December 2012

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Crowdsourced funding has become a big hit for creatives and independent inventors, we help fund these projects and they become reality. Sometimes we just aren't ready to jump on the band wagon and fund these things but maybe your ready now. A new site has just made it easier to shop these projects. Outgrow.me collects...

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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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Fast Company has this short series called 30 Second MBA where notable individuals describe some insightful experiences that they have experienced during their career and want to share with the world. It's short, concise, and actually quite helpful. Here's one of my favorites by Joe Jimenez, CEO of Novartis. Do I know what Novartis is?...

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When you think about buying an accessory from a fashion brand your usually out for the iconic wallet or keychain, etc. Well Fashion icon Alexander Wang's thrown in a little special something for those summer's by the pool. Check out the release of his second collection of accessories, he's included some all black inflatables that...

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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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For those of you that are unfamiliar, Levi Maestro is an incredibly successful visual artist, content creator, and filmmaker who has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the world, including Blake Griffin, Chris Bosh, Usher, Vans, Mike Posner, Scion, and many, many more. Levi is a self-made man and is further solidifying his...

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I've mentioned 3D printing on here before and it's exciting to hear that Staples the office supply store has taken the steps to begin offering 3D printing services. And get this they're calling it "Staples Easy 3D". But before we get all excited about this you'll have to travel to the Netherlands or Belgium to...

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Darius Kazemi is getting random Amazon packages, and he created it. Kazemi had an idea based on the Amazon backorder; when you get the item that you backordered when it comes available, essentially like a surprise in the mail when you get it. So he coded a computer to send him random items off Amazon...