Arts & Design

Thingophilia

More domestic style than you or I can hope to amass in a lifetime�displayed in ten seconds. We might want to think about what that says for style... We so badly want to be our things. Video after the jump.

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Unevenly Distributed: What Gremlins Says About The 80s And Its Tech

Even before the viewer catches a glimpse his first Mogwai, Joe Dante's Gremlins establishes the link between the titular goblins and malfunctioning technology by way of Randy Peltzer and his many incompetent inventions. It's a film very much of its time, with many fascinating things to say about the way Reagan-era Americans looked at technology. It's also a movie that would be impossible to remake today, for one big reason: the smartphone is our Bathroom Buddy.

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Happy People

The people of the Siberian taiga, like the creatures they hunt and trap, are kept busy trying not to get bloodied or frozen, in a documentary narrated by Werner Herzog. Video after the jump.

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Get Your Phases Sorted

Among the lunar-phase calendars usually found stacked in crystal shops and New-Age book stores, a radial version by designer and type founder Dimitre Lima stands out.

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Lady Gaga Rematerializes the Image

To reboot their product line, Polaroid have appealed to the highest authority: they've named Lady Gaga their creative director. Her photographic sunglasses may be a caprice; her new digital instant camera offers retronovation with technical flair.

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