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SneakersBR

Posted on August 27, 2007 Under Fashion

SneakersBR -- a Brazilian site hyping all things sneakers -- just launched their first collection of tees paying homage to the very subject that happily consumes the attention span (and likely a matching-sized chunk of the bank accounts) of its…

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Sabadabada

Posted on August 22, 2007 Under Design

My friends sometimes describe me as an obsessive type when it comes to things I really like, but I don't always see it as a bad thing -- more often than not, it works out to someone else's advantage. For…

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Adidas Skateboarding Kombi: Sao Paulo

Posted on August 22, 2007 Under Life

To introduce its Adidas Skateboarding line in Brazil, Adidas has gone old-school and revamped a 1985 Kombi Volkswagen with its trademark three stripes in a blue color theme and sketches by legendary skater Mark Gonzalez, stocked it with gear and…

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Organic Fast Food

Posted on August 17, 2007 Under Art

From time to time, I come across an artist who blows my mind in a way I can't totally explain and there's no way to deal with it except getting other people amped about on him/her on a much grander…

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Place: The World in a Suitcase

Posted on August 14, 2007 Under Art

A few years ago, two backpacks, each carrying a 350-page blank book, video camera and a T-shirt, were sent off by Barcelona creative studio Vasava in totally opposite directions to artists and groups in 35 cities, from Medellin to Montreal,…

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Wallspankers Issue 4

Posted on August 13, 2007 Under Art

There's a giant candle sitting on the birthday cake for Wallspankers PDF sticker magazine, which is festing its 1-year status with a new edition that's pressure-cooking with an arsenal of graff-style drawings and designs available for you to download, print…

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Umbro Black Leopards

Posted on August 10, 2007 Under Fashion

In a land where it's not so out of the ordinary for businesses to close up shop at 2 in the afternoon so that everyone can make it home in time to see their country's team play the World Cup,…

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Evoke: Sao Paulo

Posted on August 10, 2007 Under Fashion

The last time we wrote about Sao Paulo's toy artspace and store Plastik was when we profiled their Munny show, but right now they're fresh into a new exhibition entitled Evoke that attracted so many people to the opening they…

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Pinky Wainer: Sao Paulo

Posted on August 8, 2007 Under Art

My sisters and I used to love inflatable toys because they could be kicked and thrown around without causing too much damage (always good for staing un-grounded) to both furniture and ourselves. Sao Paulo artist Pinky Wainer has the same…

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Loducca: Sao Paulo

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Design

I love working from home for all the obvious reasons, but I still wax nostalgic about the time I used to work in the historical Bradbury Building in L.A., a beautiful brick structure that was the location for many films,…

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