Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Greenwashing / 2modern
What is greenwashing? Greenwashing is the creation or promotion of a products or ideals that exhibit environmentally sound qualities without actually performing at a less consumptive level. For example, the illusion of buying bamboo chairs imported from Vietnam over oak chairs from your native state. Yes, bamboo ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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IMAX Coming to the Boston Common 19 Theaters! / the function key
I am siked! Every time a movie comes out in IMAX, I have to curb my excitement because there’s no way I’m about to rent a Zip Car and truck out to Jordan’s Furniture to see it. But ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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coco chanel . . . going cellular? / the function key
Forget the iPhone, I need to get my hands on the Chanel cell . . .
I wonder if tattoos are included . . . I kinda like em!
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Mid-century illustration for the home / 2modern
I have always been in love with advertising posters from the 50's and 60's. I always thought that one day I would luck out and find a picture I liked in a book, take it to a print shop and have it blown ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Gazing Across a Room / tokyo art beat
Roni Horn’s career has spanned decades and yet she maintains her creative dexterity. She considers her relationship to her work to be fundamentally verbal and based on language. “I am probably more language-based than I am visual, and I move through language ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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For Fans of Fans / brand new
Of all the industries or products to discuss logos about I never thought that ceiling fans would be one of them. While not a tremendously exciting rebranding, I think it's important to highlight products and organizations that may be less glamorous or sexy ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Designer´s Open application deadline extended / design east
DESIGNERS’ OPEN 08 /// LEIPZIG . GERMANY, FESTIVAL FOR DESIGN /// OCTOBER 24th - 26th 2008
Dear Designers, due to very active interest we are extending our registration period by one week. The deadline is now August 8th 2007. After that your ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
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Graduation projects at State University of Tula / design east
20 of June 2008 defense of the graduation projects on Industrial design specialization was held at State University of Tula. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
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Marian Bantjes: Love Stories Monograph / creative review
Typographer and illustrator Marian Bantjes has created a beautiful project for our Monograph series on all the people - and things - she loves…
Monograph is our special A5 booklet for subscribers only. We’ve been publishing it for about a year now and ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
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In Brief: Views on Brands / brand new
Given that I visit more web sites than I should, I rarely spend more than a minute on any of my internet stops — and it's usually those with pretty pictures that manage to keep me around the longest. Avid Brand New ...
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