There’s nothing like the holidays to remind us with crystal clarity just how disorganized our lives are. Add a mile-long gift list to our daily goings-on with no time to shop for it, on top of visiting relatives (or flights or road trips, if we’re the ones doing the visiting) and it becomes blatantly evident just what level of disarray we’ve been living in. Since a new year is the perfect time to get
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In a world in which concrete is king, urban sprawl is everywhere and highways are growing more congested by the second, green spaces are harder and harder to come by. So, for those of us with a tendency to take matters into our own hands, there’s been a boon of late in “green” or “living” walls, vertical gardens, and other feats of indoor greenery that, in some cases, leave our jaws hanging open in
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Now that we’re all officially still here after what was supposed to be the Mayan-predicted apocalypse, we suppose it makes sense that we should start paying a bit more attention to the passage of time and what we’re doing with it, right? Since we dodged the proverbial bullet — or were simply duped by the most elaborate and well-played April Fool’s joke in history — we thought we’d spend some time today rounding up ten
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Some of us (and we know who we are… ahem) are a wee bit obsessed with words. Yet more of us are more than a tiny bit preoccupied with great design, and there’s perhaps no nerdier and more delightful form of design than typography. It’s a blend of style and communication — communication through style, some might argue. An entire award-winning documentary film exists for the sole purpose of explaining the evolution and allure of
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‘Tis the season to be merry and bright, and for many, that’s quite the excuse for cocktails. From eggnog and holiday-themed martinis to good old-fashioned cider and mulled wine, spirits are at an all-time high both literally and figuratively this time of year. For those social occasions where it gets a bit tiresome to keep a glass in one’s hand while trying to balance a plate of hors d’oeuvres in the other and carry on
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