cause/affect

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Life

While we're on the subject of saving the world (Were we? Do Superheroes ever rest?) perhaps today is the right day to enter cause/affect, AIGA San Francisco's biennial graphic design competition, which celebrates work that positively impacts society and communities.…

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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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Portland Fashion Week 2007

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Fashion

Starting this Friday, the country's best eco-friendly designers will take to the catwalk for Portland's fifth fashion week. The sustainably produced fashion week will feature the Spring lines of over 30 earth-loving fashion labels, including some class favorites like Sameunderneath…

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Gargyle

Posted on October 15, 2007 Under Fashion

Once upon a time, "clubs" required a variety of proper attire; things that sparkled without glittering, that impressed without oppressing, that served a purpose without seeming too purposeful. This was vintage country club fashion, and it made men out of…

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Bravia Play-Doh: Behind the Scenes

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Design

Last week, we fell in love with the latest installment of Sony's commercial series for BRAVIA, which features hundreds of play-doh bunnies bounding throught the streets of New York, backed by a Rolling Stones soundtrack. Today, we were able to…

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The Footprint Chronicles

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Life

Patagonia has been mother nature's biggest fan since before she was famous. It comes as no surprise, then, that the company has recently made another forward-thinking move in the form of The Footprint Chronicles, a design-through-delivery breakdown of the complete…

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Swell

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Life

I don't surf. I don't know the first thing about surfing, beyond whatever I've garnered from TV and movies. So how I ended up on the mailing list for Swell is beyond me. But I'm glad I did! The catalog…

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SwitchPlanet

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Life

Via Thrillist, the lazy dude's incredibly well-informed, bicoastal best friend (that's right, it's in LA and SF now, so if you live in either of those locales, sign the hell up already), we get word of a new way to…

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Superspace.dk

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Design

Superspace is a two year-old design studio based in Copenhagen; the fact that it's two years old makes sense, because right now Superspace devotes a lot of its energy towards designing for children. Take their (pictured) Honeycubes product: fuzzy little…

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Airbed and Breakfast

Posted on October 11, 2007 Under Travel

As someone who has been traveling a lot recently, I can honestly say that I find little appeal in the idea of dropping exorbitant amounts of cash on a hotel room for a few nights alone in a city you…

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