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Ikea Beijing: Still Waiting On Those Profits

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Most Americans associate IKEA with a tiresome afternoon of winding through aisles and aisles of sofas, armchairs and shelving all cleverly designed with a European minimalism. You go in with one purpose only: to purchase affordable furniture.
Well, a recent Los Angeles Times article sheds light on a whole new meaning to a Saturday afternoon at… »

Art for Commonfolk

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One Sunday night in 2007 Jen Beckman came up with this equation:
(limited editions x low prices) + the internet = art for everyone
For those of you who aren’t good at math, that translates to 20×200.com- a website that brings artists trying to sell their art and people looking to buy art together without the high… »

Welcome to the Indie Film Revolution

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Somewhere in between the flashy big budget prequels, sequels, trilogies and epic tales we call “Summer Blockbusters” there are some really great movies that everybody should really see.
And that’s where B-Side comes in. A company based solely on the idea that “there are thousands of great movies made every year that never get the chance… »

Bas Jan Ader

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Bas Jan Ader was a Dutch artist influential in the 1960’s and early 1970’s. His father, a Dutch Reformed Church minister, was executed by the Nazis for housing Jewish refugees when he was only two years old. After flunking out of art school, he ran away to America where he enrolled in a new art… »

Sex, Art, Food

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As a society we have undergone a lot of changes as of late. Sure there’s the obvious- first black president, increased awareness of the havoc we are wreaking on our earth, etc. But those are all macro-level changes and I would argue that if you take the time, you can observe all kinds of fabulous… »

Mr. Leggs Misogyny Only $12.95!!!

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The fine print reads:
Though she was a tiger lady, our hero didn’t have to fire a shot to floor her. After one look at his Mr. Leggs slacks, she was ready to have him walk all over her. That noble styling sure soothes the savage heart! If you’d like your own doll-to-doll carpeting, hunt up… »

Compelling Compendium

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A two-headed cow, a collection of red-haired giants, tacos agresivos and the tunnel to atlantis. These are just a few of the many strange wonders that Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras collect. Somewhere in between winning National Memory Competitions and traveling the globe, they find time to document the obscure and fascinating attractions the world… »

Family – The Reason We Drink At Thanksgiving

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Family is one of nature’s many enigmas. You don’t get to choose them, nor do they choose you. But you’re bonded together for life, whether you like it or not. You look sort of like them, but yet you cannot wrap your mind around the inescapable fact that you share the same blood. Sometimes you… »

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

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You know at least one peanut butter song. You know all the delicious treats it can make. And you know the desperate feeling you get trying to scrape the last delectable tidbits from the bottom of your Jiff jar.
New York product designer, Sherwood Forlee, not only feels your pain, but has the medicine to heal it…. »

Could You Please Be More Spezific?

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Look out Google, there’s a new search engine in town.
With practically identical search results as the conventional search engines, Spezify organizes information in a way that caters to the more ocularly inclined by presenting the results in an inspired visual collage that you can drag around the page. While still in testing, Spezify’s projected launch… »