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The MoonKettle by BALMUDA Brings Tea Culture to the Home

Design Milk

Gen Terao founded BALMUDA in Tokyo in 2003, releasing the x-base in the hopes of creating the most beautiful products on the market. Terao remarks, “I believe that ‘artistic’ value, which cannot be quantified, is what enriches life. BALMUDA creates ideas based on this belief.”

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Behold, the Ford logo we deserved (that got rejected)

Creative Bloq

Having not updated its logo since 2003, Ford is well overdue a new look, and while this sleek alternative design sadly never got to see the light of day, Id love to see it have its time to shine in the future.

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Austrian Artist Erich Sokol’s Illustrations Were A Highlight Of Hugh Hefner’s Magazine

Design You Trust

Erich Sokol (1933–2003) was a celebrated Austrian illustrator and satirist, best known for his contributions to *Playboy* magazine during its golden era. Sokol’s style combined sharp wit with a sophisticated artistic approach, perfectly complementing *Playboy’s* mix of intellect and allure.

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"You can't just be like, ‘we're going to change the world,'" Kwame Taylor-Hayford on how to create projects with social impact

Creative Bloq

I started in 2003/2004 and honestly, it felt like there was a lot of opportunity, a lot of disruption. How has the industry changed since you started working in it? And how do you see it changing over the next five to 10 years? When I started working in the industry, this was around the advent of the Internet. I come more from advertising.

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A Multifaceted Book and Exhibition, ‘Black Earth Rising’ Contends with Colonialism, Land, and Climate

Colossal

” Carrie Mae Weems’ photograph “A Distant View,” from The Louisiana Project, approaches the history of enslaved women in the South through the perspective of a muse—the artist herself—spectrally inhabiting a seemingly idyllic landscape. Image courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen.

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It's all in the eyes for A Practice for Everyday Life's identity for the 59th Venice Biennale

Creative Boom

Crafted by A Practice for Everyday Life , the London studio founded by Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas in 2003, it's inspired by Surrealism and represented by eyes, which can be seen dotted around the Venetian city. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia and A Practice for Everyday Life. Photo: © Thomas Adank.

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Barbara Cole's underwater photos are ethereal, timeless and utterly enthralling

Creative Boom

Baroque Church © Barbara Cole The Canadian artist's latest series of images are sub-aquatic, but you wouldn't think so to look at them. Somewhere combines the Canadian artist's pioneering underwater photography with historical architecture to create timeless, ethereal scenes that exist between the real and the imagined.

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