Here and There by Schulze & Webb

Interaction designer Jack Schulze and engineer/designer Matt Webb opened their London-based design consultancy, Schulze & Webb, four years ago to explore mobile, web, physical computing, interaction and sociality. Their latest project, entitled Here and There, is a pair of views of Manhattan that combine map and projection into a single image.

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A MILF Moment

The hell?!? The NE corner of 4th and Race currently features this saucy little display of paintings by local artist Dawna Boehmer.

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Photo Furnishings by Téo Jasmin

Téo Jasmin, the Paris-based studio of Angéline Bailly, uses digital printing to bring photography into the home in new ways. What do you think? Fanciful or ridiculous? I’m on the fence, but I’ve certainly never seen anything quite like this before.

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: bicycles, pizza, and voodoo galore this weekend! Visionaries & Voices: photographer Camille Cier created this lovely short video about one of my favorite area arts non-profits, complete with a zippy soundtrack. Neighborhood Report; Caffeine and Crackdowns: Dispatches From ’94: 15 years ago in NYC; time capsule courtesy of the NYT. Landfills Hurting [...]

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Illustrations by Alice Tait

Alice Tait is a London-based illustrator whose clients include British Airways, Vogue, Penguin Books, and The Guardian. Alice’s work reminds me a bit of Evan Hecox [without the grit] and Paola Serrao.

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Original Cigars Downtown

Original Cigars, spotted at Main and Court in downtown Cincinnati.

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Home Accessories by Nobuhiro Sato

Nobuhiro Sato established his studio Pull+Push in 2002 with the goal of experimenting with architectural forms and “pulling and pushing new ideas in and out.” Here are a few concrete home accessories designed by Sato and available at A+R.

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Organs Ghost Sign in OTR

I got scooped by CityKin, but he didn’t sample this doorway’s many olfactory pleasures quite like I did when I took the close-up below. Let it be known that I take my ghost sign-documenting task seriously.

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The Bridge had been the first disappointment. Looking at it from the roof of her house, she had thought that crossing it would make her feel like a gossamer-winged fairy flying through the air. But the actual ride over the Bridge was no different than the ride above the Brooklyn streets.

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New Stage Collective Ghost Sign

One of the many awesome things about Cincinnati is its rich theater scene, and one of the many awesome things about Over-the-Rhine is having so many of the theaters right at my doorstep. Well, make that one less, with the closing of the New Stage Collective on Main St.

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