Not too long ago, I had a free afternoon in Vancouver. The summer weather lived up to the Pacific Northwest cliché, all overcast sky and heavy drizzle. So I pulled on my wool coat, left the umbrella at the hotel, and decided to wander around Gastown. Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood has
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I like the idea of showing local pride within your home, but more often than not, city-themed posters lean a little hokey. Think loopy fonts, clichéd photos, or a tired variation on Keep Calm and Carry On. Ork makes cleverly designed neighborhood posters, but I’ve seen them so much that
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I have cameras. Plural. Obviously there’s no need for another, and yet: this La Sardina Beach Edition camera is tempting. It’s colorful, old-fashioned, and it takes film. (Film!) Basically, it’s one of those beautifully designed gadgets that makes me think I’d have a magically cinematic Italian vacation if only it
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For design-minded travelers, postcards usually present an aesthetic problem. More often than not, the typical tourist tat ruins otherwise lovely pictures with gaudy, blighted typography. Which is why these retro postcards are so much fun (and almost too nice to mail). Created by Oahu-based artist Nick Kuchar, the set of
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Parisian boutiques may draw the crowds, and Milan’s old-guard designers may get the buzz, but Reykjavík has something that’s increasingly hard to find in European shopping: uniqueness. Working on a creative and literal island, Icelandic designers have their own aesthetic — sometimes cozy, sometimes hard-edged — and the amount of creativity
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