Sweet website from our close friend BJ Cave out in Oahu, Hawaii. His design company PXLPSHR uses visual communication as a means of promoting charitable values in our society and give greater voice to those who wish to do good. Yes, Design for Good. That just makes him extremely Awesome in our book. ^_^.

Please check out his site here!
http://www.pxlpshr.com

http://www.designiskinky.net/

According to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nien (Chinese: 年; pinyin: nián). Nien would come on the first day of New Year to devour livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nien ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people. One time, people saw that the Nien was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nien was afraid of the colour red. Hence, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nien. From then on, Nien never came to the village again. The Nien was eventually captured by hong jun lao zu, an ancient Taoist monk. The Nien became hong jun lao zu’s mount.

Have a safe Chinese New Year, everyone!!