The Mentorship

Posted on March 17, 2008 Under Life

I'm a tad bit afraid of even mentioning a certain Tom Cruise-related church in this post for fear of perpetuating my own disappearance. Perhaps my cojones aren't as big as the folks at Barkley, the Missouri-based ad agency who in…

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Dublab

Posted on March 12, 2008 Under Music

Not just drum and bass...and not just music. Dublab, the Los Angeles based DJ collective, has run their Web radio site for seven years, reaching an international community of 300,000 musicians, disc jockeys, artists, and a couple of people who…

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Jeremiah Palecek Hearts Youtube

Posted on March 11, 2008 Under Art

It's been a little over a year since we mentioned Jeremiah Palecek and his unique brand of pop surrealism or nerd art. The Czech painter with a fondness for Nintendo and Google has his name on the tip of our…

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compfight!

Posted on March 11, 2008 Under Design

Every time an ingenious Web app comes out, one (or in this case two) of the millions of users has to go along and make it faster and less annoying. Just like crgslst which we blogged about last week, two…

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More Airbed & Breakfast

Posted on March 10, 2008 Under Travel

Way back in October we told you about Airbed & Breakfest, Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky's alternative to expensive San Francisco hotel stays for designers in need of shelter during last year's IDSA conference. Well, we're more than pleased to…

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Goo-ology

Posted on March 5, 2008 Under Food

I remember walking into A Salt and Battery the first year I lived in New York, and having heart palpitations when I discovered that at Easter, they do deep fried Cadbury Créme Eggs. As disgusting as that sounds, you shouldn't…

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Crgslst

Posted on March 4, 2008 Under Life

It's amazing to us how Craigslist can be all at once indispensable and cumbersome. Browsing through tons of irrelevant postings takes a lot out of a man who just wants to sell a pink 1956 Philco refrigerator in Chicago, find…

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1.2.3. Furniture by Domestic

Posted on March 4, 2008 Under Design

Unlike most of IKEA's offerings, the French furniture designers at Domestic makes plywood sexy. These functional birch-wood pieces are reminiscent of those balsa wood model kits you used to make dinosaur skeletons out of. Vases, occassional tables, birdcages, hanging planters...there's…

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More Wants (For Sale)

Posted on March 4, 2008 Under Art

Some people work hard all their lives and never get anything they want. Other people start awesome websites and end up getting everything their little heart desires. We count our old friends Justin & Christine as part of the latter…

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Reserves (rsrvs)

Posted on March 3, 2008 Under Design

If you feel that Helvetica isn't living up to its potential (cough, heathen, cough) and there's nothing new about Times New, typographical design site Reserves could be the graphic tool you're looking for. The site is the brainchild of Mike…

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