It’s been almost a year since the first and only time I’ve been to La Habana, Cuba and since then the country has moved even further away from the isolationist history (imposed or voluntary) of the last 50 years towards global [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, September 26th, 2008
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Having just returned from HOW Design Conference, I have a hundred stories and many photos to share about the last five days in friendly Boston. But before I do that (and to buy me a little bit of time to get organized), let me just post t [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
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Reuters has put up a great new website called Bearing Witness that documents and discusses the role of journalists in Iraq. It’s interesting to see a little bit from the other side of the lens and hear people who put their life in je [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
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Oh FINALLY. If you’re like me, and you absolutely abhor using Translink’s website (for countless reasons, one of them being it’s slower than the second coming of Christ), then you’ll be all over this. Translink final [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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It’s common knowledge (among those who know me) that I love Cuba. My wife and I were married there. I may not entirely agree with their politics, but the Cuban people are amazing—perhaps the warmest and most enjoyable culture I [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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When I touch down in Tokyo in a few weeks, the first thing I’m looking for is Human Tetris. Enough said.
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
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I prefer to prepare for travel by reading fiction set in or about the places I intend to go, but aside from travel reference material, have never used texts of the non-fiction variety. Having just returned from my trip to France, I just g [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 15th, 2007
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That was the mantra of Airstream founder Wally Byam, but in 2000 architect-designer Chris Deam gutted a vintage trailer to create a booth for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Turns out DWR, purveyor of iconic furniture, like [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
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Recently while in France I did a double take when I saw an ad for Nespresso featuring George Clooney. Stars selling their image (souls) out for big bucks in markets other than North America is nothing new, but I thought this one was so ve [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
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Art in nature, urban art, but art at 30,000 feet? This video tracks flight patterns over North America and displays them in a quicktime vid. Pretty cool and completely unexpected results.
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, November 9th, 2006
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