Sycamore House

Posted on October 24, 2007 Under Design

Just a few months ago, Kovac Architects broke ground on the Sycamore House, a modern Pacific Palisades residence designed as the home of Principal Michael Kovac. Also to serve as a laboratory for the architecture firm's ongoing research into environmentally-conscious…

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NYC goes Lego

Posted on October 24, 2007 Under Design

Gothamist has a story today on something that combines two of my loves: NYC and Lego. I spent probably a grand total of at least a few years (cumulatively, I mean) during my childhood occupied by my boxes of Legos…

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Metrofarm Update

Posted on October 24, 2007 Under Design

My roommate stumbled onto this website last night and got all giddy with excitement. He pointed me to a place called Metrofarm, and it became immediately apparent why he was so excited. In fact, not surprisingly, Josh posted about their…

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Umbrella Pot

Posted on October 23, 2007 Under Design

Resourceful cities have a way to collect rainwater and find good use for Mother Nature's generous gift, but the Umbrella Pot by Kyouei Design makes it super easy to do on a per-individual basis without the effort, thought or fingertip…

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Stephane Guillot

Posted on October 23, 2007 Under Design

Stephane Guillot reminds me why I like web designers. A French ex-musician, the multimedia game developer/graphics expert/Flash master has been clicking mouses since 1994, when a post-rocker stint as a military-avoidant, media library worker bee landed him in front of…

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Spear Exclusive: New Knú!

Posted on October 23, 2007 Under Design

I feel a special kinship to the team at Knú, the sustainable modern furniture company who launched this past September, not only because they were amongst the first of my discoveries after I started writing here, but because they are…

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60, Unite for Children

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Books

To commemorate its 60-year anniversary of fighting for children's rights, UNICEF used its exceptional talent in organizing people for a worthy cause to gather the work of 60 renowned artists for a just-released anthology called 60, Unite for Children. Illustrators…

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SpearTalks: Amit Gupta

Posted on October 19, 2007 Under Life

Amit Gupta is an entrepreneur. If you read Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, or any other combination of America's best publications, your eyes have probably skimmed the same pages that some of Amit's more popular projects have graced.…

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Seduced by Light

Posted on October 19, 2007 Under Music

I'm biding my time before looking through Dazed & Confused magazine's Dazed Digital site because it holds so much content (a good thing), the highlights of which include interviews with Bjork and designer Bernhard Willhelm, and an up-close and personal…

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Hand Job! + Obsessive Consumption @ Jen Bekman Gallery

Posted on October 19, 2007 Under Design

If you take a moment to think back to May of this year, you may recall us telling you about Mike Perry's typography compilation, Hand Job! A Catalogue of Type, which featured the work of Spear Collective Compatriot RoyalRemarkable and…

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