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October 22, 2009cwongyapAugusten Burroughs, bow-tie necklaces, Design Nurd, Mekanism Skateboards, Olafur Eliasson, Piotr Redlinski, tattoos Leave a comment

Random items from the bitstream floating my boat right now:

olafur eliasson skateboard for mekanism
Olafur Eliasson’s deck design for Mekanism Skateboards. So pretty and unusual. A feat of boardmaking technique.
(Image source: Mekanism Skateboards)

design nurd bow-tie necklace
These bow-tie necklaces on DesignNurd.

augusten burroghs, nytimes
Augusten Burrogh’s typographic ornament tattoos.
(From NYTimes.com, photo by Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times)

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