Despite some of Taiwan's other pitfalls as a noisy, humid and sometimes overbearing metropolis, they seem to have one thing down -- hotels. On my last trip out to Taipei I spent a few nights at Les Suites Taipei and…
Continue Reading →I'm having a hard time separating my feelings about the upcoming Nike vintage running shoes themselves from the marketing campaign that surrounds them. For starters, it seems risky to go on record criticizing the fine men and women at the…
Continue Reading →To indulge in what seems like a pretty darn accurate stereotype, here's what I love about the Japanese: they're never satisfied with a good thing; they're always trying to make it better. From the country that brought you Toyota and…
Continue Reading →Not too long ago (actually, up until about 20 minutes ago) I would have sworn to you on my LIFE, that I would never, never write about scrapbooking. It's not that I have much against it, it's just that right…
Continue Reading →I immediately realized my mistake yesterday as I settled in a cab heading downtown after leaving the IILWY office to meet Josh for dinner. I'd left behind both my iPod and brand new (and rather pricey) headphones behind, which generally…
Continue Reading →Growing up in northern Connecticut, one of the rituals of my summer vacations was watching my New York-born mom go to the local nursery and try again and again to succeed in growing flowers on our front lawn. Everyone else…
Continue Reading →At the end of this month, STRANGEco will be showing off a huge selection of upcoming products at San Diego's Comic Con. The newbies, which are are set for release throughout the year, will be presented alongside a full line-up…
Continue Reading →I'll save you the pain of reading the IM transcript in sadly broken French between Josh and myself earlier, and instead just show you the hotness that is Katrin Greiling's je m'appelle moustache lightbulb er, adornments. I can't decide if…
Continue Reading →Heather has had (count them) four Blackberries this past year because she can't seem to keep them from jumping into the Jacuzzi with her. [for the record, only two have been destroyed by jacuzzis -- Ed.] I can't really blame…
Continue Reading →The team at Behance (who we introduced you to not long ago) is offering a great alternative to the traditional lined and boxed sketch guides so omnipresent on the desks of graphic designers. Instead of overtaking your sketches (and muddling…
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