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New JB Classics/Kid Robot

Posted on July 19, 2007 Under Fashion

Josh was all over the first Kid Robot/JB Classics sneaker collaboration back in January. Now there's another. While that last shoe was released along with the Kid Robot Tilt Bubble hoodie, this new one accompanies the Thought Bubble crewneck. Both…

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HBOVoyeur

Posted on July 19, 2007 Under Life

By now, we have come to expect intelligent, provocative programming from HBO. HBOVoyeur is the network's latest project, and it's almost completely different from anything predating it. To start with, there's barely any dialogue. The viewer watches the stories unfold…

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Metrokane L-Press

Posted on July 18, 2007 Under Design

I had a juicer once. I think Jack La Lanne convinced me I needed it around 3am one morning. But instead of Jack's made-for-TV Power Juicer, I went to Wal~Mart and picked up the super budget version. It worked the…

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Evolving Styles

Posted on July 18, 2007 Under Art

Awright geeezzaa! There's a great even' at Cargo in London on Friday. It's called Evolving Styles, an' it's a live street art chari'y aucshun. In'ernashunally recognized street artists Lady Pink (Blimey! all da way from New York City) an' Nick…

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Reminder: No Day Like Today

Posted on July 17, 2007 Under Design

As we informed you in June, today is the last day to enter this year's Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament. Submit your application now to gain entrance to one of Cut&Paste's 11 regional tournaments and the chance to be crowned baddest…

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Wooloo: Avante Garde Dating

Posted on July 17, 2007 Under Art

What happens when you let artists organize? If Wooloo "” an artist-run organization based in Berlin and devoted to creating opportunities for emerging artists "” is any kid of precedent, you get a lot of the best kind of wackiness.…

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Die Electric

Posted on July 17, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Die Electric, an online exhibit of energy-saving products for your home by "freelance electrical engineer" and inventor Scot Amron is notable for three reasons: its mind, its heart, and its eyes are in all the right places. Like most other…

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Doodled on Tigers

Posted on July 16, 2007 Under Fashion

Onitsuka Tiger, the hip tattoo artist to its parent company Asics' podiatrist, is showing off. These Onitsuka Tiger Rakugaki shoes have a unique scribbled-on look "” which makes sense because apparently rakugaki means "doodle" in Japanese "” while maintaining the…

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Eureka: Melbourne

Posted on July 16, 2007 Under Design

At a height of 297 meters, Melbourne's Eureka tower is the tallest residential building in the world. Its Skydeck, which opened on May 15 and sits on the 88th floor, is the highest public vantage point in the southern hemisphere*.…

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Nanotechnology + Aromatherapy + Pencils

Posted on July 16, 2007 Under Life

To indulge in what seems like a pretty darn accurate stereotype, here's what I love about the Japanese: they're never satisfied with a good thing; they're always trying to make it better. From the country that brought you Toyota and…

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