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.


Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Design

Posted on December 30, 2005 Under Design

Reinventing The Umbrella Realm Dekor Barkitecture Nike iD Design Studio Martin Robitsch Makr Wallet Ohso Toothbrush Bamboo Snowboard Beck(y)

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Fashion

Posted on December 30, 2005 Under Fashion

This was a tough category to narrow down. We had some great fashion related posts this year! Momimomi T-shirts SquidFire Installation Shoe Gallery Future Handsome Millionaire Royal Elastics Grata Softservice T-shirts Rock n' Clothing i-Manifest Rxmance Clothing Perplex and Lola…

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Music

Posted on December 28, 2005 Under Music

This was never meant to be a music site, but I love music too much to ever ignore posting some of my favorite finds! Q-Unit Greatest HitsBlue Eyes Meets Bed Stuy Breakdancing Transformers The Beaterator Shynola Beck Video

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Books

Posted on December 28, 2005 Under Books

Here are some of the most popular book posts from 2005! Sneakers: The Complete Collectors Guide Angry Young Cliche Help It's Broken Freewave Look At Book

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Best of JoshSpear.com ’05: Art

Posted on December 27, 2005 Under Art

Time to kick off the year in review. Here are some of the most popular Art posts on JoshSpear.com as well as some of my favorites! They're in no particular order... Acquired Art Crusade Jason Thielke Meet The World Dee…

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Sneaker Freaker Redesigned

Posted on December 27, 2005 Under Fashion

Everyone seems to be re-launching for the new year. My friends over at Sneaker Freaker redesigned their website and it looks great. They really continue to be one of the best, if not the definitive online sneaker resource. Not to…

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Imogen Heap

Posted on December 27, 2005 Under Music

All right, okay, I admit I went to see Narnia with my family on Christmas eve like the rest of the country. Having read the book around 15 years ago, I had flash backs from grade-school throughout the movie. The…

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Crummy Brothers Cookies

Posted on December 26, 2005 Under Food

My readers' suggestion that this site should include occasional posts from guest writers seemed like a great idea, but I sure didn't expect it to happen quite so quickly. The day before Christmas, my family was the lucky recipient of…

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AmoebaCorp Scrapbooks

Posted on December 26, 2005 Under Art

Besides AmoebaCorp's impressive portfolio as a design studio, their virtual Scrap Books are awesome. They're full of "personal experiments, sketches, finished pieces and epherma of all-sorts." It's always really fun to see the unfinished and sometimes private work of a…

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Flyer Talk

Posted on December 22, 2005 Under Travel

I've been traveling a lot lately and aside from my obsession with Seat Guru, I've found a new and extraordinary resource for all us frequent flyers. I know Flyer Talk has been around for a while, but just recently I…

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