Be sure to check out Bernie’s Flickr photostream to see more of his cardboard creations. Some of them are really out there, but still really amazing. They’re definitely worth looking at.

The other day I came across these beautiful posters by Juan Carlos Pagan. Everything in them is outstanding. The colors, the illustration and most importantly — the typography. Take a look.

I don’t know about you, but the my least favorite part is having to adjust and readjust lamps depending on the situation. They never seem to work well. All the various hinges just break the ascetics. Not a problem here. That’s because the entire lamp is a giant screw. It’s just brilliant. Take a look

If you want to learn more about the 2010 Olympics, you should definitely head over to their site. You’ll find a lot of great stuff there as well as find out how you can get involved with the Olympics. If that doesn’t really interest you, don’t worry. You’ll also find some awesome downloads.

German Illustrator Adrian Pavic does a beautiful job creating these prints. I love how he manages to capture the essence of each of these masks within a simple flat image. The prints are absolutely stunning.

Make Them Measurable

Know where you started. It’s always hard to stay on track when you don’t know how far you’ve really gone. Keep track of success and failure rates. If something stopped you from achieving your goal, figure out why. Did you just get lazy or was it something that was out of your control?

Quantify

Don’t just say you want more clients; say how many more you want. This will help you know how much further till you reach you goal. If you’re planning on doing something multiple times, say how many times you want to repeat it. Don’t be general. State when you want to achieve your goal by.

Be Accountable

This goes without saying. If you’re not honest about achieving your goals, you won’t get very far. I find that being accountable to someone is always a great motivator to keep going.

Don’t Stretch Too Far

Remember you only have a limited time to achieve your goals, if you’re over ambitious, you’ll get worn out or just loose focus. You’ll stretch yourself too thin and risk not achieving any of your goals. Life always throws unexpected events into our lives, so make sure there is room in your schedule for those times.

Break Them Down

If you’re goal is to build an entire brand identity including website and all, you might be at it for months or even years before you get it just right. That’s not very encouraging if you ask me, but if you begin to break things down into more achievable bite-sized tasks, things get a bit more motivating. Breaking things down might give you a long list of things to do, but when each of those things only takes a few minutes, it becomes more encourage and really hard to stop working. Trust me, it’s fun crossing things off of your to-do list.

Keep It On Your Mind

A lot of people make goals, but they forget about them or they get distracted by other things. Write your goals down and put the list on your desk. Put it somewhere you can always see it. Put it on your phone, on your calendar, on your computer wallpaper, whatever you have to do to stay focused.

Be Motivated

Make a plan to treat yourself when you achieve your goal. Maybe a nice dinner, vacation, a new computer or phone, whatever it is you feel will really motivate you. Just make sure you follow through with it. Nobody likes being cheated, so why do it to yourself?

It isn’t hard to achieve goals when you set them properly. This list of things isn’t just for New Year’s resolutions. You can apply it to anything, so go at it. Make that list of things you want to accomplish and start crossing them off.

My favorite part about this label, is the seamless union of a traditional Jewish type and the modern design used on the label.