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Cucumber Pepsi, Mmm!

Posted on June 13, 2007 Under Food

Attention All Strange Pepsi Collectors (and by that I mean strange flavors of Pepsi, not that Pepsi collectors are abnormal in any way): yesterday marked the release of Pepsi Ice Cucumber, a limited-time-only special edition beverage developed for the Japanese…

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Insight

Posted on June 13, 2007 Under Fashion

I'm certainly not aching for the return of 13 degree days and 5 o'clock sunsets, but the women's winter 2007 collection from Australian surf brand Insight has certainly left me feeling friendlier toward this side of the hemisphere's eventual re-approach…

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HOW 2008 Design Awards

Posted on June 13, 2007 Under Design

Since we've got such a talented bunch of readers, we thought we'd share a few links to some high-profile design competitions that you should know about (and you probably already do, but just in case). HOW, the graphic design magazine…

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BURNEVERYTHING: New Site!

Posted on June 12, 2007 Under Design

BURNEVERYTHING, my favorite Liverpool-based creative studio, recently dropped a new site featuring their rapidly growing (and consistently amazing) portfolio. The new site is, from what I remember, even more straightforward than their last, but the uncomplicated design does a great…

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Matt Morgan

Posted on June 12, 2007 Under Art

In art and design, finding simplicity is rarely a simple process. The concept of removing the unnecessary sounds easy enough, but in order to really succeed, the artist/designer is often required to sift through piles of very complex concepts in…

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oneonenine

Posted on June 11, 2007 Under Art

It's 83 degrees in Boulder today -- a temperature that's been slow to surface in comparison to the instant heat of a year ago -- and all of this direct sunlight has set me to thinking about summer reading. Since…

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John Ruppel

Posted on June 11, 2007 Under Design

The rate at which graphic design evolves is something that never ceases to amaze me, but after playing around on John Ruppel's interactive portfolio, I'm even more blown away than usual. Ruppel seems to gather a good deal of his…

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e-glue

Posted on June 11, 2007 Under Design

When we got an email from an e-glue fan, my first impression of the product was that it was a kid-friendly glue stick. I was a little thrown (I thought glue WAS kid friendly; we all ate it, right?), but…

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Paul Isabella

Posted on June 6, 2007 Under Design

Paul Isabella is a furniture design student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and judging from his current portfolio, it looks like a sunny future is in store for this gifted newbie. Isabella's work stems from "impressions in…

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Emma Franklin

Posted on June 6, 2007 Under Fashion

Two nights ago, somewhere between those hazy moments of wake and sleep, I was rather violently brought back to full consciousness with the realization that Father's Day is upon us. In my foggy state, I plotted to frame some nice…

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