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Need To Want Less.

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Photographer and Designer Erin Hanson has come up with some great illustrations, and even greater advice and thoughts, in this clever series called Need To Want Less. These are rules we should all strive to live by. Something tells me it would make the world a better place.

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Tobias Wong : 1974 – 2010

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The design world has lost a true visionary when it comes to modern, contemporary design. Tobias Wong showed us the future of design and the future looked damn good. Read the full tribute here at MocoLoco.

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Eve Blossom: Create Containers for Collaboration.

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Architect-turned-social entrepreneur Eve Blossom created a sustainable business – Lulan Artisans – that provides women and families in Southeast Asia with an economic alternative to participating in the sex trade. Extracting lessons from her nine-year journey, Eve urges us to be disruptive entrepreneurs, and to view our creative ventures as “cultures” – offering unique frameworks [...]

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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

I concentrate on design, art, and music throughout the world but there is so much in my own backyard. So I have decided to devote a little time once and a while to showcase something special in Charlotte (where I live) and North Carolina. First is the newest museum here in the Queen City, the [...]

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Back in the saddle.

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Ah yes. Back from a little mini getaway with the family. Back to the grind.

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PostCarden.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Tired of sending the same old card or postcard? Recently I came across PostCarden. A postcard that is also a mini-garden! This is such a clever idea that I have to get some to send out. Maybe in celebration of Spring. Read More Here.

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Unshaken.

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Haiti is in turmoil. Even as much as it was right after the earthquake. But we cannot sit idly by and wait for government to help out, especially the Haitian government. We need to help out as much as we can. Charity:water has started a new project UNSHAKEN where 100% of the funds raised will [...]

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Copenhagen: City of Cyclists.

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

It is by watching videos like this that has made me tell my wife on numerous occasions that we should be living in Europe. Not only does Denmark appeal to me because of my ancestral heritage, but because of the reason in this video. A lot of the countries in northern Europe and other like [...]

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Carrotmobbing.

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Carrotmobbing. Do you picture what I picture when I see this word? I picture a bunch of angry carrots attacking people on the streets. But this is actually a good thing. Using social media, like-minded folks gather at an establishment that has agreed to give a percentage of sales to environmental causes. Interesting and noble [...]

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Meditation and Creativity.

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I am a yoga nut. It practically helped save my life and led me to a more peaceful and centered life. Through my yoga practice I have been trying to strengthen my meditation as well since they go hand-in-hand. Yoga calms the body and mind yet meditation focuses your energy and centers you. The folks [...]

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