ONTOUR Clothing

Posted on August 17, 2005 Under Fashion

ONTOUR Clothing is run by 3 creative guys in The Netherlands, inspired by stories, narratives, and age old fables. These shirts are inspired by "The Bremen Town Musicians", with reoccurring characters of a dog, cat, rooster, and donkey that meet…

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Return To Me

Posted on August 10, 2005 Under Fashion

Returntome offers a new option for those people seeking individuality in a highly saturated t-shirt and fashion market. They send you a blank american apparel t-shirt, and one iron-on transfer. The transfer is a 30 x 35 grid of circles,…

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Flexible Cutting Board

Posted on August 10, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Hat's off to the British designer Tim Ainley, his Flexible 'Chopping' Board is borderline genius. They're made of Low Density (and extremely durable) Polythylene. Strong enough for chopping, the board can also be rolled into a tube for measuring, held…

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I love my chair

Posted on August 9, 2005 Under Books

I Love My Chair, is a great interactive book making project by Sense Worldewide. The soon to be book will contain pictures of reader submitted chairs, along with a short piece of text justifying why it is their favorite. Everyone…

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Michael Lau’s Mr. Shoe

Posted on August 9, 2005 Under Design

The Michael Lau and Nike Mr. Shoe boggle heads were a bit of a mystery until all the Nike Hong Kong pages were translated for me-- so here's what I know. They're are a few different mass-produced versions for sale,…

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Y-3 Fall/Winter

Posted on August 8, 2005 Under Fashion

The Y3 Fall/Winter '05 Collection is up for our viewing pleasure. Y3 is easily my most favorite fashion collaboration of all time. Adidas and Yohji Yamamoto seem like a perfect match. Adidas always delivers the new lines with the most…

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Mama Clothing

Posted on August 3, 2005 Under Fashion

Mama Clothing is a gritty husband and wife design team, bringing to the market what they call 'varying mixtures of classic and sexy East L.A. looks, provocative commentary and humorous realism'. My favorite shirt has to be the 'Hustling School…

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Inka Pen

Posted on August 2, 2005 Under Gadgetry

I got to chat briefly with Inka Pen designer and optical engineer Greg Adelman, when he dropped some samples by my office. He came up with the idea for the Inka during a field research trip with the Scripps Institution…

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Option-G Giveaway

Posted on August 1, 2005 Under Fashion

Remember Option-G? Their hand drawn t-shirt designs are swiftly making a name for themselves around the country with retailers and t-shirt aficionados alike. They were kind enough to offer 4 lucky joshspear.com readers super soft new t-shirts from their newest…

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Acapella Audio

Posted on August 1, 2005 Under Gadgetry

No real word on how these German made Acapella Audio Arts speakers actually sound-- but they're definitely lookers. One of the only reviews I can actually find says ""Close your eyes, you won't be able to believe that the music…

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