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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.


Sony Bravia: Color Like No Other

Posted on October 17, 2006 Under Life

By now we've all seen the awe-inspiring Sony Bravia commercial, Bouncy Balls, that sent 250,000 multi-coloured 'superballs' bouncing down the streets of San Francisco. The beautiful mood was set by guitarist José Gonalez-- we've come to know and love his…

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Jon Burgerman: ODM Watch

Posted on October 17, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Remember those ODM Watches I blogged about back in November of 2004? If you're just tuning in, probably not. Either way, the original watches were a huge hit-- winning the prestigious Red dot design award and the IF design award…

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Beat 13: Painted Rolls Royce

Posted on October 17, 2006 Under Art

Beat 13, an artist and music collective, was created in Birmingham, UK back in '99. The founders, Lucy Mclauchlan and Matt Watkins say it all started with drawing, music instruments came next, and then came the computers. This Rolls Roys,…

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Start Mobile: History Of Rock

Posted on October 17, 2006 Under Gadgetry

Start Mobile is getting ready to launch the Richard E. Aaron History Of Rock Mobile Gallery. They'll be distributing this massive historic chronicle consisting of more than two million photographs of thousands of bands through several hundred US and worldwide…

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Art Lebdev Russia: Vector Stuff Holder

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Design

Art Lebdev Studio, the largest design company in Russia (we covered them back in May of '05), just released a fun poke at statistical charts and space saving with the Vector Stuff Holder. The office employee turns [the] Vector depending…

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Pietari Posti

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Art

We're huge fans of Barcelona based freelance artist Pietari Posti's work. Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Pietari says during his childhood other kids would ask him to play, but he preferred to stay inside and draw. Sooner than later they stopped…

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Louis Vuitton’s Icons

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Art

The Espace Louis Vuitton in Paris extended invitations to a wide range of talented individuals across a variety of artistic disciplines to interpret the Louis Vuitton Icons. From architects to writers, sculptors and scenographers-- the collection turned out (no surprise)…

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PingPongPixel

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Art

PingPongPixel is an amazing art experiment. It's an output device for a computer consisting of 8100 ping pong balls in 6 different grey tones. The machine interprets images, building them out of shaded ping pong balls at a larger than…

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ShuffleArt Koobniks

Posted on October 16, 2006 Under Design

ShuffleArt, originally the makers of the cute vinyl stickers used to decorate your iPod collection, recently released what they're calling Koobniks: Soft vinyl film to protect against scratches on the wrist area of the Macbook, Macbook Pro, Powerbook G4 and…

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Daniel Murphy

Posted on October 13, 2006 Under Art

After several years of traditional drawing and painting, artist Danny Murphy decided to parlay his way into 3D artwork as an alternative way of expression. His sculptures are made from Strathmore Bristol papers-- cutting, bending and gluing the three-dimensional forms…

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