Firewinder

Posted on February 18, 2008 Under Eco

Unless you're from Alaska, brilliant light shows probably aren't a nightly occurrence in your backyard. British company Firewinder has remedied this, by taking a typical outdoor mobile and putting tiny LEDs all over it. The result: a trippy, spiraling strobe…

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Student Advice Posters

Posted on February 15, 2008 Under Art

As a freshmen in college, I remember thinking I knew it all. However, it ended up taking me some time (a year or so) before I learned all of the knowledge I would ever need. Frankly, I was held up…

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Doane Paper in Squares, Checks, and Grids

Posted on February 15, 2008 Under Books

Way back in the Summer of 2006, long before we directed you toward the miracle that is Doane Paper, Chad Doane decided to count the ways in which he loved Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. Rather than picking up a flower…

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MODRuff

Posted on February 14, 2008 Under Design

Since my puppy, Piper, has spent the past six months doing very little other than eating, pooping, and growing -- more specifically, growing from this to this -- I gave up on buying her sweaters a long time ago. That…

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Tale of The Tape

Posted on February 14, 2008 Under Design

Here in America we like our duct tape to do all of the talking by doing its job. We don't adorn it with packaging pretty designs. We just like no frills brown cardboard tape rolls to show our lunch pail…

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Giggle Wrap

Posted on February 14, 2008 Under Design

There's nothing quite like unwrapping a present"¦the anticipation"¦the thrill of that first tear of gift paper"¦and ultimately the disappointment at receiving a pair of socks or a Wii Game you already have, proving once again that it is ultimately better…

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My Beating Heart

Posted on February 13, 2008 Under Design

It's a comforting feeling to have another heart beating against your own. When two hearts beat as one it brings about a feeling of safety, warmth and ultimately makes us sleep easier. Unfortunately, not all of us are lucky enough…

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Bell & Ross BR 01 and BR 03: New Colors

Posted on February 12, 2008 Under Life

If the days of your life are as dull as watching sands fall through the hourglass, maybe you should stop watching an hourglass and do something exciting, like buy a modern timepiece. You know, one that's more aesthetically pleasing than…

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New Collective Four: Reclaimed Wood Bench

Posted on February 12, 2008 Under Eco

Back in May, we told you about the stellar work being done by Collective Four for Dwell's Building Green In Harlem project. Well those purveyors of design perfection from the Pratt Institute are at it again. Their latest piece utilizes…

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Rodrigo Braga

Posted on February 12, 2008 Under Design

As a designer moonlighting as an electronic music DJ for various nightclubs around Sao Paulo, Rodrigo Braga has the talent to marry the two better than anyone else I've come across -- regardless of the cliche that combination would normally…

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