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An Emerald Green Pantone Color-of-the-Year Gift Guide

By Claire Cottrell on

In case you were wondering, next year’s color of the year is emerald green. World-renowned color corporation, Pantone, has just officially declared that the inspiring hue representing harmony, hope and growth will be next year’s tint trend to follow. Only time will tell just how significant the color will actually be in 2013, but if you’d rather err on the side of cultural caution and throw in a touch of the famous shade just to show you know what’s up, then this color-themed gift guide is our early end-of-year present to you. From chic modern day essentials like the obligatory re-usable shopping bag and anything but natural nail polish to amazing green perfume, click through to check out our green gift guide anticipating on-trend additions to up your accessory ante. … Read More

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Analyzing This Year’s International Design Excellence Award Winners

By Mandy Van Deven on

Have you ever seen that short film The Story of Stuff? It’s a 20-minute online documentary about the “materials economy” that gives a relatively simple explanation about why our current system of consumption isn’t sustainable or just. I thought of the film when I learned about Nike Trash Talk, a basketball sneaker that won a Gold award at this year’s International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).… Read More

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What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we loved this comparison of Google to SkyNet. We wished we’d come up with the $50,000 web page idea. We enjoyed watching these movies in four frames. We decided that we have to see this doc about construction workers going green. We giggled over the idea of a… Read More