About the author

Josh Spear: I'm a frequent-flyer-mile-collector trying to visit every country in the world, sushi addict that loves omakase and active investor. Since 2004 this site has been a place for me to share highlights from art, culture, technology and global trends that I care about.


We Love Heather: Welcome To The Team

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Life

Many of you have probably noticed the posts by our latest contributor and new hand-on-deck here at JoshSpear.com, Heather Snodgrass. Born in Mackay, North Queensland, Australia (G'day, Mate), Heather moved to NYC in December '05, after four years in San…

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Fish Condo 2.0: Now Shipping

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Design

Remember that quirky but not-yet-finished Fish Condo I blogged about way back in November '05? It looks like our friends at Realm Dekor finally got their act together and figured out the production of the 3-globe fish bowl and it's…

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Emergence Design: Lund University Graduate Show

Posted on June 4, 2007 Under Design

The work inside the Graduate Design Exhibition for Lund University in Sweden called Emergence Design is truly remarkable. It's a collection of work and concepts from their 2007 industrial design student body, all of whom appear to be incredibly talented…

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iPhone Ads

Posted on June 3, 2007 Under Gadgetry

The Apple website was just updated with three new iPhone commercials. The insanely delicious (love the music) ads show off the iPod functionality, Email, iPhoto and most interesting to me, the mapping and web browsing, which just look unreal. I'm…

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Share It With Us: The Design Showcase

Posted on June 1, 2007 Under Design

We've been dreaming about creating a place where our users could come to submit things they find inspiring on their own for other readers to see. Thanks to a bit of brainstorming, inspiration from our friends over at Notcot.org and…

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Ogi: My Life Is Your Problem

Posted on May 30, 2007 Under Art

JoshSpear.com mainstay and friend OGIgraphics has an opening at Receiver Gallery (Valencia at 25th) in San Francisco opening on June 9th. It has been more than 2 years since Ogi had his first solo show and he's very happy to…

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Good Shape Design

Posted on May 30, 2007 Under Fashion

GoodShape is the boutique design studio of Wayne Pate-- set up just over a year ago in NoHo, NYC. The idea behind GoodShape is simple: the studio was founded to create simple ideas from everyday items and hope the end…

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Ben Casnocha: My Startup Life

Posted on May 29, 2007 Under Books

My friend Ben Casnocha is off and running with his first of what I expect will be many books. The book is called My Startup Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley, and while…

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Watch Me At Google Zeitgeist

Posted on May 27, 2007 Under Press

As promised my presentation last week at Google Zeitgeist is now online for your viewing pleasure-- the fine group at Google did an extraordinary job editing and posting the video to YouTube. It was truly an honor to speak alongside…

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Beautiful Decay Artist Series

Posted on May 27, 2007 Under Fashion

The guys at Beautiful Decay recently introduced four more artist series t-shirts from folks like Jesse Ledoux, Aaron Nobile, Dust La Rock and Jan Kallwejt. My favorites are LeDoux's "Giant Hand" (left), Noble's comic book like "Calliph" (middle) and Kallwejt's…

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