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TRAN.sit National Studio Tour

posted: Thursday October 05, 2006 - 8:28 AM

TRAN.sit National Studio Tour
In another great move for a personal site, two students - having recently graduated from the University of Delaware - decided that prior to diving into the professional world of design, would travel the country and meet with as many willing designers, art directors, illustrators, typographers, and print makers.

The result is a growing collection of interviews, advice and reports from the various "visits" they've had during their travels which to date includes: House Industries, Ellen Lupton, Pentagram, Mucca, Laurie Churchman, Mark Weiss, Jib hunt, and Square Zero.

TRAN.sit National Studio Tour

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Shai Clothing SexPacking Summer 2006

posted: Wednesday September 20, 2006 - 8:22 AM

Shai Clothing SexPacking Summer 2006
Interactive Television is on the horizon (my guess is 5-10 years out) and as often is the case, porn is leading the revolution in customer satisfaction.

In a drastic depature and substantial leap of innovation for an internet-based marketing campaign, France's Shai Clothing presents an interactive catalog of their summer clothing line. Subtitled "SexPacking" the catalog features 3 x-rated scenes of couples wearing their clothing before, during and after sex in a move that is sure to turn some heads.

Presented in true interactive fashion, each scene begins with the models wearing the various Shai Clothing pieces and pauses every 30 seconds or so to allow you to roll over the video for more information about the various items available for purchase.

In what can only be seen as a win/win/win situation you have a: woman on woman catalog, man on woman catalog and man on man catalog. Each features some tasteful x-rated pornography complete with happy ending for all parties involved. Perfect for those of you interested in sex, fashion, pornography and French people.

The SexPacking summer line is very European - sharp, tailored and full of bright colors. The porn meanwhile is sensual, tasteful, and rewarding.

As an added bonus all three videos are available for high-quality download in Mov, ipod Video, MP4, and Mobile (3GP) format. Wallpaper and soundtrack download is available as well. Whether or not all this translates into sales remains to be seen but Woah! talk about the complete package!

Definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK but entirely tasteful (x-rated however) and worth a visit if you're interested in some innovative marketing, fresh clothing and free porn.

SexPacking Summer 2006 Interactive Catalog

Also p.s. If you check the Shaiwear website you'll find this is a legitimate clothing coming with a surprisingly fresh line of clothing.

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The Tastemakers Society Interview - MAKR

posted: Monday September 18, 2006 - 8:41 AM

MAKR
TTS has a great interview with the the one and only MAKR of custom handmade leather goods.

Read the interview over at The Tastemakers Society and then follow through to the MAKR website to see the limited designs available for individual consumption. Each and every item is handmade and takes 1-2 weeks to ship.

So what sets MAKR apart from others? The designs of course! check the website for more...

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Fred Flare's Five Question with Pete Wentz

posted: Friday September 15, 2006 - 8:32 AM

Five Question with Pete Wentz
The ever quirky Fred Flare got an exclusive interview with Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy. The actor, musician and fashion designer broaches such topics as personal style, internet gossip and, kissing Hilary Burton and Sophia Bush on the show One Tree Hill.

Secretly I think Pete Wentz is amazing. I've only seen him perform twice - once for that DANCE DANCE video and once on Saturday Night Live. He is the perfect answer to a generation born on television. Alive and kicking!

Fred Flare's Five Question with Pete Wentz

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Puma Fall 2006

posted: Thursday September 14, 2006 - 9:12 AM

Puma Fall 2006
Where the Mongolian BBQ site failed, the Puma Fall 2006 website shines. Both make use of flash but this site is infinitely more friendly, beautiful, slick and clever. Take a minute and check it out!

Puma Fall 2006

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No Pattern Redesign, New Prints & New Book

posted: Wednesday September 06, 2006 - 8:43 AM

No Pattern Book
Brand new site, brand new prints, loads of new work, a book at an incredibly reasonable price + a donation to a great cause.

In Chuck's own words: "I put up a lot of new work, updated all the sections on the site, and now have my news as a news/blog right in the site. How convenient! The power of HTML frames. I'm very primitive with web design...but I like it that way."

Along with the new site are 4 brand new prints - "Summer Slays", "Anarchrysanthemum", "Nights Spent Living", and "Humanlike", which is somewhat of a 'follow-up' to Godlike. There is also a reprint of 'Vacations' now available, and there are still a few 'Godlike' prints left over. All prints are signed and printed on matte paper.

And last but not least, is the new Chuck Anderson book. The book is for sale for only $10 + $3 shipping and $1 from every book sold will be donated to the South Suburban Humane Society of Chicago Heights, IL. The book is 5x7 with 28 pages. It was printed in an edition of 2,000 copies, full color, and ships with NoPattern pins, stickers, and a postcard.

No Pattern Redesign, New Prints & New Book

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Just Another Rich Kid - This Heart's On Fire

posted: Friday August 04, 2006 - 8:16 AM

Just Another Rich Kid - This Heart's On Fire
JARK has a blog and this is his first post: "Welcome to This Heart's On Fire (for people who know almost everything cool already!). The blog will be an ongoing list of stuff that I'm into and think you should know about: music, design, fashion, movies, stores, websites, and other random stuff i think is cool at any point in time.

And I promise I'll only post really cool stuff, even if it means going a day or two without posting. I want this site to be about quality and not quantity. If I ever put anything up on yoga clothes or dog sweaters, PLEASE KILL ME. (If you haven't read that yet, this site isn't for you.)"

Temp URL for now but expect a proper one soon...

Just Another Rich Kid - This Heart's On Fire

Introducing Tablet Style

posted: Friday July 14, 2006 - 8:26 AM

Introducing Tablet Style
Introducing Tablet Style ? international fashion from the global nomad's ultimate resource ? Tablet Hotels. Tablet picked the top 10 fashion capitals and brought you their favored designs. Sorted by city, gender and designer, Tablet Style's summer collection shows you what to wear ? and where.

Essentially a Tablet Style skin wrapped around the yoox.com website...0

Introducing Tablet Style

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Adidas Originals Wallpaper Downloads

posted: Friday July 07, 2006 - 9:22 AM

Adidas Originals Wallpaper
Check out the very cool selection of wallpaper downloads from Adidas. Nice selection of hip designs in a variety of sizes including Cassius Clay and Missy Elliot series. There's an Adicolor screensaver available for download as well..

Adidas Originals Wallpaper

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Flavorpill Launches Activate

posted: Friday June 23, 2006 - 3:46 PM

Flavorpill Launches Activate
Activate is the latest newsletter in a string of similar offerings from Flavorpill - which include the weekly regional events and flagship newsletter Flavorpill, the guide to quality books and reading from Boldtype and the weekly guide to art and design Artkrush.

This latest newsletter marks a departure for Flavorpill who's demographic is largely comprised of people in tune with pop culture style and fashion. The Activate newsletter contains important world news from Politics and Business to Science Technology and Local Stories. Top stories, Popular Appeal and "Nearly News" are also included to keep you interested.

The first issue shows a network headed in the right direction. Flavorpill is positioning themselves as a modern-day internet publication powerhouse and is cornering every area of the market.

Solidfying themselves early on as a resource for quality information has helped a great deal. Existing Flavorpill subscribers will likely subscribe to the Activate without hesitation.

Flavorpill Launches Activate

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CerealArt Gallery Relocation and Site Redesign

posted: Wednesday June 07, 2006 - 7:14 PM

CerealArt Relocation and Site Redesign
Cerealart develops, produces and distributes a range of limited edition designs by internationally recognized artists.

The Cerealart gallery relocated on June 1st to 149 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia. In addition to the relocation they've recently redesigned website and online store.

Available items for purchase include works from Yoshitomo Nara, Allan McCollum, Laurie Simmons, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Momoyo Torimitsu, Kenny Scharf, Dalek, Marcel Dzama, Ryna McGinness, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Kehinde Wiley, Andreas Slominski, and Yoshua Okon among other.

The majority of items on offer are small sculptures in the $300+ range. This is limited edition art so keep that in mind as you peruse the webstore and balk at the site of a $150 soccer ball!

The website additionally features biographies and highlights of each artist, photo galleries of previous exhibitions, and a blog of related musings.

All in all a job well done. Congrats!

CerealArt Gallery Relocation and Site Redesign

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Beautiful/Decay Anthology

posted: Wednesday June 07, 2006 - 6:43 PM

Beautiful/Decay Anthology
B/D: Anthology is the online counterpart to Beautiful/Decay magazine. Each month a new series of artists, designers, writers, and musicians contribute original material to pick up where the print version of B/D left off.

This month's issue (33) highlights the work of Seth Cheeks, Shmack Clothing, Emily Twomey, Josh Clancy of Toothjuice, and Will Ainley. Additional features include film and music reviews in addition to various highlighted websites.

The format of the Anthology is a simple popup window with hyperlinks for websites, numbered navigation for galleries, and a scrollbar for articles. Subtract any reading and you can make it through an anthology in 10 minutes. Beautifully executed!

Beautiful/Decay Anthology

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Profile: Hide Your Arms

posted: Monday May 15, 2006 - 10:15 PM

Big Up Ya City
I subscribe to some 200 different RSS feeds to stay updated on what's happenin' in the world of well... everything and while I may know of a hundred different websites for you to check out, somehow I assume you've got your own sources and so I don't bother mentioning any of mine. No blogroll, no de.li.cious, no links list, you're on your own.

With that said, it's rare (okay never) that I come straight out and let you know about one of my sources, my recommendations, my daily destinations for fun stuffs and retail therapy. Daggit all to hell though. Andrew over at Hide Your Arms is just too damn nice.

He's got the flavor like Flav, gives props where it's due, gives thanks for the reviews and occasional recomendation and keeps it all-around good times and fast livin'.

Hide Your Arms does things right and keeps the focus narrow - hoodies, sweatshirts, the occasional tee and only those things to erm.. Hide Your Arms.

I like websites that do one thing and do it well. Andrew knows what's up and even while hailing from the UK has an impressive knowledge of what's what around these parts.

So give HYA a look-see, add 'em to your RSS feed, throw 'em some shwag, and tell 'em Shimone for the JL sent ya!

Hide Your Arms

Finding Your Ring Size

posted: Thursday May 11, 2006 - 7:56 AM

Finding Your Ring Size
Lucky Cash Designs (re)releases these $1 Money rings about 4 times a year and each release quickly sells out. These are basically the same rings folded from a dollar that you made as a kid (assuming you learned how) but this time with enamel coating to keep the thing intact (as if you couldn't just create another one if it fell apart).

This latest release includes a faux diamond for added "bling" clumsily placed on the 'O' from ONE (dollar). I'm a bit snide about the whole thing as you can see but believe it or not, for 18 bucks I thought fuckit let's have us an impulse buy.

The only problem was that I had no idea what my ring size is.

A quick Google search led me to the PippinBass Free Ring Sizer. Download the PDF, cut out the sizer and find your ring size. Apparently I'm a size 7 (which explains why the size 8 bottle opener ring didn't fit). I'll have to verify this in an actual ring shop but for now it's the quickest way to an answer.

Meanwhile I didn't buy the $1 Money ring. They don't have my size!

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Core77 Design Event Galleries

posted: Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 10:21 PM

Core77 Design Event Galleries
Core 77 has an impressive collection of galleries containing hundreds of images from different design events including: Material Trends, Milan Design Week, Design 2.0 New York, Tokyo Design Week, Material Vision, Dutch Design Week, London Design Festical, DesignersBlock Frankfurt, Workshopped, End of Year Shows, Designmai, and more.

Each gallery offers insight into such concepts as; design trends, material innovation, inspiring and progressive ideas, student shows, interior design, architecture, product development, and showcased work among others.

If you are at all curious about the future state of design as it applies to the world around you (clothing, furniture, architecture, etc.) this is a fascinating site to spend a few minutes perusing.

Core77 Design Event Galleries

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