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From Philadelphia 07/02/09

Men (and Women) at Work

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We’ve been a little quiet on the blog front this week, but hard at work behind the scenes. It’s a project that’s been brewing for a while, and we’re excited to share it with you, our lovely readers, on Monday. Until then: bring on the fireworks and beer.

From London 06/30/09

David Sykes

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Feeling a little unprepared for swimsuit season? Take a cue from David Sykes and go for a light breakfast.

From Los Angeles 06/29/09

Fiber and Fellow

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The creators of Fiber and Fellow want you to wear their story. This fall, that story resembles the life of a timid, hirsute outdoorsman.

From Berlin 06/25/09

Safety Pins by BLESS

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This 100% steel safety pin from BLESS manages to be both entirely necessary and entirely unnecessary at the same time.

From Chicago 06/24/09

Junghwan Chei

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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago student Junghwan Chei designed a pillow made explicitly for napping while working at your desk, so you no longer need to rest your head on a stack of papers. 

From Paris 06/23/09

Odélie Chan

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Odélie Chan‘s colorful creations are definitely dreamy, with designs that include peacocks, masks, Egyptian pharaohs, and hummingbirds.

From Elsewhere 06/23/09

Split Decisions

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Jen’s too humble to tell you herself, but she’s been busy: Introducing Split Decisions, a bit of wearable Gnarlitude. 

From London 06/23/09

Maria Francesca Pepe

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Maria Francesca Pepe does not design for the timid. In fact, most of her pieces double as small weapons.

From Portland 06/19/09

I Made You A Beard

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Awww. Isn’t that nice?

From Australia 06/19/09

Erect Animals

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Kiwi retailer Good as Gold is the exclusive stockist of Erect’s brightly colored and omfg so cute vinyl animals. You just have to get past the name.

From Philadelphia 06/18/09

Alexander Girard at UO

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We’re pretty proud of our exclusive Alexander Girard wall-art and bedding collections. A legendary American textile designer, Girard worked alongside George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames at Herman Miller, and his work has become part of popular design lexicon. These are pretty special, so get ‘em here now, before they’re good and gone.

From New York 06/18/09

MaSh

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MaSh‘s eye-popping leggings are designed by Parsons student Kelsey Witte. Talk about an after-school job. 

From Australia 06/17/09

All Of Our Lives

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Donning something from the All Of Our Lives ‘Happy Bow Day’ collection is a surefire way to get yourself invited to a mad tea party. 

From London 06/17/09

Neurotica Sad Panda

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This sad little panda is so cute and so sad that you should buy him so he feels better!

From Japan 06/17/09

Frank and Easy

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Crabs (the crustacean kind you eat) are one of summer’s many pleasures. This crab ring from Frank and Easy, though, is something even the landlocked can enjoy.

From London 06/16/09

If You Could Collaborate

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The latest If You Could project is If You Could Collaborate, pairing artists of every discipline imaginable with someone of their choosing, to create a project entirely of their choosing. Collaborations include Jim Stoten and Andy Rementer, Oliver Jeffers and Aaron Ruff, Fontaine Anderson and Deanne Cheuk, and many more. Results of the pairings will be shown at the A Foundation Gallery in early 2010, proving we can all just get along.

From Vancouver 06/12/09

Green Space Travel Case

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Paige Russell’s Green Space Travel Case gives the picnic lunch a twist with her briefcase-enclosed portable mini-park snack kit.  It’s the perfect grassy solution for those summer days when you’re stuck inside. (via Design Sponge)

From Japan 06/12/09

Koji Horigome

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Duck shoes

From Toronto 06/12/09

Alex McLeod

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They look like hand-built dioramas, but Alex McLeod does it digitally. 

From New York 06/10/09

Jaw Maker

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The best part about Jaw Maker‘s technotribal designs is that you can customize the colors to make it any way you want. 

From London 06/10/09

Daniel Eatock

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From a project that is ”29 coloured plastic tops and lids arranged and rearranged” to Everything Heinz, which is 57 kinds of Heinz foods mixed and packed together in 57 sealed tins, artist Daniel Eatock makes the most out of everyday objects. 

From Philadelphia 06/10/09

Gottlund Verlag

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Gottlund Verlag’s Rio Grande T-Shirt turns the shirt’s fading into part of its design. Named for the New Mexican blankets that inspired its patterns, the shirt is printed with two layers of overlapping ink. With repeated washings, the black top layer begins to fade, revealing more and more of the blue layer underneath. A nice impetus to do your laundry.

From New York 06/10/09

Zebra #2 Mechanical Pencil

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Zebra’s #2 Mechanical Pencil couples the precision and ease of a mechanical pencil with the timeless style of an old school #2. Factor in the real wood casing and full sized pink rubber eraser, and stationary nerds, even the closeted ones, are close to clawing each other’s eyes out. 

From Elsewhere 06/08/09

Innate Gestures' Waste Bin

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Innate Gestures waste-bin is the definition of trashy-chic.

From Los Angeles 06/08/09

Generic Surplus Pop-Up Shop

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The creators of the Generic Man + Generic Surplus just opened their first Pop-Up Shop at Space 15 Twenty on Friday. This Pop-Up is a unique retail and event experience featuring LA artists who represent the brand’s philosophy of ‘newdultism.’

From Stockholm 06/05/09

Just My Type Fonts

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Form Conspiracy’s Just My Type project is updated periodically and presents a small archive of super stylish high-end fonts for free. We bet it’s a lot easier to find something you like on here than on Nerve.com

From Elsewhere 06/05/09

Frank Lloyd Wright Legos

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After decades of training young builders and designers, it’s only natural that Lego should start offering kits of famous buildings. They’re launching their new architecture line with two Frank Lloyd Wright buildings: Falling Water and The Guggenheim Museum. Perfect for architecture-loving kids and Lego-loving architects. (via Designboom)

From New York 06/05/09

Soap Knuckles

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Want to add a little street cred to your shower experience? Look no further than Spye Design’s Soap Knuckles, natural glycerin soap cast in the shape of everyone’s favorite ass-beating accessory. 

From Elsewhere 06/03/09

Cinco

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The funny and irreverent work of Cinco, a multi-disciplinary design firm in Buenos Aires, definitely gets five stars. 

From Paris 06/03/09

Langendorff et Dune

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Artist Julien Langendorff and musician David Herman Dune combine talents to create a collection of T-shirts, accessories and objets for fashion collective Commune de Paris, 1871. Their ‘Fire, Fire’ theme evokes the smell of something burning, “moustache ends, and jacket buttons… “