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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.


New Books from Victionary

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Books

Victionary recently launched these two new excellent looking titles, Nice To Meet You (left) and Neighbourhood (right). Nice To Meet You is somewhat of a reference/inspiration book which helps tell the secret on how to design a business card to…

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Faesthetic #6

Posted on November 6, 2006 Under Books

Faesthetic issue 6 is now on sale. This issue packs 160 pages of original black and white art, photography, graffiti and illustration from 94 different artists with the daunting theme of "Love & Death." The book is printed on very…

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Cool Kids Click Into Trend Spotting

Posted on November 5, 2006 Under Press

LOOKING for a cool new way to wrap those boring Christmas presents? Then what you may need is rapping paper, which is imprinted with the lyrics of rap songs and is sure to be popular in avant-garde American households this…

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Diem Chau: Carved Crayons

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

These are Storytelling Crayons, carved meticulously to show the absolute finest details of honor, courage, and sometimes humor in the characters faces. The artist Diem Chau was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1979, and says "I consider myself an artist…

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Tumi: Ultra Slim Universal Power Adaptors

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Travel

We love our Tumi Adaptors-- when we travel you're hard pressed to find us leave home without them. They just introduced an 'ultra-slim' design, even more compact than before. The Ultra Slim Universal Power Adaptor Kit comes with a 120-watt…

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Gwon O-sang

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Art

Korean artist Gwon O-sang calls his work a new method of playing with illusion and reality. We agree-- his 3 dimensional paper sculptures are mind boggling. You can read an interview of him here or an in-depth article here. The…

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Bottega/Paul Smith Skateboard

Posted on November 3, 2006 Under Design

The boys at Product Dose pointed out these bad-ass skateboard collaborations between Bottega Montana (luxury skate decks) and Paul Smith (luxury everything but skate decks, until now). Each one of the 77 decks are made with black walnut and one…

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Container Ship Power Supply

Posted on November 2, 2006 Under Design

Surge protectors and power supplies are, for the most part, the missing link in a design-conscious office space. This design (prototype shown) is by Grin'Termeer, aka p32, a design duo working in Concord, New Hampshire. The power strip is designed…

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Rapping Paper

Posted on November 2, 2006 Under Design

Sick of all those goodie-two-shoe wrapping paper? Us too. It's time to turn up the attitude with Si Hill Design's (W)rapping Paper. Paper with lyrics from House of Pain, The Sugar Hill Gang, NWA and Vanilla Ice. Perfect for wrapping…

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Ryder Robison: PantherAttack

Posted on November 2, 2006 Under Art

Ryder Robison was born in Oslo, Norway, currently lives in New York, and is an artist we dig. He spent the greater part of the last decade as the bass player in the Denver-born, major label band VAUX, but he…

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