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.


Come to the Momi TEeA Party

Posted on April 3, 2007 Under Fashion

By now the poetic-winners of the Naughty Holiday Limerick Competition we held at the end of December last year are basking in glory with their second delivery of t-shirts-- strutting around in classic TEeA Party Fashion. I just got word…

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Green Valley Lofts: Las Vegas

Posted on April 2, 2007 Under Design

Las Vegas, the city of sin. A place generally known by the smell of exhaust fumes, sawdust and construction happening among dozens of casinos and complexes popping up every week. It's the fastest growing city in the country, and it…

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Flight 404: Music Visualization God

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Art

The following videos might be some of the most compelling, moving and yet indescribable pieces of animation and music as visual art I've ever seen. Animator and borderline-genius Robert Hodgin worked with Processing, an open source programming language to program…

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Nikon's Universcale

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

Ever wonder what the entire universe would look like, side by side, in a near perfect scale? Camera manufacturer Nikon built this web application entitled Universcale to do just that-- it spans from 'femtometer to light year', putting 40 magnitudes…

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Talk Shop Fridays: What Do You Watch?

Posted on March 30, 2007 Under Life

This is an experiment, and I may regret it-- but I'm very interested in the answers so I think it's worth a try. The question: What do you watch? You-- the readers of this blog. Many people are saying we're…

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Beck Sketchel

Posted on March 29, 2007 Under Design

Remember the Sketchel Project? How could you forget those awesome, limited-edition artist series satchels with art by more than 300 of the freshest and most talented artists in the world today? Music-marketing genius Beck just introduced a bag designed by…

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Alan Graham: MedHed

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Life

After much encouragement, longtime friend and colleague Alan Graham finally launched a blog! It's officially titled MedHed-- and it's really solid. MedHed (or Media Head) is a daily digest of great design for everyday usage. Alan not only writes about…

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Conrad Hotel: Miami

Posted on March 28, 2007 Under Travel

When Jamie and I were in Miami for what felt like an eternity covering all of the Art Basel events, we had a tough decision to make about where to stay-- While we're young and supposedly hip, we're not big…

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ROJOout in Barcelona

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Art

ROJO, the Barcelona-based artist and designer consortium responsible for those lovable little design books, are at it again. They just launched their first ever International Outdoor Urban Art Exhibition. Ten artists were selected to create specific back-lit billboards across Barcelona…

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Owl Movement: Occasional Intruders

Posted on March 27, 2007 Under Fashion

Our friends at Owl Movement just launched Series 5 of their quirky and inventive t-shirt line. This series is entitled Occasional Intruders and features work by Eleanor Grosh, Shara DeWitt, Huskworks and Brazilian designers MOPA. One of my faves is…

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