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by armin
The San Andres Coffee Table by Ricardo Garza Marcos celebrates the tectonic fault of the same name that lies between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
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by joe marianek
New York Times Magazine 10th Annual Year in Ideas has a great interactive section. This video shows the making of the cover.
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by josh berta
Bird + Elephant features the many moods of its designer/author as cute little illustrations.
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by josh berta
Clever hackers have found some interesting ways to repurpose the Xbox’s new Kinect hardware, including a Minority Report-like interface, optical camouflage like the Predator, and this righteous real-time lightsaber effect.
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by niki blaker
If you happen to find yourself in Australia during a 1980s post-apocalyptic situation, this video will help you adjust to your new lifestyle.
Directed by Nathaniel Lindsay, Ducked and Covered was modeled after the PSAs produced by the Australian Board of Civil Defense in the 80s.
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by doug bartow
Powerful. Photographer Francois Robert has created an amazing, disturbing series of images against violence using bones from a real human skeleton.
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by armin
Dave Berzack white-raps about apps. It’s been a good month for the convergence of rap and the design industry (see Vol. 48, No. 91).
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