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Want to know the top design blogs according to Alexa? Well, we've compiled all 90 of them. I have no clue how they come up with these rankings, but hey, these are great sites to check out and bookmark! (ReubenMiller ranks 24 - not bad.)
You've seen hot pink faux fur pillows, but how about one made from real Mongolian lamb's fleece? Also available in 11 (less shocking) colors.
This is a music video created by Roel Wouters. The idea behind the artwork and a series of posters was to "capture rage in a systematic way". The video shows two cocks, covered in ink/paint fighting on a sheet of paper. Their steps, falls and brushes on the paper create a very intriguing result.
Beautiful? Yes. Ethical? You decide.
(via Thinking for a Living)
2008 card, front
2008 card, back
Aspen Boutique (formerly Aspen Traders) has a long-standing tradition of mailing fanciful holiday cards to their customers. They have been doing it since 1987. The cards are designed by Gardner Design of Wichita Kansas, run by Bill Gardner of LogoLounge fame. Bill was kind enough to share the entire collection of cards with us, and gave us some background about their unique, long-standing relationship with Aspen Boutique.
REUBENMILLER: Can you tell us a bit about Aspen Boutique?
Bill Gardner: Aspen Boutique started twenty three years ago as Aspen Traders. It has always been a womens apparel store with originally a slant towards natural fiber materials and a great deal of international and semi ethnic influence. They have always had a remarkable collection of jewelry again with a global influence and eventually the store moved into also carrying select home ware and body products that fit the mix. James and Monica Smits, the owners, had lived in Colorado and had a wonderful natural style that you might see in that area of the country. Now take everything that I've said and remember that this is generally a higher end store.
(continue to see the rest of the cards and interview...)
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If you wear these sneakers, are you dressed up or dressed down? Hmmm.
