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11/30/06

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  Consumer Connection

  Our modern economy is woefully impersonal. We rarely come to know the people behind our clothes and comestibles. Scott Ballum, a Brooklyn-based designer, took this state of affairs as a challenge.

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  Contributors: Andrew Price and Jen Dessinger
  012: New School - August 22, 2008

• Art & Design

  5 votes

  

  Fun with Art

  Jonathon Keats makes art that makes you think. How much is that worth? — read more

  Contributors: Theo Schell-Lambert and Jen Dessinger

  011: Get Lost - Jul 01 2008

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• Health

  3 votes

  

  The Antidrug Lord

  Tom Siebel keeps kids off meth by pushing shocking ads. — read more

  Contributors: Corey Binns and Jen Dessinger

  011: Get Lost - Jun 05 2008

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• 3 votes

  Science

  The New Nobels

  Fred Kavli is finding—and funding—scientists who are solving the most complex puzzles in the universe.

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  Contributors: Emily Anthes and Jen Dessinger
  011: Get Lost - June 5, 2008

• Art & Design

  6 votes

  

  Designs on the Future

  Valerie Casey’s Designers Accord is a Kyoto Treaty for the design industry—but everyone is signing on to this one. — read more

  Contributors: Emily Pilloton and Jen Dessinger

  011: Get Lost - Jun 05 2008

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• Culture

  14 votes

  

  Looking at Sustainable Design That Doesn’t Suck

  A Brooklyn restaurant-cum-cultural center with an ethic of sustainability has become a social hub for the creative and diverse local community. — read more

  Contributors: Ben Jervey and Jen Dessinger

  007: High Tech/Low Tech - Sep 24 2007

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