50 Best Sandwiches in Chicago
That Al's Deli is only ranked #4, and that they picked their roast beef of all choices, shows you how subjective a list like this is, but here's Chicago's ranking of the 50 best sandwiches in the city...
View Article2011 Brand New Awards, Book and Online Versions Now Available
The 2011 Brand New Awards storefront is now open. The winners are available for consumption in book form and as a full-on, iPad friendly website — both of which you have to pay for, yes. All details...
View ArticleWhat did I miss?
On Monday morning I sat down in front of my computer for the first time in three weeks, having just returned from our honeymoon (we went driving around New England; so kind of you to ask). During that...
View ArticleRuby
"There is one for every purpose." Vintage packaging for Eberhard Fabers' "Ruby" Erasers. Ahhh.
View ArticleBranch
Branch wants to bring the intimacy of a dinner conversation to the internet. The service was originally called Roundtable. I am impressed by how far the team of 8 has pushed the idea of virtual...
View ArticleAbandoned Old Masters Paintings
Abandoned Old Masters Paintings. "In this fascinating series of works, Hungarian new media artist Bence Hajdu has removed the figures from a series of Old Master paintings." Via Kirstin Butler.
View ArticleWorks That Work
Works That Work is a new design magazine that looks beyond mere portfolios, a magazine dedicated to inspiration and observation, to conditions and contexts, a kind of National Geographic of design....
View ArticleVintage Workwear and Wes Anderson
Vintage Workwear discusses the period costumes of Moonrise Kingdom, and how Wes Anderson came to borrow his boots.
View ArticleWaldemar Swierzy posters
Nice post on Mubi talking about the Polish film-poster documentary, Freedom on the Fence, and also highlighting some of the work of Waldemar Swierzy. Share This A Huge thanks to Depositphotos for...
View ArticlePitcher Pollock
"...as I fanned through the pages, this little piece of pink and orange cardboard, with a string attached, popped out of the book and fluttered to the carpet." Kevin Guilfoile makes a sweet find. The...
View ArticleDrive
Related to the last. A Drive into the Gap by Kevin Guilfoile from Field Notes Brand Books. A true story about fathers and sons, baseball and memory, and the improbable journey of a bat from one of the...
View Article13 Most Beautiful by Dean & Britta
In 2008, Dean & Britta (formerly of Galaxie 500 and Luna) were commissioned by The Andy Warhol Museum to create a soundtrack for Warhol's screen tests. The resulting songs are finally available as...
View ArticlePhotochrom Chicago
"A Photochrom is a color photo lithograph, produced from a black-and-white negative. The final prints were created using different color impressions from multiple lithographic stones." And doesn't the...
View ArticleBeck: Mongolian Chop Squad
The cult anime series, Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, has been posted in its entirety to YouTube by its American distributor. It's a great coming-of-age story about a painfully shy teenager who joins a...
View ArticleLogo Gigante!
With a history dating back to a single television station in 1955 in San Antonio, TX, Univision (as it was named in 1986) today is the leading Spanish-language television network and media company for...
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