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.


REN: Clean Skincare

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Life

I recently started testing a handful of products for UK based skin care line REN, and was pleasantly surprised with my experience. Not only is the packaging slick and the story remarkable-- what's inside is really quite nice. They use…

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Mekanism: Sk8 or Die!

Posted on November 9, 2006 Under Art

Mekanism's last collaboration with Invader (covered here) was such a huge success that Invader decided to create a fourth and last piece to complete the set. Sk8 or Die, shown here, is a deck covered with black and white micro…

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Orange Commercial: RBG6

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Life

Check out this great spot (wait for it to load and click the top right corner) for UK based mobile phone company Orange. The beautiful piece was done by London based agency Mother in what looks like a collaboration with…

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Miya Ando Stanoff

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Art

We don't think postage stamped sized images of Miya Ando Stanoff do her work any justice-- but until we get the 3D version of our site up and running in Second Life, they're going to have to do. A graduate…

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Written On The City

Posted on November 8, 2006 Under Art

Written On The City is a simple yet compelling project driven by city-dwellers with cameras. They make it easy to upload images, categorize them with a city and open them for commenting. Right now, San Francisco has the most images--…

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Scott Rench Is For Sale

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Design

Our friend Scott Rench, aka Yosoh, the 'computers and clay' dude, also happens to be an insanely talented art director and all around advertising creative guy. Unfortunately, some knuckle-heads at an agency that will go unnamed laid him off last…

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Mimobot Stormtrooper

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Gadgetry

A few weeks ago Mimoco announced the kick-off to their Star Wars series mimobots with Darth Vader, an instant classic. Our wish was granted with the second addition, the chewbacca-bot, we could have sworn the third was going to be…

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Best Inventions of 2006

Posted on November 7, 2006 Under Gadgetry

TIME Magazine just released their picks for the Best Inventions of 2006. YouTube makes it to the top of the list (although technically I think they were founded in 2005), as well as the super-sexy, eco-friendly Tesla Roadster, the flesh…

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Win Tickets to Lady Sovereign: Boulder

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Music

If you haven't heard of Lady Sovereign you need to climb out from under your moss covered rock-- she's a seriously talented young individual. We've got two pairs of tickets for tomorrow night's Lady Sovereign show at the Fox Theater…

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Peter Callesen’s Paper Cuts

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Art

I'm absolutely blown away as browsing the intricate paper work of Danish artist Peter Callesen. The series called 'Papercut' shows off an amazing attention to detail (and patience) with nothing but Acid-free A4 sized paper and glue. This piece is…

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