Recently Gelaskins approached me about making Nerdist-themed adhesive iPhone & laptop covers. I accepted! My good friend Chris Glass, graphic designer Mage, created  for me what he calls “Nerdgyle.” Currently, these are only promotional and I’ll give them out at shows. If you feel like this is a product you would like to own, then let them know at Gelaskins HQ via email or Twitter and they might just start selling them.

I gots mine!

via @rdeal1

You obviously don’t need this poster if you’re a crazy, wild-eyed scientist who invented the time machine but chances are you’re the hapless lackey who accidentally activates it while fleeing terrorists.

You can either keep it awkwardly folded up in your wallet or purchase its t-shirt version and ALWAYS wear it, you know, just in case.

Both available aquí.

via my brainiac WIRED editor @jetjocko

The challenge was dropped…and YOU responded. The results were way beyond my expectations. I mean, there is some seriously kick-ass art-tasticness here. I received 158 submissions, all of which I will use when I order my new business cards from moo this week.

If you don’t want to view these as a slideshow because you’re a mover/shaker type with a lilt in your step and a neverending stream of important time-sensitive destinations, you can view the whole set here.

Many of you didn’t include anything other than your email addresses, so it would be great if you would go into the Flickr comments for each of your pieces and leave any info you want the world to know about you.

I sincerely can’t thank you all enough. Your talent is only exceeded by your generosity. Web Culture RULES!!!

Hey Design Nerds! I’m about to order a new batch of Nerdist business minicards from my favorite card makin’ company moo.com and I would like to include YOUR design!  I will use EVERY piece of art submitted within the correct guidelines for moo’s tiny rectangular cards (below). My only request is that you involve the word “Nerdist.”

I think user-generated artwork definitely jives with the vibe of the site and I am looking forward to seeing what the Nerdist concept means to you!

Make all GIF, PNG, JPEG or PDF submissions to stuff@nerdist.com. You can follow the artwork guidelines below while simply usingthis template!

Artwork guidelines

I thank you!

Heaps of thanks go out to the mindbogglingly talented Aussie known as Ghostpatrol. Seriously, check out his other stuff. He does this crazy work on the backs of shaved pencils that is RADTACULAR.

Ewoks: Diminutive cousins of the Wookie and progenitors of the modern Earth Shih-Tzu. Download it for free today! Right now, even!

click here for the full size

One day a very nice and talented man named Peter McClean emailed me some iPhone wallpapers he had made. I’m now passing his artistic generosity on to YOU. I’m including two versions, because I can’t decide which one I prefer. I guess it’ll be sort of a download race. What type of Nerdist are you?

CLEAN

DIRTY

Right-click and save, People!!!

*Many thanks to Peter, who also is responsible for my current Twitter profile image. You can follow him on the Tweets here.

Creative Director or WIRED Mag and good-friend-of-mine Scott Dadich gave a cool lecture in May about the making of a cover. Scott is not only an insanely talented, MULTI award winning designer, but also super nice guy and the sharpest dresser I know. In the last handful of years Scott has given WIRED its signature look and made each issue as much of an art magazine as a tech one.

Artistic Geekery is the EMBODIMENT of Nerdism, so I am proud to have Scott Dadich on our team.

The Nerdimals desktop background was such a hit that I was able to convince the lovely and talented Lauren Gregg to perform some surgery to offer them as individual iPhone backgrounds. Adopt a Nerdimal today!

Click on each thumbnail to go to the full-sized image, then right-click and “Save As…”

Remember before when I gave you that swanky Nerdist/Clash of the Titans iPhone background designed by my friend Carlos Ramos? Well how about full desktop Nerdist Art integration?

I present to you, good readers of electronic media, THE NERDIMALS. Nerdimals are my favorite thing in the world right now and were created for this site by the super-kick-ass Athens, Georgian artist Lauren Gregg. This perky lass is BRIMMING with talent. In addition to the fine art reflecting light into your glassy orbs, Lauren is one half of the animation company Kangaroo Alliance AND plays friggin’ bass in the groovy CMYK-themed band The Buddy System.

I know, I know! You all want to marry her! I can’t speak for her relationship status because that’s what social networks are for. But I CAN tell you to visit her many project sites and let her wiggly worms of artistic wonderfulness burrow their way into your heart where they will lay eggs of joy.

As for the Nerdimals, each one represents a facet of our collective Nerdism. So download your way to background awesomeness!

Smaller–>1600 x 1200

Widescreen–>1900 x 1220

Follow the links, then right-click and “Save as…”