Nikon's Universcale

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

Ever wonder what the entire universe would look like, side by side, in a near perfect scale? Camera manufacturer Nikon built this web application entitled Universcale to do just that-- it spans from 'femtometer to light year', putting 40 magnitudes…

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Alan Graham: MedHed

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

After much encouragement, longtime friend and colleague Alan Graham finally launched a blog! It's officially titled MedHed-- and it's really solid. MedHed (or Media Head) is a daily digest of great design for everyday usage. Alan not only writes about…

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Wired Redesign: I Like.

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Design

If you're a regular reader of the Wired blogs (like I am), you may have noticed the series of redesigns throughout the past few weeks on Wired.com. A site redesign is a big decision for a widely read blog (or…

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Juicy Couture Gets jp33-ified

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Design

Juicy Couture's e-commerce site just got a little love from Spear Collective's own jp33 (Jeremy Prasatik). It makes sense to me-- if you're a brand going for that spring time feel, who better to have add that aesthetic to your…

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Grant Barnhart: New Site + Clothes + Prints

Posted on March 26, 2007 Under Art

Looks like Grant Barnhart (A.K.A. Tra Selhtrow) has been steadily and quickly progressing his work-- even since his somewhat recent Sincere Intentions show at the OKOK Gallery in Seattle in November (which one of our own, Carmel the Intern, was…

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Onitsuka Tiger: Made Of Japan

Posted on March 26, 2007 Under Design

Check out this clever promotion for shoe brand Onitsuka Tiger called Made Of Japan. The mosaic shoe shown above is dynamically created using hundreds of tiny images from Japan-related web pages posted or updated in the past 24 hours. They're…

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Nau: Profile Fleece Jacket

Posted on March 22, 2007 Under Fashion

The buzz is quickly growing around Nau-- the worlds first good looking environmentally sustainable brand. I've been field testing a few items throughout my travels over the past month and I'm in love with the Profile Fleece Jacket ($170 shown…

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Zach Cordner Site Revamp

Posted on March 16, 2007 Under Art

Photographers in Zach Cordner's line of work sometimes fly under the radar because their work, as prolific as it may be, is frequently published in magazines, where readers aren't keyed into who's responsible for the shot until they search for…

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Open Architecture Network

Posted on March 15, 2007 Under Design

The Open Architecture Network is an open source architecture community. It's a network that aims to improve standards of living around the world through collaboration. They pose an interesting answer to an obvious question: How do you improve the living…

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Universe: Jonathan Harris

Posted on March 13, 2007 Under Design

One of my favorite talks last week was by Jonathan Harris, an artist, designer, and borderline genius living in Brooklyn, NY. We saw the potential of his work a while back with project We Feel Fine and I guess it…

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