Macbook Air

Posted on January 15, 2008 Under Design

In case you were temporarily detained during the Apple Keynote today, you should know the the new MacBook Air (shipping in two weeks) is so thin it slides inside an envelope. Weighing only 3 pounds, it's a mere .76 inches…

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Design Police

Posted on January 15, 2008 Under Design

The visually-conscious (or sometimes visually obsessive) among us see it everywhere: bad color combos, heinous spacing, over-sized logos, and -- eww -- excessive use of bad typefaces. Now the design-minded have the means to take control"¦ if taking control means…

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Crusher Wants To Give You Money

Posted on January 14, 2008 Under Design

You may remember back in July we encouraged you to ditch your old evite account in favor of Crusher, the next generation of online event invitations. Well, if you have yet to get on board with the electronic invitation revolution,…

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SpearTalks: STRANGEco

Posted on January 11, 2008 Under Design

Inevitably, it starts like this: You walk into a storefront, studio or house. The store is run by men in plaid shirts and sneakers; the studio is ran by men in plaid shirts, sneakers, and glasses; the house is full…

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Eames + USPS

Posted on January 11, 2008 Under Design

Now, I am not one to get overly excited about stamps -- in fact, I don't even remember the last time I bought stamps -- but you've probably figured out by now that I get very, very excited about anything…

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Red Chinese (Envelopes)

Posted on January 11, 2008 Under Design

Despite their recent embrace of Capitalist tendencies, the Chinese have yet to ditch their Commie reds in favor of monetary greens, proving that the old guard has not completely eroded. Much like the culture of the country they represent, Design…

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YouTube Visualization

Posted on January 10, 2008 Under Design

List views are so 2007; next up in the growing line-up of visualization interfaces is a new service from Youtube that lets you visually search related videos. Looking perhaps a little too much like (and moving noticeably slower than) digg…

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Pet Fashion Week NY: Tokyo

Posted on January 9, 2008 Under Design

Do you dress your pet better than you dress yourself? Well, if you missed Pet Fashion Week (yes, such a thing exists) in New York and you don't want your pet's style to resemble yours (in that it's like so…

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Joey Roth: Making Tea Time Sexy Again

Posted on January 9, 2008 Under Design

Way back in November of 2007 the folks at Snarfd dubbed Brooklyn based Industrial Designer Joey Roth's Sorapot, a radically minimalist reinterpretation of the teapot, the "Sexiest. Teacup. Ever." This set off a chain reaction in which our own David…

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Hook ‘Em Hairs

Posted on January 8, 2008 Under Design

Having a large head of hair, I often find missing things from car keys to my toothbrush while giving my curly "˜fro the once over. Part of me wonders if this is the inspiration behind the schmoelzer harry and harry…

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