The Earth Count x Knowledge Cotton

Posted on July 30, 2008 Under Eco

Your favorite cotton tee might make you feel all warm and fuzzy, but it's secretly plotting to destroy the Earth. Growing cotton produces tons of toxic runoff, and in an effort to fight the effects of farming the fabric of…

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Good Wood 2008 "Give Back"

Posted on July 29, 2008 Under Life

Alldaybuffet, Aww Sweet, and Good Wood are throwing a charity auction for the Stoked Mentoring Program. The 50 items up for grabs (which are currently on display at 3rd Ward in Williamsburg, Brooklyn until August 10th) feature deck designs from…

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Can You Twist?

Posted on July 28, 2008 Under Life

South Africa takes the reality show one step further. It's called Can You Twist: six of the country's best female short story authors compete online to be crowned "Short Story Diva." For almost six weeks they've come up with zany…

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Startuply

Posted on July 28, 2008 Under Life

One of the main components in getting any company off the ground is staffing. While sites like Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com have a way of muddling the process, forcing the new businesses and experienced job seekers to wade through a sea…

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Christopher Delorenzo

Posted on July 25, 2008 Under Design, Life

Christopher Delorenzo, a freelancer designer for Saatchi & Saatchi, shot us an e-mail the other day asking us to take a look at his work. We were impressed -- it's a dynamic portfolio with an array of projects, from packaging…

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The Style of Mad Men

Posted on July 24, 2008 Under Fashion

Ever since Mad Men debuted we've been trying to pull off a slick 60's ad man style. Either we've been wearing the wrong tie or we accidentally put on a trucker hat instead of a fedora, because it isn't working.…

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New Site for Nonesuch

Posted on July 24, 2008 Under Design

We're all fans of Nonesuch Records, the label of Wilco, The Magnetic Fields, The Buena Vista Social Club -- David Byrne! Their site got a recent overhaul by Sisu and branding partner Axiom Design communications, where improvements like new Flash…

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The World Clock Project

Posted on July 22, 2008 Under Life

It isn't exactly clock day at JoshSpear.com (see the review of San Francisco's Clock Bar from earlier), but we need to update you about The World Clock Project. Launched earlier this year by the guys at Iridesco, this fun project…

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Thank You Too

Posted on July 21, 2008 Under Design

There are a million ways to say thank you. You can send someone flowers, buy someone a boat...or just say "thank" and "you" together. Joachim Baan and Hugo Verweij have added a new wrinkle to the act of showing your…

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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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