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Adidas Celebrate Originality: Adi Dassler

Posted on February 28, 2008 Under Design

Most people think the name ADIDAS is merely an acronym for dreaming about something that starts with an 'S' all day. However, there is a bigger story behind those famous three stripes and that story began with the dreams of…

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1000 Cranes

Posted on February 28, 2008 Under Fashion

Ancient Japanese legend says that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. Forget finding a crane, who has the time to fold one thousand pieces of paper in one's image? Well, we've…

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Processes: A Living Painting

Posted on February 27, 2008 Under Art

There are plenty of ways to turn a work of architecture into a canvas. You can illegally spray paint your tag on the Arc De Triomphe or draw a mural on Big Ben, but none of those are recommended because…

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Spunique Emergency Cuff Links

Posted on February 27, 2008 Under Design

We can't say how many times we've actually had a cuff link emergency, where we absolutely needed to link our cuffs when faced with an otherwise imminent demise. However, the fact remains not everyone owns cuff links and we could…

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Alice Wang: Asimov's 1st Law

Posted on February 26, 2008 Under Design

Isaac Asimov's first law of robotics stated that "a robot may not harm a human being." While we don't remember Rosie ever bludgeoning Elroy Jetson with her duster, our old friend, Alice Wang, not only worries about the danger of…

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Aesthetically Loyal

Posted on February 26, 2008 Under Design

Anthony Kolber is not your typical graphic designer. The graduate of Australia's Swinburne University eschews the traditional methods of the design process, which call for incremental improvements to one's own material. Influenced by the work of artists such as Joseph…

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The Achilles Project

Posted on February 26, 2008 Under Fashion

While Achilles was one of the heroes of the Trojan War, we have to think that it's probably his handsomeness and not his penchant for brut force that inspired the founders of The Achilles Project to adapt his name, because…

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Spear Exclusive: The Vael Project

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Fashion

Upon first glance, The Vael Project looks like misspelled venture for delivering baby cow meat to less fortunate foodies. While we're all for the distribution of tasty meats to those who cannot afford it, the fashion forward part of us…

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Thing I Have Learned In My Life So Far

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Books

So far, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned around twenty things in his life. It appears one of them is that it's important to share what you've learned with the world. Through his site, Things I Have Learned In My Life…

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New Belts from TANNER

Posted on February 25, 2008 Under Fashion

If you've never heard about the suave leather goods being made by Hecklewood's TANNER sub-brand, don't blame us. We've trumpeted their fine quality product for quite some time and we see no reason not to continue to do so as…

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