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Camp Firebelly

Posted on May 2, 2008 Under Design

What if you could go back to a summer camp where all you did was arts and crafts? Well, Firebelly Design is about to make you one happy camper. Camp Firebelly, a two week graphic arts program / sleepaway camp,…

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WALK Travel Guides

Posted on May 2, 2008 Under Books

What do you normally do when you go on vacation? Pay too much for dinner? Get lost? Argue with your significant other? Sure, but mostly you take lots of pictures. The jetsetters over at WALK photographic travel guides recognize that…

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Rob Pepper: To There & Back Again

Posted on May 2, 2008 Under Art

We blog every day. But, sometimes working up the motivation to put fingers to keyboard is difficult. For starters Grand Theft Auto IV ain't gonna play itself. Oh, and we can always find an extra hour or two in the…

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Kate T. Williamson: At a Crossroads

Posted on May 1, 2008 Under Books

There's a certain ennui that sets in right after college graduation. It's the first time that you're free from an academic life you've been enduring since you were five, but it's also the first time that you really have to…

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Ripple Design x PAD Outdoor

Posted on May 1, 2008 Under Design

ICFF time is almost here again, which means that our inbox is about to get flooded with contemporary furniture designers hawking their wares. One of the booths we will stop by though, is the Designboom Mart, which will feature new…

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Hickey Ties

Posted on May 1, 2008 Under Fashion

When we have to look our most dapper, we can always turn to Rochester's own Hickey Freeman. Whether it's an important meeting or business lunch, the American clothier has traditional (and untraditional) accessories for our fashion sensibility. Like this line…

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Head Case contest

Posted on May 1, 2008 Under Art

A lot of artistic expression can be attributed to the loss of one's mind. The artist at his creative best as he descends into madness with a little help from drugs and alcohol. Head Case, an art contest being held…

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Dollar Wallet x Maison Martin Margiela

Posted on April 30, 2008 Under Fashion

From the casino floors of Vegas, to the velvet ropes in New York, there's something about the power of the wad. Don't deny that once or twice you've gone to the bank and asked for $500 in singles, then wrapped…

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Twistori

Posted on April 30, 2008 Under Life

Psychologist Carl Jung once talked about the "collective unconscious", what he described as "a reservoir of the experiences of our species." It's kind of like how all children of the '80s intuitively know an Autobot from a Decepticon. What Amy…

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Seymour Powell

Posted on April 30, 2008 Under Design

It would be in a product design powerhouse's best interest to develop a Website that matched their creative aptitude. That would explain why U.K. based Seymour Powell has put together a simple, but very effective way of communicating their message…

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