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Murtaugh, Rebecca. “To Mark a Significant Space in the Bedroom #1,” 2003. Image from While You Were Out, the Post-it Went Home [NYT]

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Steve Jobs is design. When he gets up before the public he is a logo. His uniform is key to this corporate identity. -Steve Heller, Fashion iCon: My Brief Interview with Steven Jobs [Voice: AIGA Journal of Design]

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Prefab has become like the mafia for me — I try to step out and they keep pulling me back in!

Allison Arieff, So What Do You Do, Allison Arieff? [Mediabistro]

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When asked why Microsoft collects art, [company curator Michael] Klein answered, “Because they can. And they should. They are involved in culture. Technology is culture. And the art informs the culture.

Microsoft’s contemporary art collection grows up [AP]

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Reuse-a-shoe

Must old sneakers go to the landfill? Maybe not. Nike runs a recycling program to give sneakers a new life. The Reuse-a-Shoe program, operating on four continents, collects worn-out athletic shoes of any brand and shreds their fabric, foam, and rubber parts for use in sports fields, tennis courts, and playgrounds. Since 1993 Nike has used more than 19 million donated shoes to help create some 250 playing surfaces for schools and community centers. (via Sierra’s shared items in Google Reader)

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“Detail: Assorted Explosion.” Stack of construction paper. Jen Stark, 2006.

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Obsessive Consumption

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The Making of a (LEGO) Brick

Unless your childhood was so deprived that you didn’t have anything but wooden spoons and empty spools for toys, chances are you’re familiar with LEGO bricks. Those insidious little colorful blocks have been around since 1949, and generations of children have spent many happy hours stacking and restacking LEGO bricks into various intricate creations. So how do all those tiny plastic pieces—all 20 billion a year—get made? A new interactive cartoon video game will help you find out. (via Sierra’s shared items in Google Reader)

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“I love to consume. Consuming is my specialty.”  (Photo: Jake Chessum) | Look Book: Designer Label-Loving Private Equity Associate Natasha Mitra — New York Magazine

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