Jonathan Harris

We’ve all looked in awe at the work of Jonathan Harris, flash designer and web guru extrordinairre. He’s the creative genius behind web memes such as We Feel Fine and 10×10. Yahoo! have also just commisioned him to produce a time capsule where ‘for 30 days, from October 10 until November 8, Yahoo! users worldwide can contribute photos, writings, videos, audio – even drawings – to this electronic anthropology project. This digital data will be gathered and preserved for historical purposes.’

Asi over at no man’s blog has an excellent interview with Jonathan. Jonathan comes across as a pretty zen kind of guy, but here he talks about where he finds his inspiration:

“I am interested in universal and simple ideas, executed playfully. My ideas are often influenced by my travels, and by observations I make and questions I ask about the world. I’m much more interested in the real world than I am in the Internet world, as such. I just see the Internet as a wonderful point of convergence where a large number of humans can come together and share ideas. When this happens, footprints are left behind, and I am interested in studying those footprints to find out about people.”