American Memory Project

Posted on October 13, 2008 Under Life

William Morrison and Justin Bennett give us a glimpse into the future's impression of the past by combing through the Library of Congress' American Memory Archives. The post-apocalyptic artists bringing us this message have no context within which to decipher…

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I Met the Walrus

Posted on August 20, 2008 Under Life

Meaningful hippie ravings of the great John Lennon are brought to life by John Raskin in I Met the Walrus, an animated short using the audio from an unofficial 1969 interview by a 14-year-old Beatles fan in Toronto. The school…

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Blu

Posted on August 11, 2008 Under Art

If you've been in the right place at the right time, you might have seen Italian graf artist Blu's super-large-scale paintings on a wall near you, including the Tate Modern (until August 28, anyway). But you haven't seen how extremely…

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UseeIsee Picture Phone

Posted on August 6, 2008 Under Gadgetry

Remember how we were all supposed to be talking on video phones in the mid-90s? Most wouldn't call a tiny 3-inch x 3-inch screen that produced a stuttering two-frame-a-minute picture "video." Then a decade later anyone with a laptop and…

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adidas' Sieben & Friends

Posted on July 17, 2008 Under Life

All summer long adidas has been trumpeting their Celebrate Originality campaign with a series of unique web films, and this week the final chapter made its debut. Sieben & Friends, an adidas Adventure is yet another ode to the individuality…

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Update: Steven Harrington's Our Mountain Video

Posted on July 11, 2008 Under Art

Fresh off returning from his traveling art exhibition in support of his Our Mountain book release, Steven Harrington (National Forest Design) has thrown more visual stimulation our way. With the help of his friends at Element Skateboards, Harrington gives us…

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Globe Patrol: Sao Paulo

Posted on June 24, 2008 Under Travel

Ada Pinkston at Current TV just sent over a video they just posted featuring their Brazilian host Rico (no last name) of the Globe Patrol show getting reacquainted with Sao Paulo after being away for a decade. You know we've…

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ROJO TV Online

Posted on May 9, 2008 Under Art

The folks at Barcelona's artist and designer consortium, ROJO, have been on our radar for quite some time now. Their wonderful design books, coupled with a multitude of other artistic endeavors, have more or less become staples of our design…

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Champions (Remembering the New World Order)

Posted on April 28, 2008 Under Life

Very few people across the globe would confuse George W. Bush and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair with saints. Most can't wait to see George W's reign expire come January and are glad that Tony has been out of…

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Delicious: Chocolate Haas

Posted on April 1, 2008 Under Life

We kind of have a soft spot for bunnies. From Watership Down to The Velveteen Rabbit, cute cuddly things in distress bum us out. Which is why Dutch artist Sander Plug's Chocolate Haas is morbidly fascinating. For those that were…

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