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The Olive Martini Glass

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Design

We see a lot of great design work coming from students, and the Olive Martini Glass is a prime example. Beth Fuller designed it this past Fall for one of her grad school industrial design classes at the Pratt Institute…

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X-Dance Film Festival

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

As Josh mentioned earlier today, The Sundance Film Festival is going on in Utah right now. Yes, it's hyped beyond belief, and yes, you can see a lot of the action online. But I thought it's also worth mentioning that…

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Jeremiah Palecek: Nerd Art

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Art

Many of you know about Tom Judd's successful quest to illustrate one page per day for an entire year. Well, Jeremiah Palecek had the same goal, but he is a Czech painter specializing in nerd art. To Jeremiah, 'nerd art'…

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Hello Delicious: Fine Food Finds

Posted on January 19, 2007 Under Food

I have been looking forward to the launch of Hello Delicious for some time, and want to congratulate Lilly and Jose for creating a great site with great goals and lots of promise. Hello Delicious is not just an online…

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Love Me and Leave Me: Borrowed Fashion

Posted on January 16, 2007 Under Fashion

I am not quite sure what I think about this idea, but for some reason I felt compelled to write about it for those of you who don't already know about it-- it's Australian entrepreneurship at its best. Love Me…

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B TURK

Posted on January 16, 2007 Under Fashion

While we surely never hesitate to fill you in on our favorite t-shirts, it isn't everyday that we write about Turkish brands. Reha Erdogan is the designer behind the B Turk label, and both the designs themselves and the story…

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Some Loud Thunder

Posted on January 16, 2007 Under Music

The new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album, 'Some Loud Thunder,' hasn't been officially released yet (it's due out Jan. 30th), but the band has orchestrated a deal for all of you die hard fans. You can download the album…

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Glo To Sleep

Posted on January 15, 2007 Under Gadgetry

I am one of those people who usually gets a good night's rest without the help of prescription drugs and/or other sleep aids (law school finals week excluded). But I know insomnia is a huge problem for a lot of…

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My Weekend in Alpha-Town

Posted on January 15, 2007 Under Life

At the close of last week, I told you that I was heading up to Vail to, among other things, watch the Honda Session Snowboard Competition. When I got to the venue on Friday night, it was snowing very hard--…

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Le Grand Content

Posted on January 12, 2007 Under Life

This tasty morsel of short film -- entitled 'Le Grand Content' -- comes to us from digital designers Clemens Kogler and Karo Szmit, and was narrated by Andre Tschinder. I found it by browsing Jessica Hagy's blog 'Indexed,' which is…

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