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Splay: recycled materials turned into home-made spray-paint

Splay is said to be a low-tech solution for spray-painting in areas where traditional spray-paint purchasing isn’t readily available. The home-made solution works with recycled spray-paint tops (gotta get ‘em somewhere, right?) and affixes it to plastic bottles filled with … Continue reading

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VALLISON: Ceramic Skateboards by Material

Chilean designer MATERIAL has made these amazing ceramic skateboards with some highly detailed images on them. They come in a set called VALLISON and are very fragile as you’ll see in this particular broken image. Man, how do I get … Continue reading

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One individual’s promotional video for NASA

YouTube member damewse (Reid Gower) has gotten so frustrated with NASA’s promotional material that he has decided to just make his own video to inspire future generations to explore space.

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Be Linen Movie

BE LINEN MOVIE from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo. This short film follows the cultivation, production, and subsequent use of linen in a wide variety of products. In the film you get to see how the production travels across Europe to … Continue reading

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Waxed canvas now back at Timbuk2!

Back in the early days of Timbuk2, they made their bags out of 2 main materials — either ballistic nylon or waxed canvas. Waxed canvas was the tougher and less shiny of the two materials and though I owned both, … Continue reading

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Why donating money, not material goods, is better for the Red Cross

Photo: Gerry Holmes/American Red Cross Everybody who’s at all concerned with helping people through the Red Cross should read the Red Cross’ response on why donating MONEY is always a better option that donating material goods. In brief, the Red … Continue reading

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