Archive for April, 2008

Which design competition is best?

Posted by contrastshop on April 16th, 2008 under shop
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I know this topic is a bit off topic to regular Contrast chatter, but I’ve been wondering for quite a long time which is the best design competition. Threadless? Design By Humans? La Fraise? Shirt.woot?
Well, it turns out that a few people on Emptees are wondering the same thing, and whilst it isn’t a completely [...]

Flickr Friday(ish): Drops of Spring

Posted by contrastshop on April 12th, 2008 under Photos
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Sorry that todays Flickr Friday is actually on a Saturday, I had a busy day yesterday going to get my car from the garage ($1400 bill, hurrah!) and it just slipped my mind.
Today’s photo is called ‘Drops of Spring‘ and is by a Flickr-ite called Steve Took It.

How To Fold a T-shirt really quickly [video]

Posted by contrastshop on April 8th, 2008 under Videos
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Me, I’ve got a lot of t-shirts, well over 100, I don’t really know the true figure, so when I found this video showing me how to fold them quickly and easily I was a pretty happy guy. Now if only I had enough space to store them…

Flickr Fridays: Ballet

Posted by contrastshop on April 4th, 2008 under shop
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Today’s Flickr Friday post is a beautiful image of a ballerina. I went to the ballet once in St. Petersberg when I was about 16, I fell asleep during the second half so I don’t think I’m really cut out for all of this high-culture stuff. I can still enjoy the picture though!
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What’s that yellow ball in the sky?

Posted by contrastshop on April 2nd, 2008 under Product Picks
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A couple of days ago something amazing happened, here in the dreary, dark, wet, rainy North of England, the sun came out. For about four hours. And everyone went crazy. Even though it was still fairly chilly, people were wearing shorts, sitting outside of pubs having a drink, and playing football in the park. I [...]