Songjiang Hotel: China

Posted on June 26, 2007 Under Design

While Josh gets nomadic on our asses (read: jet-sets) to Taiwan to see that part of the world in person, the rest of us are doing the best we can to see the sights the old-fashioned 'internet way.' Today I'd…

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Comer-Calder Cases

Posted on June 26, 2007 Under Design

Nick Comer-Calder's cases have come a long way the first time we posted the exclusive plans of development more than 2 years ago. After dozens of months of evolution, blood, sweat and tears, Nick tells me he finally feels like…

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Stair Squares: Brooklyn

Posted on June 26, 2007 Under Design

August 17th through 26th will see the installation of Mark Reigelman's "Stair Squares" on the cascading staircases of Brooklyn's Borough Hall. A study in human interactions with public furniture made possible by a grant through the Center for Craft, Creativity…

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Hero Design Studio

Posted on June 26, 2007 Under Design

What's the story with Buffalo? Equally mocked and praised in popular culture for its industrialist décor, its nowheresville pace and its quintessentially American toughness, for most of the nation the town remains just a punch line or an obscure touchstone.…

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Sebach's Dream Toilet

Posted on June 25, 2007 Under Design

There has never been so apt a cliché as "nature calls," for no matter where you are in the world, what your mood is, how you're dressed or what appointment you have to make, your body tends to have a…

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Cut & Paste '07

Posted on June 25, 2007 Under Design

After a solid debut in NYC back in '05, Cut&Paste spread to new cities in '06, and is back again this year in a big way. Dedicated to strengthening creative networks and fostering emerging graphic designers, C&P hosts a series…

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Furni: Show Them Your Skills

Posted on June 25, 2007 Under Design

I have a sad obsession with DIY hacks and, if I had any motivation or attention-span to create my own instead of ripping off stuff I find in Readymade, I may very well have found myself in the Etsy field…

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TypeCon2007: Letter Space

Posted on June 25, 2007 Under Design

This is a sick aspect of my personality, but I will absolutely judge you based on your font usage. If I happen to peek over at your computer and you have so much as a widget displaying crappy typeography, I'm…

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Talk Shop Fridays: Green Building vs. NIMFY?

Posted on June 22, 2007 Under Life

Although the construction controversy at 123 W. 15th St. in Manhattan touches on so many property rights issues, I'm going to narrow the scope for this week's Talk Shop Friday post. Valhalla, as the owners the Rath Family has dubbed…

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Legna

Posted on June 21, 2007 Under Design

My inability to motivate myself out of bed this morning had nothing to do with the sinus infection I've been battling for the last week, the presence of some Adonis-like character (or any man, for that matter) there with me…

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