Moscow Journal - Above the Crowds, but Not Above Lawbreaking - NYTimes.com
“This is what roofers are looking for,” he said.
His name is Dmitri Yermakov, 18, and he is part of a youth subculture that has taken shape around this low-slung city. Its adherents are called roofers, and they delight in gaining access to Moscow’s buildings [...]
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July 21, 2010 – 3:02 pm
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July 5, 2010 – 3:10 pm
Experience Interactive Time Travel With Future Cinema - PSFK
As specialists in wowing London audiences with unique live interpretations of films like Ghostbusters and Alien, the theatrical event producers behind Future Cinema are launching in Brooklyn tonight with a screening of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 iconic film, Blow-Up. Future Cinema (founders of the acclaimed Secret Cinema) [...]
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July 4, 2010 – 3:07 pm
Who Wants Prosciutto Ice Cream?
Because I like ice cream so much, a profile of Jake Godby's Humphry Slocombe
Swedish street artist uses brick walls and duct tape as a medium for Morse code messages
(tags: street art graffiti sweden interesting creativity media)
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June 30, 2010 – 3:06 pm
The New Yorker covers are always amazing, and this one on the BP/Deepwater Horizon spill is not exception
(tags: illustration magazine design newyorker)
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June 19, 2010 – 3:05 pm
Meet Millard Drexler, who changed the future of J.Crew
What's it like to work for Mickey Drexler? J. Crew employees share their experiences on the set of WSJ.'s cover shoot at company headquarters
(tags: fashion marketing interview)
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June 15, 2010 – 3:05 pm
Marisa Lingerie Builds Fever Long Before Store Opens
From Vanksen|Culture-buzz: "For the opening of its new store in Sao Paulo, Marisa erected hot pink "under construction" boards around the building, outfitted with a peephole for the precious few that actually dig watching people stand on ladders, tow wood and repaint walls.
The twist? The peephole revealed female [...]
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June 11, 2010 – 3:05 pm
The Creators Project | Peaches
(tags: music interview)
An interview with superproducer and musician Mark Ronson.
The creators project is so much fun.
(tags: music interview)
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June 8, 2010 – 3:06 pm
Chinese pirates are tech's new innovators
In the past few months, shanzai.com has showcased a MacBook Air clone that, at just £170, improves in many ways on Apple's £1,200 original: for a start it has two USB ports, runs Windows software and a desktop remote control. Then there's the first tri-band phone with a high-resolution projector [...]
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June 3, 2010 – 3:06 pm
Tourism Victoria's Lost and found free hotel room in Melbourne started taking reservation yesterday.
Tourism Victoria's Lost and found is opening an hotel room for the next three month to exemplifies what Lost and found is about. The best of it all? It's completely free! A great way to get a good PR and to allow [...]
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June 2, 2010 – 3:06 pm
What It's Like Inside the Head of a Reactant Person - Research - Harvard Business Review
"When I was younger, I used to go to cocktail parties and listen to what people were talking about and deliberately insert myself into conversations to argue positions that I didn't believe in but that seemed entertaining to advocate. Sometimes [...]