Tadadshi Mochizuki's Throwbacks

Posted on June 7, 2007 Under Fashion

In today's world of oh-so-current pop culture references and off-the-cuff fashion collaborations, high quality apparel with a minimalist style comes as a breath of fresh air. Tokyo-born stylist Tadadshi Mochizuki must have felt the same when he developed his RICO…

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Carlos Night Light

Posted on June 5, 2007 Under Design

If you ask me, this is exactly how every chihuahua on earth should be: still, silent and unable to nip at anyone with those yappy little jaws of theirs. Okay, that's a little excessive, but this night light by Walteria…

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Do Your Own Dew: Mountain Dew Bottle Design Contest

Posted on June 5, 2007 Under Life

In a clever marketing ploy, PepsiCo has been reaching out to the DIY/design/art/fashion communities by offering "design your own" contests for cans of Pepsi, and now, 16-oz aluminum bottles of Mountain Dew. Visitors on Mountain Dew's Green Label Art site…

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TSP Spices

Posted on June 5, 2007 Under Food

Organic spices in nice packaging? I'm sold. Especially with tsp spices flavor set, Sweet Heat, which is a duo of ancho chile pepper and Saigon cinnamon (no surprise there "“ my favorite latte of the month is made with chiles…

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Showcase + Spout; Post = Win

Posted on June 5, 2007 Under Design

Okay, kids, listen up. To celebrate the launch of our hot new Showcase feature, the folks at Spout have generously donated five $100 certificates for the most popular entries posted to the showcase; we'll be giving away one a week…

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Munchkin Steeze!

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Fashion

Minor Treads is a new Seattle, Washington-based company that is bringing some flava to the playground with their skate-influenced line of shoes for the little guys. Aside from the basics, which read something like: 1. brightly colored; 2. easy to…

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NOTCOUTURE

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Fashion

I literally had a "holy crap" moment when I popped over to our friends at NotCot on Friday to see what's happening in their world, and apparently, there's a lot: they went ahead and launched NotCouture last week and didn't…

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Super Sunnies

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Fashion

The creative team behind Italy's Pig Magazine -- a.k.a Sean Beolchini and the Beckerman brothers -- recently created a line of stellar sunglasses. Dubbed Retrosuperfuture, these new sunnies are pretty radical, and what makes them even radder is their handmade…

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Sovereign Beck

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Fashion

A friend of mine had a date last week (no, this isn't where I say it was a friend when it was actually me) and despite every factor that made it one of those horribly awkward first dates, namely them…

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Billboard and LG Want You

Posted on May 31, 2007 Under Music

If you've ever wanted to cover a major red carpet event, this may be your chance. Billboard and LG Electronics have teamed up for a summer contest that will grant a grand prize winner an all-expense paid trip for two…

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