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The Priority Boxes

Posted on September 14, 2007 Under Art

Let me just open with this: a priority postage-shipped package painted especially pour vous! Its "contents," maybe Freedom or Love or Happiness, even. The simply named The Priority Boxes project, realization of painter Franck de Las Mercedes, is a public/global…

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Showcase Spotlight: Troja Arc Lamp

Posted on September 12, 2007 Under Design

You know we're lighting dorks around here, so when Lola dumped the Troja Arc Lamp by hanzandfranz in our Design Showcase this week, we got the jitters; crafted from hundreds of LEDs, the adjustable aluminum lamp envelops one in a…

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RockMe.dium, Please and Thank You

Posted on September 11, 2007 Under Music

I don't know about you, but I'm kind of sick of not being able to locate my friends in every capacity and at all times. Especially when I'm wasting the workday away online without the faintest as to what my…

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HUH

Posted on September 10, 2007 Under Design

There's not much I don't love about the stuff over at HUH -- from the URL to the products to the fact that it's all in Dutch which evolves into something even more charming after a quick run through BabelFish.…

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DS Spotlight: Actually Worthwhile Souvenirs

Posted on September 5, 2007 Under Design

In case you hadn't noticed, the folks at eCool love our Design Showcase as much as we do; week after week they share their incredible finds with us -- and you. This time around, it's the collaboration of Pandora Design…

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Core77's Hack-2-School Guide 2007

Posted on September 4, 2007 Under Design

Those of you wielding freshly-sharpened pencils should bookmark/del.icio.us Core77's Hack-2-School Guide immediately; packed to the gills with humor and frank advice for the classroom to dormroom -- and everything in between -- from designers, teachers, retail folks and editors (such…

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SpearTalks: Scott Belsky, Behance Network

Posted on August 31, 2007 Under Design

On Monday, we got all excited about the launch of the Behance Network, and now, a work-week later we're happy to report that the response to this incredible new platform for creative professionals has been overwhelmingly positive; we're even happier…

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Design Showcase Spotlight: Gladiators, Ready

Posted on August 29, 2007 Under Design

I know guys who'd use any excuse to dress up in skirts and beat the crap out of eachother with wooden sticks, so it's no surprise to me that now there's hotels that cater specifically to this niche form of…

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Spear Exclusive: Behance Network

Posted on August 27, 2007 Under Design

In case you plan on skimming this article, and unless you blow the boys at Behance away and they decide to give you one, the only way into this heavenly creative network is by asking us for an invite or…

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Mollusk NYC

Posted on August 22, 2007 Under Life

According to some people, the lack of surfing in my Australian upbringing and subsequent early adulthood in Southern California is a travesty, but I swear there were good reasons behind the decision not to choose that road of slackage (looking…

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