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Category Archives: Design

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The Freedom Gun

Saturday, July 14, 2007

A rather odd video report on New York Times today highlighting the AK-47 machine gun as it turns 60 today. In the video, at what appears to be a celebratory conference honoring the AK-47, the Defence Attache to Zimbabwe and Vietnam are giving speeches that pay tribute to the gun in which they “see Freedom.” [...]

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Beware, Design Award Spammer

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

You would think that a company who supports young designers (both print and web) would have a good grasp of the technology and etiquette involved in dealing with those aforementioned industries. That doesn’t seem to be the case for “Young Guns”, an awards company which hands out a out yearly prize or two to designers [...]

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Beautifying the Border

Sunday, July 9, 2006

Don’t worry guys, we’re working several beautiful designs! ‘It’s a silly thing to design, a conundrum, [...] You might as well leave it to security and engineers.’ – Diller, Scofidio & Renfro to the NYTimes in the article A Fence With More Beauty, Fewer Barbs. (That’s a good answer, glad they opted out of the [...]

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Hot New Privacy Hoodies

Thursday, June 22, 2006

These Computer Hoods by Royal College of Art alumn Joe Malia are for people who aren’t feeling the traditional privacy screens. Several designs available to work with your desktop PC, cell phone, and PSP. I found them on we make money not art‘s website. From a Texans’ point of view, they over looked the heat [...]

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High-End Design

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Although it’s been a year now on the market, I’m just noticing their full page advertisements on the back of Wired Magazine. Kolhers’ Purist Hatbox Toilet is impressive because of it’s tankless design, but then again who ever complained about having a tank? Isn’t that were we pile all the reading material and the extra [...]

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Lou’s Views

Thursday, February 9, 2006

I’m hoping a good friend of mine reads this entry because he’s been having trouble choosing a new pair of glasses. I think these are for him for two reasons: he’s a big Lou Reed fan and he’s near sighted -I think. Anyhow, I found these advertised on Lou Reed’s Website, apparently Lou says that [...]

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Giant Guerillas Fall Hard

Monday, December 5, 2005

Sony’s guerilla marketing campaign for the new PSP backfires in marketing sensitive cities like San Francisco. (read more + pictures : Wired article: Sony Draws Ire With PSP Graffiti By Ryan Singel) I also read in the Wired article that the anti-Sony sentiment might also be stemming from the invisible virus-prone software that Sony has [...]

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