Interior Weeds

Posted on July 10, 2007 Under Design

I can't tell you about the entirely frustrating battle that my garden pavers and I had against these mutant, pain-in-the-ass dandelions back in California. It didn't matter what I did -- sprays, praying to whatver gardening gods would listen, digging…

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Introducing iDea

Posted on July 10, 2007 Under Design

We like spoofs, particularly ones that involve pretty websites and things we're madly in love with...like Apple. While we're not exactly sure what possessed SBD (who by all accounts should be terribly busy with their nice list of clients) to…

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Flamp

Posted on July 9, 2007 Under Design

I hope I get this right, because the press release for this guy was entirely in Spanish and I only sort of understood what it was saying. On the other hand, it might not really matter either way -- because…

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Estudio Manus: Sao Paulo

Posted on July 9, 2007 Under Design

The Sao Paulo atelier of Estudio Manus is a place of inspiration for all those who enter into the space, and its no wonder: proprietors/artists Caio de Medeiros and Daniela Scorza take ideas from Brazilian folklore and the insights and…

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Emergency Stool 5

Posted on July 6, 2007 Under Design

This week has seen some serious life changes for me, most notably the purchase of a new MacBook, marking the end of a three-year run with my beloved Powerbook , and signing a lease on my very own one-bedroom apartment…

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If You Could

Posted on July 6, 2007 Under Design

Today marks the official release of the second edition of If You Could, the annual publication that shares 112 artists' answers to the question, "If you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be?" The new issue, which once again…

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Computer Arts: Vote it Up!

Posted on July 5, 2007 Under Design

We're all super excited about our Spear Collective Computer Arts cover this month, and because we believe that reciprocity is a beautiful thing, we're hoping you'll take a few minutes to go over to the Computer Arts forum and cast…

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Spear Collective: Computer Arts Cover!

Posted on July 5, 2007 Under Design

When I had the idea to form an artist collective and ultimately launched the Spear Collective with Jamie this March, we had no idea that we would garner such incredible recognition in such a short period of time. This month,…

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Kaiser Chiefs + (RED)

Posted on July 2, 2007 Under Design

Brit rockers Kaiser Chiefs are next up in the series of All Star collabs for the (RED) campaign, and if you can hold out for two more weeks you should be able to get your feet into a set of…

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Paul Loebach: New Releases

Posted on June 29, 2007 Under Design

Paul Loebach, the world renowned, Brooklyn-based furniture designer, recently released his latest series of product and furniture designs. Called the Yee-Ha collection, Paul's newest work beautifully blends exaggerated decorative references and images of American cultural fantasy with traditional materials resulting…

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