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Design Anarchy (Lasn, 2006) – Review

August 12, 2007 Blog
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This is the unedited version of a review I wrote of Kalle Lasn’s new book Design Anarchy (ORO Editions, 2006) for Eye magazine. He’s a West-coast sneaker marketer with one of the coolest brands around. He’s ironic and media-savvy, and he understands his target audience. He has a singular appreciation of the power of graphic [...]

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Deadwood in Ontario…

March 28, 2005 Blog
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I wrote a while back about a sign on Highway 401 that had a peculiar mistake in it – one letter had been mounted backwards. Which brings us to the HBO series Deadwood. Focusing on the premise that life was short – and largely unpleasant – in the new frontier towns of nineteenth century America, [...]

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RESolutely Spineless

November 15, 2004 Blog
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