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Klik Klik (24/08/10 17:26)
Science meets art in Klik Klik, Al Kelly and and Kellar Williams' new magnetic jewelry kit. Setting themselves apart from similar brands that came before them (like Magnetik Distractions and the gift set), Kelly and Williams take form as seriously as function, introducing new shapes and perfectly-engineered magnetism for...
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The Raven (24/08/10 15:04)
Created for the serious gamer, the Raven is a new wireless controller designed for the Playstation 3 but modeled after the more user-friendly X-box controller. We recently had the chance to road-test the Raven, finding the updated design really does enhance the playing experience. Covered in Nyko's Soft Feel...
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Anne Ricketts (24/08/10 13:25)
L.A.-based sculptor Anne Ricketts creates miniature pieces of art for the body and home. Twenty years ago, she started her career with clay sculptures, but quickly transferred to sculpting in foam, wax and clay before casting her pieces in bronze. "Casting in bronze is addictive," she says. "The tactile...
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Video pranksters Van and Casey Neistat have been making movies together since 1999 when the debut of the iMac spurred the brothers to start editing videos at home. Over the last decade the duo's provocative antics and DIY aesthetic has taken them from early viral fame (2003's guerilla anti-Apple...
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Mutsumi Hashi (23/08/10 21:52)
Handmade by artisans in the Ehime Prefecture, Oey's Mutsumi Hashi chopsticks are beautifully linked together with Mizuhiki, a Japanese paper twine made from water, glue and silk. Traditionally tied onto gifts, the ancient Mizuhiki artform symbolizes a heart-to-heart connection. Oey reinterprets this folklore by wrapping the cord-like Mizuhiki strings...
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The Heidelberg Project (23/08/10 20:02)
by Lisa Kereszi In a Detroit neighborhood punctuated by little more than defunct traffic lights and abandoned train tracks, Heidelberg Street stands out for its row of colorful houses decorated with repurposed bits of urban detritus and bright paint. I recently spent a little time shooting and surveying the street,...
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The Looftlighter (23/08/10 14:27)
Sick of grilled chicken tasting like lighter fluid, theater director Richard Looft made his first prototype by using a reversed vacuum to blow air onto a toaster filled with charcoal. When he saw that the coal was ready to use in just a few minutes, the concept for the...
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This video checks in with the sellers who come to the Brimfield Antique Show, which three times a year inflates the population of Brimfield, Massachusetts from 3,000 to a quarter million. From a dealer who specializes in Masonic ephemera to a sculptor who uses scrap metal as his material,...
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Taking a look at the thrice-annual phenomenon of the Brimfield Antique Show in Western Massachusetts, this video focuses on the people who travel there from all over the world to collect everything from milk bottle caps to taxidermy peacocks. We talked to jewelry designer Phillip Crangi, prop master Kenyan...
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LimoLand (20/08/10 23:49)
Jean "Johnny" Pigozzi, the larger-than-life personality behind LimoLand, says the line of clothing and accessories is for "rich old men." Combining a candy-hued palette with classic styles and quality materials, if Pigozzi is talking about grandpas, then they're the ones who summer in the Hamptons on hallucinogens. Those who...
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