The center square on the top plane is exactly the same color as the center square on the side plane. No foolin. If you went through design school or art school, you studied color illusions. But I bet the illusions on this site still blow your mind. Check it.

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Most people don’t know that it takes more than an hour of labor to make most shoes and that they usually use lots of toxic adhesive. That’s what makes a “green and responsible shoe” a true challenge. Below is an attempt by Patagonia to present some of the benefits of globalization, while showing a [...]

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Is this just coincidence? Maybe. Or Wonderthreads is incredibly fast-moving to market, making the ad for MacBook Air a reality by offering a neoprene version of the inter-office envelope as a laptop sleeve. Yes. The picture above IS a neoprene laptop sleeve.

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I went out to dinner with my friend Katrina last night and I was mentioning my surprise that Star Wars is able to live on from generation to generation, and how my 6 year old nephew freaks over it, knows all the characters through the whole series, plays role-playing games at recess, etc. I thought [...]

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Brio54 is the latest group of residential designers promoting the combo of modern design with green living and affordability. They show 3 impressive plans on their new website, including a home designed for a downward sloping suburban lot, a design for an urban infill lot, and a design for converting a 1960’s ranch. Beautiful [...]

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