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MILLIMETER/MILLIGRAM

Posted on April 9, 2007 Under Design

Even though the website of MILLIMETER/MILLIGRAM is in Korean (and is therefore a little tough to navigate), I still think our readers should check out their awesome line of paper products. Like most of the stationary out of this area,…

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Fresh Designer / Fresh China

Posted on April 5, 2007 Under Life

Gary Birks, a twenty-something designer still working on his MA in Ceramic Design at Staffordshire University, is the brain behind these pretty pieces of bone china, and I have to send a solid high five his way for getting me…

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Branko Lukic: Vertikal Vodka

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Design

Branko Lukic, an industrial designer and author, has given us yet another reason to drink with his clean bottle design for the new Vertikal Vodka. Through the intentional use of simple lines and a wide mouth screw top (they say…

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Right Brain Terrain: I'm Motivated!

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Design

Motivational Posters: The only two words in the English language that, when used together, capture the horror of both office cubicles and principals' office's. I know they must serve some deep-rooted need in order to sell the way they have,…

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Nokia N95: Great Pockets Campaign

Posted on April 2, 2007 Under Life

Even though the N95 is already amply hyped across Europe, I have to direct our mostly unexposed U.S. readers to the Great Pockets site, an incredibly well done viral campaign for the Nokia's newest "multimedia computer" by the Swedish agency…

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The Love Movement

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Art

If any of our readers are in need of a nice dose of warm fuzzies this weekend, we suggest checking out The Love Movement, a collective of artists, designers, teachers and architects newly located in L.A. The formerly Philly-based group…

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Monster Lamp: Dream Sequence

Posted on March 29, 2007 Under Design

Adriean Koleric, a refreshing designer out Alberta (and a long time favorite of Josh's) has teamed up with a selection of artists and given them free reign over his Monster Lamp. We're thrilled to report that the first featured artist…

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Lighter Than a Boom Box

Posted on March 29, 2007 Under Design

For all the angst that so many of us claim to feel over the eighties, there definitely seems to be little resistance to the throwback era creeping in on us. I don't really know why I've been tainted with such…

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Violet: Smarter Gifting

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

Gift shopping sites/catalogues always brag that they are an easy way to shop for that person you can't seem to find the perfect thing for; a claim that turns out to be total crap when you find yourself walking up…

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RGB Studio

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Design

Josh and I are impressed by the online portfolio of Rob Brearley, a graphic designer/art director out of the U.K.. Brearley's balanced, beautiful, and individualistic approach creates just the right amount of allure and simplicity in his identity and promotional…

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