So Uncool

If there is one thing I absolutely do not miss about New York it is window air conditioner units. They suck. If there is one thing I absolutely do not miss about New York it is window air conditioner units. They suck. They are a pain in the ass to... 

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Miller High Life Overhaul

First brewed in the mid nineteenth century by Frederick Miller in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miller High Life — well, to be clear, Miller High Life wasn’t introduced until 1903 — is one of most well known American beer brands. I have never... 

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Eat! Organic! Mouths!

Opened in 2009 as one of the most committed and focused stores in providing organic and environmentally conscious products — from produce to laundry detergent to milk — in Stockholm, Hermans Ekohandel has grown in popularity and in ambitions,... 

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The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts

words Manijeh Verghese This year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition had the theme “Raw”. Co-curated by Stephen Chambers and David Chipperfield (icon 008), the architecture room had a rationalised arrangement that gave it a cohesiveness that it has... 

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Is that an Accent in your Gradient, or are you just Happy to see me?

Established in 1966 as Grupo Editorial Expansi?n ( Editorial Group Expansi?n ), this Mexican media organization launched its first eponymous magazine, Expansi?n , in 1968, which has been in circulation, covering business news, for 42 years. Since then,... 

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Follow-up: the Y

Whenever we reach over a hundred comments in a single post it’s typically an indication of not just the popularity of a given brand but also of the attachment (positive or negative) we have to the identity of that brand. Last week’s the Y... 

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New Releases from Device

Rian Hughes’ Device foundry brings us several new releases this week. Included among them are the futuristic and often retro-tinged display faces he is known for, as well as several distressed faces, a theme that is becoming more and more common... 

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A Moving Ship

Established in 1927, Mayflower Transit is one the United States’ biggest moving companies and in corporate speak they claim to be “the most recognized name in moving.” Having used moving companies when we moved from Chicago to New York... 

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Type Fabric

http://typefabric.ch Nice works from the Swiss duo Samuel Egloff and Catrina Wipf. Have a look! http://typefabric.ch Nice works from the Swiss duo Samuel Egloff and Catrina Wipf. Have a look! Originally posted here: Type Fabric ... 

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Belgium’s Post Loses Horn, Caps

Originally established in 1830 as Les Postes, the postal service of Belgium has grown to be its second largest employer, and since 1992 it has been known as simply De Poste-La Poste (”The Post” in Dutch and French). In 2006, Post Danmark... 

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