with good people. Especially if these adventures involve some sort of photographic documentation aspect. I rarely leave the house without my moleskine and one of my cameras. I find beauty in primitive technologies. Vintage photography/film in particular.
I’m often misinterpreted as rude or inconsiderate when really I’ve never been genuinely malicious to anyone, I’m just overly sarcastic. Not a lot of people get my humour, I guess. I have a lot of acquaintances, but very few close, good friends, and I like it this way. I don’t consider myself an introvert, but I enjoy my time alone. I’m awkward, clumsy, nostalgic, impulsive (or shockingly indecisive, depending on the situation), moderately reckless, emotionally hesitant, sporadically pessimistic, and at times misguided or indifferent, but always passionate about my interests and willing to push my creativity and improve myself.
I push pixels, I sling vectors, I kern characters. I strive to be a great designer. I’d love to work in Tokyo, the design capital of Asia, and a city I’ve dreamt of visiting for a long time, within a country whose culture I truly admire. I love and appreciate many facets of design as well as art and music. Maybe even to a fault, because I’ll lose my shit if I see a really well set piece of typography.
I like to surround myself with good, honest people who inspire me and challenge me (and/or have the ability to consistently make me laugh, which isn’t too hard). The path to the myogenic muscular organ in my chest starts with a surgical knife/scalpel and rubber gloves. Although I’d probably contest to that effort, so alternatively, creativity and intelligence have proven effective in the past. There’s nothing more attractive to me than a well-spoken and informed girl who’s passionate about her creative pursuits. And I mean, if you wearin’ big nerdy glasses, and have a cute smile, that helps too obviously.
I dress like a dork, because things like button-ups, cardigans and skinny jeans in anomalous colours make me feel better about my otherwise plain appearance. Although my style has evolved somewhat in recent years, I’ll always love the streetwear/skate brand look and subculture. You can’t not feel bad ass in a crewneck and snapback. I think it’d be rad to work doing graphic design for a major streetwear brand in NY or Cali, like The Hundreds or Diamond Supply Co. I like wearing shoes with thin soles because I have this odd fixation with feeling every little crack on the ground below me. Or… just any classic pair of Vans, that works too.
Rain against my window is my favourite sound. I love the rain, and sometimes resort to rainymood.com and some mellow music to help me pass out. Sometimes I wish I was deaf. I think the world is just too loud. Most importantly, I evidently lack the ability to write descriptive biographical content for myself. I’ve covered a fair amount, having taken into consideration frequent questions I’ve received on Tumblr in the past, but I’m sure I’m missing a lot of things, so if there’s anything else you’d like to know, please don’t be afraid to ask! I don’t bite. Unless you are made out of burrito. I like burrito.
About this blog
Basically a collection of my brief thoughts and updates on my day to day life along with some of my design/photography work and the work of others that inspires me. But mostly just cool things I find on Tumblr and other places online. Consists mostly design/advertising, photography, skateboarding, food, music, film and of course streetwear/lifestyle clothing. And now, here are some people I like in my favourite hat with their best impression of me:
