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.


Chuck Anderson

Posted on July 26, 2005 Under Art

Chuck Anderson has some seriously great work, and he will be speaking at the Semi Permanent event coming up in New York on September 9th and 10th. These are a pair of slip-ons he designed for Fifty24SF and UpperPlayground. His…

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Moto Q

Posted on July 26, 2005 Under Gadgetry

The peanut gallery has been calling the new "RAZR-thin" PDA a 'blackberry killer' for some time, but none of them had actually tried the damn thing yet. I'm not convinced that's the case. The Blackberry handles email better than anything…

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I heart QRIO

Posted on July 25, 2005 Under Life

I've always lusted after the Sony QRIO, so any videos I see just make me love the little robotic 'fella that much more. This made the circuits a while ago, but if you haven't seen it before-- worth watching now!…

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Crinkle Cup

Posted on July 25, 2005 Under Design

The plastic cup reminds me of summer-- slip and slides, sipping bug juice and eating fruit-ice-pops. Of course, I wont deny the plastic cup has become a symbol of a "kegger", and the epitome of a college party. The Crinkle…

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Orbit Watch

Posted on July 25, 2005 Under Gadgetry

This new watch concept by Gina Reimann is quite the concept. Billed as "the sundian for the 22nd century", her watch The Orbit, uses natural sunlight to tell the time with the help of a simple compass interface. At night,…

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Blue Ribbon Sports

Posted on July 25, 2005 Under Fashion

Way back in the early '60's, a visionary named Phil Knight started a small shoe company, which was originally called Blue Ribbon Sports. Now we know it simply as "Nike". More than 40 years later, Nike has launched a new…

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Egg and Toast Maker

Posted on July 21, 2005 Under Gadgetry

If I lived in a dorm room, I wouldn't even think twice about getting myself this Egg and Muffin Toaster. Heck, I might even think about getting myself one so I never even have to fire up my stove! This…

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The iPop

Posted on July 21, 2005 Under Design

I'm showing a little of my softer side here, and my long time love for 'bath time'--oh how embarrassing. I totally dig the iPop, designed by "Design by People", a NYC based firm. The product is a collaboration between the…

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Saturday in Design

Posted on July 21, 2005 Under Design

This Saturday, the 23rd of July, is a day packed full of good design in Sydney, Australia. The event is called Saturday in Design and there will be 34 busses operating on 5 different routes around the city taking spectators…

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Be. Bike

Posted on July 21, 2005 Under Design

Be. Bike has a great set of limited edition bike models by 8 different notable urban artists. Futura, Haze, Kaws, Misk, Matzu, Kenji Hirata, Skwerm, and Stash-- each picked their own bike parts, and did the graphics on each piece.…

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