No One You Know

Posted on October 16, 2007 Under Design

Why is it that only children's bedding gets to be fun and playful? After all, don't adults do more "playing" in bed than kids do? And yet, it's still massively difficult to find fun bedding with something, other than superheroes…

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Spudware

Posted on October 16, 2007 Under Design

Aside from the potential novelty that is eating potatoes with cutlery made from potatoes, Spudware is designed with the earth in mind; while it's just as durable as plastic disposable utensils, its 80% potato starch/20% soybean oil composition allows the…

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Pixel It

Posted on October 16, 2007 Under Design

It seems like the buzzwords of today are "mass customization." Everyone wants something made just for them, and something that conveys their personal style. So why shouldn't that sentiment reach the walls of your home as well? As our friends…

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Bruno Dicolla

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Art

Sao Paulo artist Bruno Dicolla's illustrations have an immediately charming disposition, despite how oddball their subjects are portrayed, like one of a shark rising out of an ice-cream colored sea or another of a bear-mermaid exulting about something rad s/he…

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New Atypyk: Best Friends 4EVA

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Design

Let's face it...that BFF heart necklace is so 8th grade, and wearing it around your neck at your age might cause people to look at you a little strange. Luckily, the clever folks at Atypyk have solved this problem with…

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Vinyltoys Templates

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Design

Vinyltoys Templates is a website that compiles the plans (blueprints?) for a wide variety of vinyl toys from manufacturers that span the alphabet from All City Style to Woodentoy. There are currently about 40 templates up for your downloading and…

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SpearTalks: Scott Rench

Posted on October 12, 2007 Under Art

Scott Rench (aka: Yosoh) has the kind of story we like to read about. An accidental designer and an unconventional artist, Scott fell into his current jobs in advertising and ceramics by chance, when a friend introduced him to a…

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Parabol Magazine

Posted on October 12, 2007 Under Design

My sources say it's happening in Berlin, where the affordable, open-minded and -armed German city is serving hype by the bucketful to its loyal creative class fanbase. However, it is my opinion that the city, though nice enough, deserves less…

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Eames Hacks @ DWR Philly

Posted on October 12, 2007 Under Design

My first thought upon seeing the Eames hacks created by ID students from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia today was "OMG, sacrilege!" but then, after mulling it over, I was pretty amused. I mean, that high chair is totally…

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Ask Joshua Davis

Posted on October 12, 2007 Under Design

We generally keep our SpearTalks participants under wraps until the day the interview is actually published, but we're so stoked to have Joshua Davis (ie: PrayStation creator, Apple Pro alum, Dreamless.org founder, Flash and Web-design deity) on board that we've…

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