I wish that Hero carry-on suitcase from Alexander McQueen for Samsonite existed as a backpack.
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#6452
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One of the famous cartoonist and publisher of Turkey, Bahadir Baruter's personal web page has been published. Which includes the incredible abstract comics illustration series called "SUBSOUL".
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Giant Stabilo pens were installed at the beginning of escalators throughout Hong Kong. As the steps continually moved forwards, the pen appeared to create the bright yellow safety marks on the side of the steps – non-stop from morning to night.
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#6450
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Secret Headquarters is the hottest comic shop in LA. Looking more like antique book shop and being an art gallery make it one of the best places to shop on Sunset.
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#6449
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Animation painted on a wall for the Fantoche animation festival in Baden. Insanely wonderful, and I don't envy the animator for all that hard work...
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#6448
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Grand écart is an adaptable partition made of galvanized steel. 3 vases or vats with water reserve are integrated so that you can plant flowers, vegetables, whatever!
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#6447
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iStones by Brand Incubator for your ipod. They come in Wabi or Sabi. Either way, they rock. Pardon the pun(s).
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#6446
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New work from Marian Bantjes for Saks Fifth Avenue "Want It!" Campaign. [Editor's Note ~ i love this post. It has so much energy from the excitement of the designer! And the work itself is incredible]
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#6445
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Headless leather cow benches by Julia Lohmann, one in brown, one in black and both are available for purchase from Galerie Kreo.
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FEATUREDDerrick Cruz of Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons and THECAST collaborated on a series of handmade accessories for their Spring/Summer 2008 collection.
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The GreenMachine, from Flevobike, for the recumbent rider.
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#6441
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CD in the shape of good, old floppy disc. Nostalgic touch to the modern digital world.
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#6440
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the illustrations by vancouver artist Julie Morstad are simply beautiful
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#6439
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Dominic Bromley of Scabetti Introuced a new line of lights at the 100% futures show. This one, SHOAL, is a must have!
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#6437
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160 amazing imagess of Rugby Players from DENIS ROUVRE photographic EDITIONS
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#6435
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Computer Choppers is making a custom 24k gold-plated MacBook Pro case.
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#6434
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A real scale model of a Toyota Corolla created by artist Benedict Radcliffe which was rendered entirely using wire. Wireframe Car!
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#6433
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The Electrobike. Cooler wheels for a warmer planet, and available through DWR for barely less than Arne Jacobsen classic Egg chair...
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#6432
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beautifully expressive paintings and illustrations by san francisco artist michelle white.
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#6431
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Designer Alex Suvajac created this A.FrameFix concept track bike that, despite its highly technical and space-age appearance was inspired by a frog. Nature meets technology.
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#6430
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Pandora design makes creative, colorful and totally disposable dining sets. Perfect find for a snap party!
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#6429
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What is Sigg Jones?
It’s the name of a short movie made by three student from Supinfocom School in france.
The Film was made using 3DSmax.
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FEATUREDIf i'm a little slow on posting ~ it is probably because i'm over in philadelphia for the weekend exploring the latest design/fashion/etc (and this is the view of city hall from my room!)
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Tremors were Forever : REMEMBER LE CORBUSIER
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Designers come together to raise money for Just A Drop, a charity working on water-related projects
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#6425
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smallest vacuum sealer sucks air out of a pin-sized zip-top bag. Frisper keeps food fresh and reduces waste with zip-top bags ++
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LAUFBAHN will let you ski in circles forever!
via SwissMiss
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#6422
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AMP is a universal active speaker for laptops and other music sources. The AMP refers to the time before transistor radios, when radios were still looked upon as pieces of furniture.
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#6421
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Artist Adam Stennett new exhibit, "Use Only As Directed" celebrates pharmacology. The new show will feature 5 paintings and new video work.
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#6420
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Christine and Justin have posted some new wants for sale, including "to hear a good joke." The price? Email them the best joke by October 5th.
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#6419
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Medusa - Light design
Solar autonomous floating lamp for swimming pools.
Design by DI Enrique Goldes
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#6418
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Posted before on NOTCOT, but now it's released: Pixelmator! Image editing for your Mac. You can download a demo and try it yourself.
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#6417
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Lire di sapone” is a silicone mould to create fragrant soaps with the looks of italian old coin.
design by Francesco Castiglione Morelli and Cristina De Agostini
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#6416
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Desk lamp "Shadow hunter" from Aleksey Belyalov.
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#6415
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FEATUREDAcca Kappa's line of luxury goods to pamper yourself with make beautiful use of various woods ~ and have even launched a 100% biodegradable line of products made of a cellulose that is extracted from cotton.
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#6414
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Awesome emergency accommodation with sophisticated social concept by Felix Stark.
Stunning!
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A thing of beauty, the DaVinciAudio Labs Luxury Edition Turntable. This 24k gold plated model will run you $41,250.
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#6411
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FEATUREDUPDATE ~ added images of the packaging/displays for the Target Dominique Cohen Collection.
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#6410
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In recognition of the release of Halo 3, a highly anticipated video game by Microsoft and Bungie, MIT hackers adorned the John P. Harvard statue, in Harvard Yard, with a Spartan helmet.
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FEATUREDOooh! Design's Wrinkle Bottle really helps this whisky show off its age.
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#6408
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The Uber silver laden Leatherman. Never to be used for actual work, but a great piece of art. Adrian is a genius!
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FEATUREDGlue Glue Design's "Respect Old School" ~ putting the ability to fight back in the hands of cane users to go forth and stamp the world with RESPECT.
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#6406
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After tallying over 10 million votes, the public has decided to send Barry Bonds' controversial home run record breaking ball to Cooperstown branded with an asterisk.
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#6405
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"Instead of getting fried, the Sony G-series will be able to EXPEL water out of the rear of the laptop, and if there is simply too much water to get rid of the machine can shut itself down to prevent permanent damage."
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Visible Pinball Machine ~ the images are breathtaking! Neptune Beach Amusement Museum
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#6403
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Here's a nice idea that seems to have been designed out of necessity ~ Crutch Tote.
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#6402
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Yoshitomo Nara's "I Think Therefore I Am A Dog" is coming up for auction at Sotheby's Oct. 12. I think therefore I love it!
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#6401
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Yoshitomo Nara's "My Sweet Dog" wooden pulltoy: handcrafted in France, i.e. lead-free and beautiful.
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How I'd Sink American Vogue: Scott King has some radical re-design ideas for the fashion mag
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“Ché Men’s Magazine. Let us keep on dreaming of a better world.”
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#6398
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Have you ever thought about playing croquet in the streets? Designer Alice Kaiserswerth made it happen in cooperation with Adidas. Nice
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I have mixed feelings on the idea that airlines have me repackaging everything to travel.... but Muji having bottles perfectly sized certainly helps ease the annoyance.
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#6396
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Irina Blok's packaging design for the SF ZOO. They make me want to buy three things to get the three bags to display together!
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#6395
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FEATUREDWhere do pins that come to NOTCOT go? Well for the last year or so they have gone here... and become their own piece of inspiration for me...
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#6394
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CyFi ~ instead of cycling with headphones... how about wireless speakers?
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#6392
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minnesota artist colin johnson has created the most astounding collage, currently offered as a print in a limited edition of 50 pieces.
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Lacoste and Kidrobot got together not only for a sneaker collaboration, but designer eBoy designed toys to go along with the sneakers. Love the tennis guys with the oversized crocodile on them!!!
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Absolutely gorgeous book of images body explored in our Solar System from Mercury to Neptune. Includes very recent mission images as well as re-worked images from old missions so that even old images are new.
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Clever use of GoogleMaps as the web page of design duo James&Joe. And I love their I<3MY MUM T-shirt.
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#6388
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You can always count on ATYPYK for a clever design pun. Learn The Basics [via SwissMiss]
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Mateus Acioli has an incredible new design & illustration portfolio. Check it out.
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#6386
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I love the way this umbrella lamp glows. "Umbrella Lamp provides a spectrum of lighting possibilities, from soft, reflective illumination to a brightly focused reading lamp."
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FEATUREDAnnie Vought painstakingly cuts the script text out of letters and notes. The result is an incredible tapestry of letters, lines, and shadows created by pinning the work up for display.
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Really puts meaning to "one man's trash is another man's treasure." Tim Nobel and Sue Webster take piles of trash and make art into them... but sometimes the art isn't apparent until you see it in a different light.
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video installation and making of's by Work In Progress
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#6381
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Grandburo is an awesome t-shirt and design store recently opened in Providence.
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#6380
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Help a child. Buy a laptop and get one free. [Editor's Note: you remember the OLPC ~ well apparently sales have been disappointing, so they are doing a buy one, send one to a child program in nov, $400]
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#6379
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Still Room Studios Modern Design Deck.. prints and paintings.
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#6378
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To make a donation, you needed to remove a form from this cardboard slipcase. When you slid out the form, the image on the cover changed: a child was magically removed from the street and placed in a safe home.
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designed by asaf jacobs, israel.
portable book shelf, for a limited number of books. lets say a wheelbarrow for books
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#6376
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Rollerman aka Jean-Yves Blondeau. This man is crazy.
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#6373
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Cool illustration from the likes of Geoff McFetridge, Seymour Chwast, Non-Format and Mick Marston in new ad campaign for The Economist
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#6372
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Nice design and art direction for Lush Lawn and Property Enhancement, by Struck agency
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#6371
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The IT Crowd is the funniest show out of England . Considered to be the next hit from England like The Office a American adaption of the show will hit this Spring, so before it's ruined get the dvd or download the original show.
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On one of the cheapest, coolest adverts... Erbert & Herbert's Subs & Clubs made a spot using iron-on's on 150 tshirts to create an their animation. Hilarious, genius... and the making of is even cooler.
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#6369
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to add to the list of random gifts to remember... for those work-out-aholics... Push up Preston makes me giggle... see the animated gif of him in action
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#6368
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US Money is getting another facelift... and they are adding some color too
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#6367
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FEATUREDGreeNYC ~ the city of NY is trying to become the greenest in the country ~ and with help from huntergatherer, they have these adorable animated tv spots!
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#6366
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Fly Shelf by Matteo Ragni ~ floating shelves by day ~ projector screen by night!
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#6365
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I need some "everything is ok" tape by MINE ~ go vote for it over at the cooper hewitt people's design awards.
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Coolest micro-camcorder! 33 Hours Record time.
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#6362
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On coolest DS Stylus ever ~ i want one of these ninja gaiden swords!
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#6361
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RESTLESS - chopsticks that don't need a chopstick rest. Because of their shape, the tips won't touch the table when they're set down. To accentuate their graceful posture, place them so the indent portion faces upward. Designed by +d, Japan.
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#6360
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Malia Jensen's Sketchbooks for Architects - napkins and binding compound.
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#6359
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pull rabbit's ears and you will find a surprise: a very funny toilet brush....
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#6357
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Fridgewatcher.com is a project where people send in images of their refrigerators. It's quite interesting and fun to see what people buy and eat in different countries. It's a great source of inspiration for product designers too.
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#6356
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Vertu and Ferrari have released another limited edition cell phone together, this time only sixty will be made and are made with real parts of Ferrari's.
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#6354
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i swooned at the image of the gehry's guggenheim bilbao the first time, but have yet to make it to the city. definitely top of the to do list though!
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#6353
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Big poster gallery for Party Print event in Lodz (Poland)
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#6351
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Buckingham Palace is not for sale, and why it's best not to mess with a Beefeater
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#6350
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CD holder - "Buy me".. I'll do it this minute.
design: Marian Lassak
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