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LaVie NY Holiday 2007

Posted on December 6, 2007 Under Fashion

I like a man who wears a pair of wings over his crotchal area...well, I've never actually seen that before, but that's part of why I'm loving LaVie NY's Holiday collection, which includes a pair of jeans that seems to…

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Crummy Brothers Organic Cookies

Posted on December 6, 2007 Under Food

If the site for Crummy Brothers Organic Cookies new online shop had launched sooner than yesterday, the deliciously chunky treats would have made Heather's Top 5 Foodie Gifts in a heartbeat. However, it wouldn't have been the first time that…

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Top 5 Poster Gifts

Posted on December 5, 2007 Under Design

Little Friends of Printmaking: Read JS Review | Buy It ($20 - $30; shown as 4) As it turns out, the pair running Little Friends of Printmaking not only make a killer poster, they also seem to have a lot…

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EtsyFound: Tim Chumley

Posted on December 4, 2007 Under Art

Tim Chumley's alternatively soft and unambiguous photography is making us wish we were the gardening type. However, by accentuating the delicacy, transparency and individual beauty of fruits and flowers, Chumley allows up to keep our paws out of the mud…

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Fuji x Obey Fixie

Posted on December 4, 2007 Under Design

Even though my patience for adding an "x" in between every two words I write is wearing thin, I'm going to admit that, yes, I was expecting this collab frenzy to work its way into every corner of my life.…

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Pock It

Posted on December 4, 2007 Under Design

The Post-it note has been helping us remember what we've forgotten for 20 years now, but the latest development that could potentially change the way we use them comes not from 3M, but from a young industrial design student living…

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+41 x ECAL

Posted on December 3, 2007 Under Fashion

When Lausanne's Art School, ECAL, moved in to a new building this past October, they asked designers, artists and architects to design 20 tee shirts for the occasion. Swiss designers +41 (who you'll remember from several posts regarding chocolate AF1's…

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Who Wants What: Ryan Catbird

Posted on December 3, 2007 Under Music

We know that Ryan Catbird gets the job done when it comes to advising Williamsburg what to stick their ears into, but can our favorite un-Pitchforky music blogger and head of Catbird Records make a killer wish list? Um.. yeah.…

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Evolving Styles: London's Live Christmas Street Art Auction

Posted on December 3, 2007 Under Art

'Tis the season to be a charitable graff artist, it seems. If London is more in your neighborhood than Bethlehem, you best take you and your Santa hat to Cargo this Friday for a live art auction featuring some of…

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SpearTalks: DoubleButter

Posted on November 30, 2007 Under Design

David Larabee and Dexter Thornton are DoubleButter. You may remember them from a post we wrote not too long ago, in which two men bombed Denver's newest art museums with a little bit of well constructed furniture graffiti. While that…

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