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    1960s     Barbie     Mad Men     design     fashion     pop culture     tv     weird     vintage    
    Mad Men characters get the Barbie and Ken doll treatment.
“…The characters to become dolls are Don Draper, the show’s leading man; his wife, Betty; his colleague at the Sterling Cooper agency, Roger Sterling; and Joan Holloway, the agency’s office manager who was Roger’s mistress.  That two dolls represent a relationship outside wedlock, and Don Draper’s propensity for adultery, may be firsts for the Barbie world since the brand’s introduction five decades ago. But for the sake of the Barbie image, her immersion in the “Mad Men” era will go only so far: The dolls come with period accessories like hats, overcoats, pearls and padded undergarments, but no cigarettes, ashtrays, martini glasses or cocktail shakers…
— via The New York Times

    Mad Men characters get the Barbie and Ken doll treatment.

    “…The characters to become dolls are Don Draper, the show’s leading man; his wife, Betty; his colleague at the Sterling Cooper agency, Roger Sterling; and Joan Holloway, the agency’s office manager who was Roger’s mistress. That two dolls represent a relationship outside wedlock, and Don Draper’s propensity for adultery, may be firsts for the Barbie world since the brand’s introduction five decades ago. But for the sake of the Barbie image, her immersion in the “Mad Men” era will go only so far: The dolls come with period accessories like hats, overcoats, pearls and padded undergarments, but no cigarettes, ashtrays, martini glasses or cocktail shakers…

    — via The New York Times

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    New York Mag gives a “mini-tour of Partners & Spade,” new venture from Andy Spade
(from article The Spades’ New Bag)

    New York Mag gives a “mini-tour of Partners & Spade,” new venture from Andy Spade

    (from article The Spades’ New Bag)

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    LEGO wallets from colorbynumbers(discovered via designboom)

    LEGO wallets from colorbynumbers
    (discovered via designboom)

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    “Two designers team up for neckties made of recycled cassette tapes—sounds like a sharp-looking idea…”(via Fast Company)

    “Two designers team up for neckties made of recycled cassette tapes—sounds like a sharp-looking idea…”
    (via Fast Company)

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    “…Backed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the World Bank, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the French-based Save Your Logo was founded to support the biodiversity of the plants and animals represented on logos across the world. The initiative also focuses on education and community engagement in efforts to help preserve a healthy planet…” —via idsgn

    “…Backed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the World Bank, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the French-based Save Your Logo was founded to support the biodiversity of the plants and animals represented on logos across the world. The initiative also focuses on education and community engagement in efforts to help preserve a healthy planet…” —via idsgn

    Italy     covers     design     fashion     magazines     typography     House    
    GQ Italia 10th Anniversary issue: 10 designers, 10 covers(above cover designed by Ken Barber, House Industries)

    GQ Italia 10th Anniversary issue: 10 designers, 10 covers
    (above cover designed by Ken Barber, House Industries)

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