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.


Scot Lefavor

Posted on April 5, 2005 Under Art

Let me formally congratulate Scot Lefavor on finally getting his website up and running! Check it out--it has been a long wait, but it was worth it. Scot is a graphic designer, extremely talented artist, and mega-cool guy from Boulder,…

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ARKITIP 27

Posted on April 4, 2005 Under Books

ARKITIP magazine's 27th issue is out now. This book is limited edition, hand numbered to 1000. The current issue features artists like Michael Leon, Charles Glaubitz, and Jay Howell. Each issue is packaged with a special Michael Leon and Marc…

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Yagoohoogle

Posted on April 4, 2005 Under Life

This is Yagoohoogle, Google and Yahoo morphed together so you can view results of both at once. Interesting to see how your name or company does on each. Via Life Hacker

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Google Gulp

Posted on April 1, 2005 Under Design

I'm not going to prank you all--i'm not that witty today--but Google sure is. Their prank, Google Gulp, is a riot. "Think fruity. Think refreshing. Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes…

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Option G

Posted on March 31, 2005 Under Fashion

Option G apparel is an extension of an already successful design company with top notch clients throughout the music and media. Cole Gerst's designs are all hand drawn styles, which he says and I agree stand out against a very…

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Hello Base

Posted on March 31, 2005 Under Fashion

Formed in 2003 by Ryan Weiss, Hello Base has a nice lineup of t-shirts, posters, and as they put it "other creative goodness". They pride themselves on making fun, inspiring, random-nature theme products. One of my favorite designs has got…

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Justin Simoni

Posted on March 30, 2005 Under Art

Colorado dwelling Justin Simoni has presented alongside folks like Evan Hecox, and Ryan Mcginness at the Andenken in downtown Denver. By the looks of his portfolio he's a multidisciplined artist, some of his latest work includes a painting series called…

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Brooks Salzwedel

Posted on March 30, 2005 Under Art

Brooks Salzwedel is an illustrator, artist and talented designer whose inspiration comes from the books that he finds at thrift stores---50's handyman books, life magazines, as well as nature and science books. He tells me he is really into books…

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Seven-Nine

Posted on March 29, 2005 Under Fashion

Australian based Seven-Nine has a nice lineup of t-shirts and artwork. They just recently launched their fourth series of t-shirts--with some very hot designs. They're limited edition so no telling how long these will be around. They were also apart…

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Malaquias Montoya

Posted on March 27, 2005 Under Art

Not only is Malaquias Montoya an extermely talented illustrator, painter, and silk screen printer--but he is a courageous man providing a voice for the voiceless. He says his work depicts honesty and promotes an attitude towards existing reality; a confrontational…

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