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03/18/08 ·

Object

Something Fishy

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Sao Paulo is well on its way to churning out Tokyo-esque levels of brightly colored indie trinketry. This latest—a pencil-holder, in case you hadn’t guessed—is from Buia, a Japanese-Brazilian designer with a knack for transferring cartoonish designs onto ceramics.

More on Buia»

04/22/08 ·

Good Idea

The Paper Chase

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For all your attention to style, you probably haven’t considered the appearance of the thing you spend the most time looking at: your computer screen.

Luckily, the internet’s hungry designers are way ahead of you. Kitsune Noir has launched the Desktop Wallpaper Project to expand your options beyond the usual corporate logos and snapshots.

More on the Desktop Wallpaper Project»

07/30/08 ·

Bad Idea

Almost Glue

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We love innovation—and the fashion business certainly needs more not less—but it’s a risky business. For every good idea, there’s ten different bad ones, and for every genuine trendsetter, there’s another guy who’s wearing glued-together patches of denim.

Also, for every wise blogger championing the new, there’s another gushing about what he knows in his heart is a bad idea.