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Showcase Highlights: Week #2

Posted on July 3, 2007 Under Life

We never really doubted that our readers could find better stuff than we do, but the things that have been popping up on our Showcase have been putting some of the team (ok, mostly just me) to shame. Topping off…

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HOOPLANETICS (a.k.a.: The Apocalypse)

Posted on July 3, 2007 Under Books

This morning, I got another one of those friendly emails Amazon likes to send to remind me that they know me...maybe even better than my mom does. Like enough to know that even though I say I don't care about…

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1thology + RIOTTT: Contest!

Posted on July 3, 2007 Under Life

RIOTTT, the sneaker-obsessed online community that's been killing it with their cutting edge music/art/street fashion coverage, have recently launched a brand new contest in celebration of the Air Force 1's 25th anniversary. 1THOLOGY, the Nike-collab page of the site that…

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Kaiser Chiefs + (RED)

Posted on July 2, 2007 Under Design

Brit rockers Kaiser Chiefs are next up in the series of All Star collabs for the (RED) campaign, and if you can hold out for two more weeks you should be able to get your feet into a set of…

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Talk Shop Fridays: Because Waiting in Line Blows

Posted on June 29, 2007 Under Life

Okay, let's just put it out there; we could talk about the iPhone today, again. Over and over and over. Everyone else is doing it, and hundreds (or thousands, perhaps?) of people are hanging outside of Apple stores in all…

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Paul Loebach: New Releases

Posted on June 29, 2007 Under Design

Paul Loebach, the world renowned, Brooklyn-based furniture designer, recently released his latest series of product and furniture designs. Called the Yee-Ha collection, Paul's newest work beautifully blends exaggerated decorative references and images of American cultural fantasy with traditional materials resulting…

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Free Yr Radio

Posted on June 28, 2007 Under Music

Around a month ago, the west end of Pearl Street was crawling with tight-panted/drastically banged girls and boys. It was scene in full force, something I'm admittedly and totally comfortable with- - but rarely confronted with in such throngs this…

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Josh Kenyon: New Site

Posted on June 28, 2007 Under Design

Josh Kenyon, whose designs for clothing company Substratum some of our readers may be familiar with, just relaunched his personal portfolio site. Featuring examples from his areas of well-developed expertise (illustration, print, apparel and identity), Kenyon's new site nicely highlights…

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Hot Hotness: HimeyaShop's Heat Radiators

Posted on June 27, 2007 Under Gadgetry

I've been writing for about three hours now. That means, among other things (like, for instance, my eyes are bloodshot and I'm terribly twitchy), that the bottom of my computer is freaking hot as hell, and if it were on…

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Cicatriz Clothing

Posted on June 27, 2007 Under Fashion

Awhile ago, I wrote a rather scathing review of an interactive mirror being used by a well-known fashion designer to digitally dress potential customers in her latest collections. I thought it was really, really, lame...and I still do, but a…

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