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I never get enough of seeing luxury brands going all out for an occasion. In this case Louis Vuitton hired Happycentro to create an invitation card for their new flagship shop in Osaka. It's no less than incredible the attention to details and the printing techniques that went into creating the invitation. This invite not...

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As the retail market evolves to a more online experience so is the method to which we will one-day receive our goods. I'm talking about 3D printing. In just this past year the technology and cost has advanced to such a level that it has become a true trade. In another few years people will...

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As you most likely know, John C Jay is, the Executive Creative Director for Wieden+Kennedy - the respected American ad agency, best known for its work with Nike. Incidentally, he has spoken and moderated discussions at several ICL events. AIGA, the professional association for design, have biographies on 159 influential designers from the past and...

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Kickstarter, as you've surely heard, is a platform for securing “crowd funding” to support creative projects. Founded with VC and angel investments in 2008, they’ve funded an impressive array of projects since, including film, music, and publishing. The Pebble E-Paper Watch recently became the company’s most heavily-funded project, with over $10 million in backing. This...

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In a previous post we mentioned our ICL alum Jenova Chen who had started as a indie game maker and made it big. Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have made a documentary about 4 developers trying to make it big with their indie games. I can barely wrap my head around coding a flash...

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It seems rather like a trailer for a Sci-Fi flick, but this is, in fact, a promotional movie produced by the people behind Mars One - a mission to inhabit Mars by 2023. The Dutch company claims they already have the technology and the supply chain necessary to take mankind to this bold new frontier....

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So the Windows 8 Release Preview has been leaked online! As a Mac user who hasn't really touched Windows since Windows 95, I'm not excited. But finding out Paula Scher (Imprint Culture Lab 2009 Speaker) has taken on the redesign of the Windows 8 identity got me somewhat interested in Windows again… or at least...

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Your Wiki of the Day: Manhattanhenge – sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice – is a semiannual occurrence during which the setting sun aligns with the east–west streets of the main street grid in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It's semi-annual, y'all. Today's your lucky day. Don't miss it. ...