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Shred or Die

Posted on October 31, 2007 Under Life

I'm exhausted. For the past few nights I've been glued to Shred or Die, watching pro and regular extreme sports enthusiasts get their skate/snow/surf/BMX/moto on, and as a person who isn't accustomed to the quick energy burst from these types…

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Sang

Posted on October 31, 2007 Under Gadgetry

For the record, I don't like bugs. My old roommate calls this disease "city-ism," but I blame my fear of creepy crawlies on lingering childhood trauma that still to this day causes me to run from the room whenever a…

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Nation Magazine Cover Archive

Posted on October 29, 2007 Under Design

You could speculate on a bevy of reasons, from a new age of conservatism to a shrinking audience in face of a digital alternative, for what Nation Magazine Cover Archive sees as a decline in quality print magazine covers as…

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The Quiet Life

Posted on October 26, 2007 Under Design

Andy Mueller, who we wrote about yesterday in a post featuring the Art Dump design group, somehow finds time outside his diverse responsibilities at Girl Skateboards to run The Quiet Life, a creative collective (of only three) that maintains a…

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PumaTalk

Posted on October 26, 2007 Under Fashion

When it comes to shoes, it seems sometimes there's a clear dividing line. There are Adidas people. There are flip-flops-only people. Crocs people. There are, probably the most ubiquitous among us, Nike people. And then there are Puma people. Puma…

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You Are So Last Year

Posted on October 25, 2007 Under Fashion

When it comes to the clothing appetite of my male friends, they tell me they're happy just subsisting on tees, a choice I don't dog but envy. Most dudes will never have to encounter the aggravating situation of fighting with…

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Umbrella Pot

Posted on October 23, 2007 Under Design

Resourceful cities have a way to collect rainwater and find good use for Mother Nature's generous gift, but the Umbrella Pot by Kyouei Design makes it super easy to do on a per-individual basis without the effort, thought or fingertip…

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Nike Joy Division Kicks

Posted on October 23, 2007 Under Fashion

If you haven't been living under a rock the past year, you know we're fully into Joy Division mania with the recent release of the Ian Curtis biopic Control, album reissues and T-shirts to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the…

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60, Unite for Children

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Books

To commemorate its 60-year anniversary of fighting for children's rights, UNICEF used its exceptional talent in organizing people for a worthy cause to gather the work of 60 renowned artists for a just-released anthology called 60, Unite for Children. Illustrators…

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Gocco

Posted on October 22, 2007 Under Art

The methods of printing date back centuries, and if it weren't for this extensive history, we might be printing today's hot graphics onto tees using rudimentary rubbings of impressions from wood blocks instead of the modern silkscreening from which we've…

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