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We've posted about our recent Architecture for Dogs exhibition which took place during Design Miami 2012. Miami Design District, which is a vibrant area full of new growth and creative businesses. The good folks behind the Miami Design District have produced a great video recap of our exhibition which gives you an excellent feel for...

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We’ve been lucky enough to interview many-a-fascinating creative here on the ICL website, and this week is no exception! Toronto-based artist and creative powerhouse Allister Lee took on the name Black is Beautiful / BIB as an umbrella for the many personal projects he was involved in, way back in about 2004. The newly launched Black is Beautiful is...

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Not only did we launch our Becomb venture with Levi Maestro last week, but we also launched our Architecture for Dogs project in Miami, in the midst of Design Miami, Art Basel, and the many other concurrent satellite events and exhibitions. As you may have read in our earlier posts about the project, we teamed...

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As we've mentioned previously,we're set to unveil our Architecture for Dogs project, in conjunction with Kenya Hara and his Hara Design Institute, during Design Miami/ next week. Here are all the event details. Please come and check it out in person. And you're welcome to bring your own dog to explore the available-for-download designs during...

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We've posted a couple of these great PBS Off Book videos, and here's a new one about the "Impact of Twitter on Journalism." It looks at initial industry concerns with the rise of the Internet, and also looks at the ways social media are useful for journalists. A wide variety of news organizations have been...

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In 2007, Al Moran was burned out after a decade in the printing game, and future business partner Aaron Bondaroff was looking for new avenues to explore too. The two put their heads together, leveraged their impressive mutual networks, and created a space called OHWOW. Initially, it was just that; a platform, a creative space....

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About two weeks back, we posted about our latest venture, Architecture for Dogs, (in conjunction with Hara Design Institute) when it was featured in The NY Times. In the weeks since, the project has gone from strength to strength - with an amazing reaction across the major social media platforms, and one awesome press feature...

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It's Friday. It's been a long, challenging week, and it's just about time to look forward to winding down and relaxing. Getting silly, even. I'm a pretty silly person at heart; possibly the by-product of being raised, largely, on insane English TV shows like The Goodies, Danger Mouse, and Bananaman. And Reggie Watts, in all...

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We were lucky enough to interview the inspired and inspiring Jeff Hamada a few months back, chatting about his artwork and his amazing "art blog," Booooooom. Check the interview out if you missed it. He was just invited to speak at the Vancouver chapter of Creative Mornings, and the full video is out now, so...

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Rob Walker is a talented writer, with an incredibly impressive output, and across a wide array of media, no less. A longtime contributor to The New York Times, 55 of his "Consumed" columns are currently available as an e-book from Amazon. He is also a regular columnist for Design Observer, and he also runs his...