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Blade Runner – The Aquarelle Edition

Oh, what do we have here? Just 12,000+ aquarelle paintings used to render a 30-minute version of Ridley Scott’s iconic film Blade Runner. NBD. Artist Anders Ramsell made a few changes to the storyline, and says: “It was never my…

Give It a Hundo

Practice makes perfect, yet for most of us patience is scarcely extant these days, and the same goes for free time. Formal education has been supplanted for so many skills, even if they can’t be mastered instantaneously. What’s the de minimis…

Kuck Fale – Broccoli’s Brand Makeover

For most of us, sentiment about broccoli has been negative ever since we first encountered it on our plates at whatever tender age we started having opinions about solid food. Generally done no favors in preparation, broccoli’s been steamed into…

Hirst + McQ

Damien Hirst + Alexander McQueen collab? We like this almost as much as we like sharks with lasers. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the McQ skull scarf that’s still going strong, the design house collaborated with Damien Hirst on…

Gone In 10 Seconds: Clean A Cast Iron Skillet

A well-seasoned cast iron skillet is a thing of beauty, and environmentally-friendly at that: no Teflon coatings, no chemical cleansers. It’s simple, and this video from Design*Sponge is simple too – ten seconds to clean your cast iron pan with…

2014: 23 New Neutrals From Benjamin Moore

Banish the beige, mmmkay? Benjamin Moore just released their 2014 palette of color trends that they’re calling “the ‘new’ neutral palette,” derived from trends they’ve observed both in the sphere of home furnishings as well as across broader industries, then…

Spicy Cocktails: Bourbon and Branch SF

It’s starting to turn just a bit wintry in our part of the hemisphere, and our thoughts are turning to craft cocktails with a little bit of spice. Not the ever-contrived generic “pumpkin spice” that’s in everything right now, please,…

hawahawa corgis

We love corgis. We love design. Which means, naturally, we love these cardigan welsh corgis rendered by illustrator Julia Christians. Our understanding is that these pieces were a private commission, but they’re too awesome not to share so we’re very…