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.


NNew Can: Twist and Trash

Posted on October 29, 2009 Under Design

The NNew Can, designed by Jiwoon Park & Kwenyoung Choi. Interesting, but are we creating a solution in search of a problem? Via Yanko Design

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Gestalten Books

Posted on October 28, 2009 Under Books

Two crazy (and crazy interesting) books from Gestalten showed up on my desk this week. Both are worth checking out! The first is called Papercraft: Design and Art with Paper (top) and is all about the crazy and ingenious projects…

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GigLocator

Posted on October 28, 2009 Under Music

Like live shows? Sick of the old-school ways to find them and buy tickets? Me too. Check out GigLocator. I'm impressed by the work of James Proud and his partner Miles in London. Keep up the good work guys!

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Robatabrand T-shirts

Posted on October 28, 2009 Under Fashion

Some great t-shirts by Robatabrand. And as a bonus to Josh Spear readers, enter "JOSHSPEAR" at check out to get 10% off! Thanks Mark!

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99% Conference 2010

Posted on October 28, 2009 Under Life

This year's 99% Conference was a huge success. So, why not register for next year way ahead of time? For a limited time they're offering $300 off the regular ticket price of $699. A steal. Go, do it, now!

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Natural Selection Exhibition: London

Posted on October 28, 2009 Under Art

'NATURAL SELECTION' will be a non selling exhibition including works by Adam Neate, Jose Parla, Phil Frost, Boris Tellegen (DELTA), Anthony Lister, James Marshall (DALEK), Futura, Mark Dean Veca, Ron English, Stash, WK Interact, Snug and Andrew McAttee. The exhibition…

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Limited Edition Billy Bookcase

Posted on October 27, 2009 Under Design

The super-duper popular IKEA bookcase we all know and love by the name of Billy is turning 30 this year. IKEA is celebrating the occasion by releasing a couple of limited edition models. Fun! Via Below The Clouds & Notcot.org

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Delaunay Images

Posted on October 27, 2009 Under Art

Absolutely beautiful images based on something called Delaunay triangulations, which maximize the minimum angle of all the angles of the triangles in the triangulation; they tend to avoid skinny triangles. This was created using a scripting plug-in for Illustrator by…

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Volta Batteries

Posted on October 26, 2009 Under Design

Why can't all batteries look this good?  Unique and colorful packaging for Volta Batteries by ACME Industries in Romania.  Good enough not to throw out and remember to recycle? Hope so.

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Lykke Li x Thom Yorke

Posted on October 26, 2009 Under Music

Loving this new track by two of my favorite musical artists Lykke Li and Thom Yorke of Radiohead fame.  Via Kanye West (or whoever is blogging on his behalf). Related: My exclusive interview with Thom Yorke!

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