Before we go any further, you need to watch this YouTube clip -- which I hope to God is tongue-in-cheek -- introducing Timothy Schreiber's E_Volve_Table. You really can't use Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra in the post-2001 universe without either being…
Continue Reading →The brainchild of Australian graphic designers Rebecca Brown and Tanya Mckay, Blanket Magazine is an online publication that aims to "uncover new, emerging and established designers/artists/photographers, showcase their talent and give them a vehicle for self promotion." So far, Blanket…
Continue Reading →The FDA treats aromatherapy similarly to the way it treats Echinacea, ginseng and other "dietary supplements." Basically, a company can make all sorts of claims on the bottle as long as it doesn't try to pass those claims off as…
Continue Reading →I hate it when we get scooped by FHM. Not that I have anything against British men's magazines -- "lad mags" for those of us with time logged across the pond -- but I like to know about something before…
Continue Reading →Automaker GMC's slogan is "Do one thing. Do it well." It's the kind of empty aphorism that I should hate, but apparently it stuck in my head at least a little because I thought of it when I saw Luke…
Continue Reading →Both Josh and I have written in the past about the open-source image and animation programming language called Processing. In those earlier posts, you'll find links to several neat-looking doodads made with Processing. The real trick with any new technology,…
Continue Reading →I just got so pissed. There I was, looking over the information for ISM's new Untitled Love Project and thinking what a great idea it was, and how different these pictures are when you know -- as the project stipulates…
Continue Reading →Young industrial designer James Rennick's Hedge Chair. It comes standard with a reading light and lamp shade, and an ottoman. It looks sturdy and I suspect it of being comfortable. To further connect it to traditional Irish hedge chairs, it's…
Continue Reading →When times get hard in America, one of the more intelligent things we can do to sort ourselves out is to remember history and look to our immigrants. Sometimes we need the perspective of an outsider to understand what we…
Continue Reading →Heather has written about decals here before; oh, has she ever. Loyal Josh Spear readers will remember her fawning over such creative cures for the blank wall as Blik and Dvider. I bet she was the kind of girl that…
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