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Siren Festival Poster x Paul Antonson

Posted on May 13, 2008 Under Design

The 8th Annual Siren Music Festival in Coney Island is coming by land, by sea, and by giant Medusa-headed woman. Paul Antonson has designed this mythic sideshow scenario, and in the process has outdone himself in creating the fest's poster…

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Mimobot Contest Winner, Timothy Nakayama

Posted on May 9, 2008 Under Design

As promised, here are the winning entries for our Tokidoki Mimobot contest: Winner, Timothy Nakayama This is my story, about what happened to my friends and I, the day when our island sunk into the realm of dreams and almost…

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How I Spent My Stimulus

Posted on May 8, 2008 Under Life

Once upon a time, Barry and Levon had $240, and that bought...a lot of puddin'. But, what if they had $600? That would just be too ridiculous to comprehend. How I Spent My Stimulus takes a look at what Americans…

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Love = Love x Kent Rogowski

Posted on May 6, 2008 Under Art

Kent Rogowski taught us something new today. Apparently puzzle pieces are interchangeable within a brand. If you take a standard Milton Bradley jigsaw of a sky scene or a flower garden, you can actually layer the elements to arrange a…

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Luxury Mobile Phones x Continental Mobile

Posted on May 6, 2008 Under Gadgetry
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Nike's Art of Football x Dominic Wilcox

Posted on May 6, 2008 Under Design

When we last left Dominic Wilcox, he was puttering around the U.K., building absurd model airplanes. Now he wants to take you to, Niketown! Well, Niketown, London. Besides running a Nike iD session on May 9 at the megastore (stop…

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Paper GPS

Posted on May 5, 2008 Under Gadgetry

Did Columbus rock a Garmin? Did Marco Polo Mapquest his way to Cathay? Did Magellan use a ... Magellan? No, these men were pioneers who found their way using instinct, courage, and something called a sextant. Modern man relies too…

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Nerd Pillow x Spye Design

Posted on May 5, 2008 Under Design

If your husband pillow isn't getting it done in the brains department, you may want to consider a Nerd pillow from Spye Design. Hand-made from Italian wool, this bespectacled bedmate is the latest in dork accoutrement. Or, you can opt…

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Dan Funderburgh @ Fellow Traveler

Posted on May 5, 2008 Under Art

Whenever one of our Spear Collective artists, like Dan Funderburgh and his off-the-wallpaper designs (we've been sitting on that pun for a while now) is in a show like Fellow Traveler, we have to share. Not doing so would be…

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Ben Hopson's Kinetic Design

Posted on May 5, 2008 Under Design

Ben Hopson has a problem with your CD player. From sliding disc trays to pop-up cases, the Brooklyn-based artist thinks little about the the state of movement in most product design. And he's right. The fact is, when a design…

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