I got to chat briefly with Inka Pen designer and optical engineer Greg Adelman, when he dropped some samples by my office. He came up with the idea for the Inka during a field research trip with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. It became clear during his trip that there was a real need for an all around easy to carry and high strength writing tool. It boasts solid construction and a pressurized ink cartridge for writing upside down, underwater, at high altitudes, or anywhere else you find yourself–and best of all it hangs close by on a keychain. It also has a nice stylus for use on palm pilots.

Tra Selhtrow was born in what he calls ‘the middle of nowhere’ Kansas. He graduated from the Colmbus College of Art & Design in ‘00. His portfolio of illustrations, prints, paintings, and unique drawings are witty, awe evoking, and just plain old fun. His illustrations have graced magazine covers, like The Deal– but what I find most inspiring of his work are his bird series prints. He takes the usual shape of the bird, and adds human like attritbutes to the animal; hands, and feet. This print “Brandt’s Cormorant” is a 3 color silk screen in a limited edition of 50.