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.


Birthday Giveaways

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Life

Today is a special day, it's my birthday and I have some gifts for you all! Just a little thank you to all my readers, friends and supporters. "¢T-Shirts from Dadawan and Naive Clothing. "¢Some Awesome (I mean AWESOME) Alternative…

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Ego Paris

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Design

Although it's 48 degrees and rainy where I am, it's supposedly "summer" somewhere. Whatever that "sun" thing is, it must be nice. French designer Thomas Sauvage designed these Tandem lounge chairs for Ego in Paris. These are for those sunny…

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Naive Clothing

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Fashion

Naive Clothing was started a little over a year ago by a young entrepeneur in college who wanted to create something different--that didn't conform to pop culture, but "transformed it". The dream behind Naive was that people will begin to…

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Subway Pictures

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Art

So their were some rumors floating around a while ago that the New York City Transit Authority was trying to ban photography on the subway--some type of anti-terrorism business. DeviantART has a collection of the two hundred photographs that were…

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$10 at Threadless

Posted on May 24, 2005 Under Fashion

I don't know how they do it, but everything at Threadless is $10 until June 6th. Shirts galore, like this one called "Take A Hike", (left) by Hans Krebs and "Think Slow" (right) by Joshua Vanover. Time to stock up…

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Art Lebdev Studio

Posted on May 24, 2005 Under Design

Art Lebdev Studio is the largest design company in Russia-- they do industrial, graphic, and web design. What grabbed me was their product design, it's all very simple--like this TaskWatch wall organizer. They have a lot of other really slick…

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Kiyoshi Kuroda

Posted on May 24, 2005 Under Art

Kiyoshi Kuroda is a Japanese artist known mostly for his intricate monotone ink drawings. He uses plants, detailed insects and other animals in his designs. He also has some pretty enticing t-shirts, some drawings over photographs, and a few other…

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OHSO Toothbrush

Posted on May 23, 2005 Under Design

OHSO gets my nod for the most stylish and futuristic toothbrush/toothpaste contraption on the market today. The toothpaste is self dispensing and easily refillable by turning the handle one direction which creates a suction, bringing the toothpaste into the handle.…

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Vote For My Shoe Design, Get Free Shoes!

Posted on May 20, 2005 Under Design

<%image(1/20050523-20050520-nikevoteshoe.jpg?454|247|)%>Hello fellow readers! I have a shoe design currently on display at NikeiD for a "design contest" right now. I'd love it if you can vote for me, each and every one of you. If I do win, which I…

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Lumiloop

Posted on May 20, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Lumiloop is a modular system of program and display panels that can be chained together to form a reactive bracelet. Designed by Elise Co and Nikita Pashenkov--"Each display module features a small 8x8 LED matrix, dynamically driven by an interchangeable…

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