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.


Koyono

Posted on May 13, 2005 Under Fashion

Koyono is a smart line of clothing and accessories based on performance, style, and minimalism. Their products are simplistic yet completely sophisticated. First and foremost, I have to give their wallet design the "Slimmy" a serious nod of approval. It's…

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Chimp Artwork

Posted on May 12, 2005 Under Life

It's hard to believe this artwork was done by a Chimpanzee named Congo in the late 1950's, and even more impressive is that it's for sale at MoCA, in London. "Congo's paintings originiated in a 1957 Institute of Contemporary Arts…

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The Collective Subconscious

Posted on May 12, 2005 Under Life

The Collective Subconscious is a very interesting installation project at UCLA that "imprints a dynamic collage of reverberating thoughts on public space as people move through it". Each person is given a unique RFID tag, and they can associate a…

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Nooka Zot Watch

Posted on May 11, 2005 Under Gadgetry

Gotta thank The Sponge for letting us know Elsewares updated their site with some new goodies. This is the Nooka Zot Watch, representing the progression of hours in a window of small dots, minutes in a 59 incremental horizontal bar,…

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Angry Young Cliche

Posted on May 11, 2005 Under Books

Angry Young Cliche is a 160 page book, exploring the interaction of social and political commentary within the realm of concept-based design. The book is full of work from Colin Smith--an incredibly talented graphic designer, soon to be Savannah College…

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HROYAL

Posted on May 11, 2005 Under Fashion

I hate to do two t-shirt design mentions in a row, but these HROYAL designs were too good to pass up on. Most of the site isn't in english, but it wasn't very hard to navigate around and find the…

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Mediafury T-Shirts

Posted on May 10, 2005 Under Fashion

Mediafury, the creative web, print, and video designers have started a small shop for clothing This is the first edition in their up and coming line of t-shirts--created by Dana Deskiewicz, Art Director of Media Fury. The idea behind the…

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Aluminum Tag Bags

Posted on May 9, 2005 Under Design

San Francisco based Escama has a quote on their website that reads "People must believe in themselves, that they are capable of transforming small things into big things"-- which is exactly what I thought when I saw their product line…

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Oral Fixation Mints

Posted on May 9, 2005 Under Design

Oral Fixation Mints are easily the most well designed and clearly well executed "mints" I have ever seen. They press each of the mints by hand in their mint factory in Penssylvania, and run their business from an old chocolate…

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Get It Louder Update

Posted on May 7, 2005 Under Design

Remember the "Get It Louder" exhibit in Shangai I mentioned a little while back? It was essentially an event celebrating the next generation of young and promising artists. Well, the news is it was an absolute blast, packed, and a…

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