If you consider yourself a graphic designer, you’ve probably heard of Joshua Davis. As one of the first adopters of Flash, a significant new media artist, an author, and one of the design world's weightiest members, Joshua Davis is a name that rolls off many tongues during discussions regarding progression, experimentation, and development. A pioneer in the word's most technological sense, Joshua has never been one to find a niche and stick with it, instead choosing to find what's next — or in what's often his case, to create it. We chatted with Joshua about things like Praystation, philosophy, and his plans for the future, and wound up feeling a little bit like we do when we look at one of his mathematically composed graphics. In other words: utterly enthralled.

Joshspear.com: For our readers who aren't as familiar with your background, can you give us a brief rundown of your life up until today?

Joshua Davis: My name is Joshua Davis, born 1971 in San Diego, California, moved to Littleton, Colorado where I pretty much grew up. I had always been interested in art and in high school I entered a statewide competition and took second place in the state for painting. After spending ‘89, ‘90 in Huntington Beach, California skateboarding and ‘91, ‘92 moving back to Colorado living in Frisco to do some snowboarding, I moved to New York in November 1992 and eventually attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. At Pratt I worked on Design and Illustration and through fellow classmates got into working on the web in 1995 (Netscape 1.1). When Netscape 3 was released (at the end of 1996) I had a moment of clarity to use technology and the web to create my work. 13 years later I run Joshua Davis Studios where I use design and technology to create work for corporate clients, private collectors, galleries, museums, and personal exploration.

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We've been fans of the apparel by Beautiful/Decay from the get-go as evidenced by our frequent updates on their work. Since we adore their goods so much we see no reason to stop singing their praises, especially not this Holiday season. Their choice Holiday apparel line is ripe for gift giving as their killer new collection of hoodies and t-shirts features seriously sick designs from emerging and established artists alike, turning the simplest of attire into an utterly wearable canvas.

Last week I did something new around here, for the first time ever, I made a product, and tried to sell it. It was pretty funny, because in all honesty, I wasn’t trying to sell 100 t-shirts to make any money — it was just to make a great product and experience the whole process. Some readers who just joined us might have forgotten that last December I pledged 10% of my sites profits straight to charity. I intend on doing that again this year, hopefully raising the bar for other sites to do the same.

After receiving some loud criticism from readers on the price tag of the Momimomi X Josh Spear T-Shirt, I immediately decided to donate 100% of my profits to a charity that you, the readers of this site, help me choose and decide on.

Here’s the catch: I won’t be lowering the price, but my hope is to help facilitate the giving of a couple thousand dollars this year through the sales of this shirt to those in need. So, if you’d like to make someone’s life better in a developing country, support research on clean water efforts or anything else we’re all passionate about (comment below), as a bonus, get what we think is a brilliant and fun limited edition t-shirt for your contribution.

If you make the donation and get the shirt, please leave comments here or via the feedback form on where you’d like to see the money go.

Full picture of the Moltov Yuletide t-shirt after the jump!

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If you're like us, you fancy yourself quite the kitchen magician. Even if your chef-ly creations aren't exactly culinary innovations, there's no reason your cooking tools can't be cutting edge. Thanks to NYC based product development studio Pollen Design's collaboration with Swiss Kitchenware manufacturer Dalla Piazza, now even your measuring cups can be mesmerizing. The two companies are responsible for NuScup, an ingenious adaptable measuring scoop which uses the process of co-molding, a process where two parts are molded together to in order to create a bond between them (sort of like best friends), to facilitate the measurement of both dry and liquid ingredients. In layman's terms, it's conveniently designed and it looks pretty sweet too.

If you’re looking to score major brownies points and do a little good this Christmas, you might consider getting in on the Music Saves Lives Gibson Guitar auction before it’s too late. There’s one more left — the Josh Kenyon-painted, Bad Religion-autographed “Beware of Friends” Les Paul — and there’s only two days before some lucky duck could be strumming away on it on Christmas morning. That little quacker could be you! More info here.

Related: Kenyon x Nichols x Music Saves Lives

Many people would describe their workspace as organized chaos. Sure it's a mess, but amidst all the printouts, post-its and files, at least they know where everything is. That's more or less the principle behind Denver-based designer Daniel Vigil's “Cubicle”, a full custom cut and sewn exquisite 9 color polo featuring the controlled chaos of an indecipherable script tag behind an acid yellow pocket as well as an assortment of geometric vs. organic shapes. The shirt is also adorned with the words “Also enjoyed with pleated khakis over a nice seafood dinner,” making it equally wearable for casual Friday or a night on the town.

Australian street label Young Lovers has just launched it’s third collection of limited edition tees, and just like seasons before, their slightly kooky, run-of-100 shirts are well worth the overseas shipping rate. Dubbed MIDNIGHT TWILIGHT, the new series “celebrates the madness of midnight love” (an apparent reference to what happens when grown ups hit the pillows and kids take over the world) and features plenty of tongue-in-cheek Aussie sass. Even though we’re pretty crazy about Young Lover’s graphics, our number one favorite thing about the company is their commitment to small batches of great tees, so if you know or someone you know thinks that’s as awesome as we do, head here to see what you can find.

Contrary to popular belief, the suburbs aren't all Soccer Moms and Macaroni and Cheese; At least not in the world of London-Based artist Jamie McKelvie's Suburban Glamour. The first comic effort from the artist behind Kieron Gillon's highly-touted Phonogram series, follows the adventures of Dave and Astrid as they sidestep monsters and spend the day at home with their parents. McKelvie's images display a clean, modern style that are certain to earn him a following amongst comic book fans and even some new customers as his website is offering special Suburban Glamour prints for a nice price. Insert Ben Folds “Rockin’ the Suburbs” witticism here.

You can debate global warming until you’re green in the face, but the fact is that the end all and be all has spoken — and I don’t mean Al Gore. Car makers have slowly been trickling out more efficient vehicles in the wake of An Inconvenient Truth along with a hybrid here and there.

But now the boss of them all is making a commitment that should lead the all-out charge. According to EcoGeek, Ferrari, the maker of all things sex on wheels, has committed to reducing fuel consumption of its supercars by forty percent over the next five years. And you can be sure of one thing, they’re not going to be forfeiting anything in the way of performance to make that happen. Think about it: 500+ miles per tank and 0-60 in 3 seconds flat. Sounds like a sportscar enthusiast’s dream car to me.