ACQTASTE Issue 1

Toronto-based food magazine and site ACQTASTE launch their premiere issue which documents the personalities and culture that surrounds food. Also filling the pages are points of convergence involving food and design, architecture, art, fashion, film and music. First up, features in issue 1 include Black Hoof & Company, Munge Leung, how to break down an entire deer, and of course recipes. The 96-page magazine comes ad-free and is available now through ACQTASTE

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Joseph Erlanger’s House by Phillip Kalantzis

This morning I decided to bring across some photography by Phillip Kalantzis, a New York city based photographer, who took these fascinating pictures of Joseph Erlanger’s House in Urbana, Illinois. Joseph Erlanger won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1944 for the discovery of different types of nerve fibers, and to this day his house has been preserved and have been named a National Historic Landmark. Not long ago the International Astronomical Union even named a crater on the moon after him.

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Nike 2011 Holiday Livestrong Footwear

Nike’s new global collection of Holiday 2011 LIVESTRONG footwear will launch beginning October 1, 2011. Rooted in performance and function, the collection has grown tremendously since the iconic yellow LIVESTRONG wristband debuted in 2004, with more than 80 million wristbands distributed to date and $80 million raised to support LIVESTRONG. Nike created the LIVESTRONG collection of running and training apparel, footwear and accessories in 2008 and continues to evolve the collection to meet the needs of today’s athletes. Featured footwear models include the Lunarglide+ 3, Trainer 1.3 Mid and Woodside. Look for the line through Nikestore.com, amongst other select retailers worldwide.

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I Want This

The Melting Clock is inspired by the famous Dali painting “The Persistence of Memory”, the well-known surrealist painting introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch. The clock was designed to be used on a shelf or hanging on your office desk. Although awkward, it is balanced as a common clock and its mechanisms work perfectly. A cool gift idea!

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Jay-z’s New Lifestyle Blog

Jay-z’s new lifestyle blog is well designed, informative, covers a variety of interesting topics and is a daily must-read.

I’ll be watching this new series

I can’t wait to start watching this new series on Fox. In short, the show is about a girl named Jess, an offbeat girl who after a bad breakup moves in with three single guys.

 
The sitcom set to premiere on Fox on September 20, 2011, where it will air on Tuesday nights at 9/8 central.

BitDefender: ReBranding Process

At the level of visual identity, Brandient armed Bitdefender with a powerful, sharp weapon: the legendary symbol of the Dacian Dragon-Wolf. Half wolf, half serpent, this totemic creature guarded the Dacian people in their wars and has come to stand for invincible defense. The modern interpretation of the ancient symbol completes the brand promise with sleekness, making the brand highly relevant to digital society while clearly asserting its Romanian roots.— Press Release (more…)

Natalie Joos’ Fashion Week Diary

In our first peek behind the scenes of the new fashion season, in demand casting director, author of stylish vintage blog Tales of Endearment and bona fide New York Fashion Week scenester Natalie Joos shares a day in her Balenciaga heels.

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