Everybody’s talking about magazines these days. There’s AnOther, Dapper Dan, Kinfolk, Medium – the list goes on. But this new concept mag from German design firm Morphoria is different. Not your run-of-the-mill zine or any old glossy publication inked in …
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Party at the NSA
If you really feel strongly about something, it’s important to do more than write a Facebook post hoping for likes or have petty arguments with strangers. That’s exactly what’s great about YACHT’s new song Party at the NSA. NSA surveillance …
Talking tech with Erik Hersman
Too many people nowadays mortgage their sense of idealism for the present. Erik Hersman isn’t one of those people. He’s an optimist and a builder. The Nairobi-based Senior TED Fellow transforms his idealism into productivity. In the past 5 years …
Oliberte: looks good, does good.
Check out these sweet kicks called Oliberté from Africa. They not only look good, but they do good. Catrina owns a pair. Dave and I want a pair. In fact, our entire back-office (aka the Holiday Matinee e-mail chain) was raving about them the …
Is more urban farming part of our future?
Feeding the 13 million people of Tokyo is no easy task. Food used to come from a variety of sources, but since the Tohoku disaster, many residents are wary of eating food from local farmers that comes from north of …
Do-Tell: Tanyella Evans
Tanyella Evans represents one of my favorite types of people in this world. Passionate. Driven. Likes books. Travels to Haiti. Builds libraries. You know, the usual for a young, down-to-earth New Yorker. I met Tanyella through a friend online and have …