Desktoptopia

Posted on August 9, 2007 Under Design

You know how every time you stop by a friend's place, they always seem to have some interesting, offbeat desktop image on their computer? You want to ask where the heck they found it, but you're worried that you'll look…

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B.Light

Posted on August 9, 2007 Under Design

Sometimes (well, a LOT of the time) we can't help but be completely flattered over the kind of people we can count as our readers. Case in point: Ben Light, a New York web developer with a sneaky side job,…

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Timothy Schreiber

Posted on August 8, 2007 Under Design

Before we go any further, you need to watch this YouTube clip -- which I hope to God is tongue-in-cheek -- introducing Timothy Schreiber's E_Volve_Table. You really can't use Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra in the post-2001 universe without either being…

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New Option G Screen Prints

Posted on August 8, 2007 Under Art

It's gittin' close to huntin' season -- at least that's what a lot of rural Coloradans have been telling me lately. And while I'm not a hunter per se, I do enjoy venturing out into the mountains to see deer…

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selfportrait

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Art

We know what you need: a website where you can post all of your fucked up shit artsy stuff, with total freedom and in total comfort. selfportrait allows users to post anything (yep, anything) they want for the sake of…

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Aromax

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Life

The FDA treats aromatherapy similarly to the way it treats Echinacea, ginseng and other "dietary supplements." Basically, a company can make all sorts of claims on the bottle as long as it doesn't try to pass those claims off as…

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Granada Design

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Art

Barcelona-based Granada Design takes digitally-created artworks and turns them into exciting wall decorations. That sounds like something I could get into myself, if it weren't for the part that involves "manually printing the designs on thick fabrics," an endeavor that…

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New Core77 One Hour Design Challenge

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Design

Core77 just announced their latest One Hour Design Challenge, and this time there's a Nintendo Wii up for grabs. So, what does one have to do to score the system that makes champions of both rockstars and losers alike, you…

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Skaffs: Beguilingly Beautiful

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Design

Automaker GMC's slogan is "Do one thing. Do it well." It's the kind of empty aphorism that I should hate, but apparently it stuck in my head at least a little because I thought of it when I saw Luke…

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trove

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Design

A reader hoping to help Heather spice up her new digs directed our attention to trove, a New York company specializing in some of the most visually arresting wallpaper I've ever seen. If my lease were any more lenient, I'd…

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