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selfportrait

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Art

We know what you need: a website where you can post all of your fucked up shit artsy stuff, with total freedom and in total comfort. selfportrait allows users to post anything (yep, anything) they want for the sake of…

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Granada Design

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Art

Barcelona-based Granada Design takes digitally-created artworks and turns them into exciting wall decorations. That sounds like something I could get into myself, if it weren't for the part that involves "manually printing the designs on thick fabrics," an endeavor that…

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NOOKA x SHIN TANAKA

Posted on August 7, 2007 Under Gadgetry

New York's alternative watch maker Nooka is known for both their abstract approach to time keeping and their creatively free approach to designing those watches. What better form of collaboration, then, would there be other than to pair up with…

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Finally! Mathmos 9 VOLTS Released

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Life

Last October, we introduced you to the Mathmos 9 VOLTS light, a modernized tea-light. We're pleased and excited to announce that is finally available to the public, after more than eight months of patient waiting. The Richard Lawson-designed 9 VOLTS…

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Sameunderneath

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Fashion

It's been almost two years since I first got my hands on a few of Sameunderneath's sustainably developed tshirts, and I'm happy to report that the Portland-based company has since been on the fast track to a full selection of…

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trove

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Design

A reader hoping to help Heather spice up her new digs directed our attention to trove, a New York company specializing in some of the most visually arresting wallpaper I've ever seen. If my lease were any more lenient, I'd…

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SpearTalks: Saint Augustine Academy

Posted on August 3, 2007 Under Fashion

An intro to an interview shouldn't take too long to write, particularly when the subject of the interview is something as exciting as Saint Augustine Academy, a buzzy men's fashion label out of Australia that's as hard-rocking as it is…

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Don't Steal My Fucking Wallet

Posted on August 3, 2007 Under Fashion

Jack Spade has had it up to here with the hoodlums plaguing the streets of New York, and has responded like any self-respecting man of fashion (ahem... gone and designed another wallet). Not just any wallet, obviously; this twill masterpiece…

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Ford Escape Hybrid '08

Posted on August 3, 2007 Under Life

I drive a little car. I'm a speed girl; I prefer manual; I like tight turns and ballsy sounds pouring from my engine. So, when I was thrown into an 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid during my recent trip to L.A.*,…

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Talk Shop Fridays: Win a Monster!

Posted on August 3, 2007 Under Life

A little over a week ago, JS introduced you to Ptry, one of Mimoco's latest Mimobots. Now that we've got three to hand out, we need to hurry up and get rid of them (or I will rip them out…

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