Category: design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン
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Amerigo Gazaway + more
Amerigo Gazaway A great summer soundtrack by Amerigo Gazaway who do some of the best blends of hip-hop with soul. More on Amerigo Gazaway here. Amerigo Gazaway has produced some amazing hip-hop versus soul and blues mashups including the likes of Marvin Gaye and BB King. Unsafe At Any Speed I got this crash test…
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Benetton – new positioning
Benetton was, from my personal perspective, a photo-streetwear brand of the 1980s and early 1990s. It had a particular European look. This was back when European tennis wear like Lacoste and Australian by L’Alpina were exotic. The Pet Shop Boys were singing about the Paninara sub culture that was obsessed with designer clothing and American…
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MasterCard logo + more
MasterCard logo redesign struck a nice balance between change and heritage. Wired magazine has more details on the MasterCard logo redesign and how it has changed or evolved over the years. More on branding related stories here. Snoop Dogg on a US game show via Zak Agency’s ‘cool sh*t‘ email newsletter. Legendary undersells the Doggfather.…
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Native materials + more news
As Tastes Mature, Chinese Crave Native Materials | Global Currents | BoF – also mirrors a desire to look less flashy and moving away from tu hao jin products. Native materials also reflect a growing pride in China and what it means to be Chinese Photographer Bill Cunningham left the fashion world some brilliant advice on…
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ABZU & other things
ABZU I like my computer entertainment trippy rather than action packed like this trailer for computer game ABZUABZÛ by 505 Games seems to fit the bill judging from this trailer shown at E3. Looks like I need to go out and buy a PS4 as this will be arriving in August. How immense would this…
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Divorce talks + more
Britain, EU at odds over timing of divorce talks – The Boston Globe – The markers of European decline are not hard to find. For the first time in modern history, Asia has more private wealth than Europe, the Boston Consulting Group said last year. And China will account for 70 percent of Asia’s growth between now…
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Throwback gadget: SnapperMail
Thinking about SnapperMail takes me back to end of 2001, I started to prepare for leaving my job at Edelman. This meant upgrading my home IT set up. I picked up an iBook. The iBook was Apple’s consumer-orientated laptop made from 1999 to 2006. Mine was a second generation ‘Snow’ laptop with a G3 processor,…
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Fox + more news
Fox Fox ‘Stole’ a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA’d the Original – Slashdot – either its automated software (likely YouTube’s automated scanning) or exceptionally shady business practices – both of which are plausible scenarios when it comes to Fox. Either way Fox won’t care Business In China, Uber faces battle to usurp…
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100 soundscapes + more things
The 100 Soundscapes of Japan: A list of Japan’s greatest natural, cultural, and industrial sounds – this is the kind of project that the web was made of. It’s an inspired piece of work. Not to over-egg it but these 100 soundscapes are amazing. More Japan-related posts here. Burberry explores Mr. Burberry’s narrative via GQ…