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Some of use are fine with our favourite quote written in sharpie on a sticky note and pasted over our desk (on the DailyXY office wall: “When you’re going through hell, keep going.” Churchill). Others, like Toronto-based Design Different, demand a higher ascetic standard. Proprietor Ryan McArthur has released this … Read More
It must be nice to live somewhere that has an architectural philosophy—and we say that as inhabitants of the city that gave the world Robarts Library. Oh, a giant peacock-turned-turkey-shaped-brutalist-library? Great idea, Toronto! But we digress. Coast Modern is a new documentary about West Coast modernist architecture, and we sure … Read More
Escaping the Recession by Boat – Outside “The Kleeman brothers are classic examples of a timeless urge: to do something very different with your life—now, not years from now, even if doing so requires walking away from ordinary comforts and charting a radical, potentially dangerous new course. They’re middle-class Midwesterners … Read More
No, Lego didn’t suddenly become cool(er) and start producing adults-only playsets for spendthrift Gen-Xers and Millennials. The Breaking Bad Lego Playset ($250) comes courtesy of Citizen Brick, the internet’s own custom-lego maestros. The play set recreates the multi-million dollar meth lab, reportedly using over 500 pieces and a bunch of … Read More
Why We Keep Playing the Lottery – Nautilus “It may seem easy to understand why we keep playing. As one trademarked lottery slogan goes, “Hey, you never know.” Somebody has to win. But to really understand why hundreds of millions of people play a game they will never win, a … Read More
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