Mike Lenhart (bio)

I have to admit it, I've been angry lately - at least for about 5 years now. Maybe longer. I know there are many others out there who've been just as angry. It's not a healthy way to live life and I know, for me, that it has affected my work and creativity. What am I talking about, you ask? Well let's start with the President's occupation of Iraq - all in the name of 'Homeland Security' and the "war on terrorism". Can anyone else say Bullshit? (Please continue on, there is art here...)

I recently received a book from Chronicle Books on product design - an area of my profession with which I'm not too familiar. I have to admit that my first impression was, "Oh boy, another book crammed with photos of off-the-wall or otherwise unusable 'products' that only a few pretentious people can afford to have." Kind of harsh, I know.

I was so wrong...