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Whether you aspire to write a novel while whipping up some macaroni and cheese, find yourself brimming with design ideas and the need to stir soup, or just take pride in multitasking, you'll want to add the Kitchen Pencil to your arsenal of writing utensils. Created by London-based industrial designer Sebastian Bergne for ENO (Editor of New Objects), the solid beech wood object is half spoon, half pencil, and all part of Bergne's goal to design things that elicit grins. "I like to think that different projects make different people smile for different reasons," said the designer. "The beauty is that there is no smiliest project. If there was, we would all be the same." Just take care while sharpening your dual-function kitchen tool, lest your dish receive an accidental pinch of pencil shavings.
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Only you can stamp out hideous evites, embedded MIDI files and all. We suggest cozying up to Cocodot, an online invitation and card company founded by four stylish graphics gurus "for those who love design and take pride in the way they communicate." Choose to pay an annual flat rate (currently $29) or a per-use fee to design aesthetically superior, ad-free invitations and greetings; create an event home page and manage responses; and post invitations, greetings, and comments to social networks. Cards can be customized with uploaded photos or with Cocodot's vast library of snappy images and designs. And for once, minimalists can opt for blank backgrounds. Planning a Labor Day bash? Forgo paper invitations and peruse Cocodot's "Last Days of Summer"-themed offerings. |
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What do a rotting steamship, a fleet of ice cream trucks, and a runaway giraffe have in common? All three have been discovered in the waters that surround New York City. A new blog explores these soggy specimens and many more through the stories they evoke. Created in the wake (get it?) of a 2009 article in New York magazine, Underwater New York (UNY) aspires to be an online anthology of stories, art, and music inspired by the underwater objects and phenomena that surround New York City. A recent UNY post detailed a haul from Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay that included a pair of lizardskin handbags, a headless Dutch boy figurine, and a mysterious object resembling a fossilized baguette. Those bound for the Big Apple are advised to bring scuba gear and a sharp eye, as the site is currently seeking submissions "in any genre."
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