Posts by Alice Yoo

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April 19, 2010

Cool iPad App for Pop Culture Junkies: EW’s Must List

As a person who loves to be on top of pop culture, I'm super excited about Entertainment Weekly's iPad app. What's so special about it? Well, first Entertainment Weekly decided to only reproduce one part of its print experience, the weekly Must List. The Must List is the 10 things EW loves each week which includes recommended movies, music, TV, books and games. You're given the options to sample content with previews or song snippets.

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April 14, 2010

Classic Books in Modern Covers (13 favorites)

While I first learned about Coralie Bickford-Smith's penguin cloth-bound classic series through Design*Sponge in October of 2009, I didn't feel compelled to write about it till I saw it pop up again on Very Short List this morning. As they're now selling these beautifully bound books at Anthropologie, I had a chance to really take a look at them and appreciate the careful design approach behind each.

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Art
March 27, 2010

Floating Heads Installation by Sophie Cave

Ever get that creepy feeling that a hundred set of eyes are watching you? Thanks to Sophie Cave, this nightmare has turned into a reality! The Floating Heads installation at the Kelvingrove Museum in the Scottish city of Glasgow is quite literally turning heads. Cave created over 50 of them, each displaying different emotions including laughter and despair.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.