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The Colors of Coincidence is the first monograph of artist Wolfgang Bloch, featuring his best pieces alongside a soulful account of the artist’s life. Designed by fellow surf visionary, David Carson, it’s a must have book for all art loving surfers and beach lovers.

“Wolfgang Bloch sees waves everywhere—in the ocean, in the grain of wood, in the core of a surfboard that he has sawed in two. Using all of these different media, Bloch creates simple, evocative paintings that transform ocean waves into otherworldly compositions of color and shape.”

Great work from photographer Phillip Toledano.

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Hilarious ad by Scholz & Friends for Amnesty International. Watch it here.

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The Emergency Response Studio is a totally self-sufficient travelling artist studio outfitted with solar panels, a wind turbine, non-toxic furnishings, and plenty of space to create. It is the brainchild of New York artist, Paul Villinski, who wanted to transport his studio to Louisiana to see the aftermath first-hand and create artwork in response.

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The Equinox watch from industrial designer Nuno Teixeira is an interesting watch concept.

“The Equinox represents the exact time when the Sun is positioned directly over the Earth’s equator. The two low relief semi spherical displays represents the Sun (hours) and the earth (minutes). Equinox also represents the classic and the modern aesthetics put together.”

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The Transformer Shelf, by Amsterdam based product designer Martin Sämmer, has the ability to continuously change and evolve to meet your storage and shelving needs.

Starting as a solid block, you can change it to a number of different shapes and styles just by pushing and pulling on the many different pieces.

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Love the retro styling of the Roth Audio Music Cocoon MC4, a high-end valve amplifier complete with iPod dock and other ancillary inputs.

It’s beauty, however, runs deeper than just steam-punk good looks. This amplifier will allegedly allow you to hear things in your music you have not heard before. Although it’s not possible to restore what has been lost in the compressed audio formats used by the iPod and mp3 players, Roth apparently can guarantee “that the amplifier will add a real warmth and dimension to the music which other amplifiers are not designed to do.”

The Tivoli Audio iPAL Radio is not only a sweet looking radio, it also makes a darn good portable companion player for your iPod.

The radio’s auxiliary input connects your iPod, CD player, or any other audio device, delivering incredible sound from a player that measures just over 6 inches tall.

Love this t-shirt — part of the UT Grand Prix Graphic series of printed tees from UNIQLO. In fact, I fancy a brew — I might just go and put the kettle on right now!

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This promotional folder, devised by Build for New York based photographer/film-maker Timothy Saccenti, is as much a beautiful object as it is a brochure.

Printers Generation Press produced the finished brochure, comprised of die-cut, perforated and folded, loose leaved inserts held together in a foil-blocked outer slipcase.

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