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The 11 Best Gifts for the Design Lover In Your Life
AT THE HEIGHT of the lockdown last year, our annual design gift guide focused on the practical. Proposing onyx trinket boxes seemed tone-deaf in a pandemic. But as the era of toilet-paper hoarding winds down, a little frivolity in gift-giving doesn’t seem so crass. A crimson cuckoo clock? Not completely necessary, but why not? Serving trays so energetically patterned they’ll rev up a party? The entertainer in your life will love it. Not that we’re plugging profligacy.
Should Halloween Decor Be Chic?
For the recurring series, That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and the other emphatically opposed. Previous installments from the series are here. YES, EERILY REALISTIC AND GOTHIC DECORATIONS ARE MORE SCARY THAN CARTOONISH KITSCH Kathia Emery actively anticipates Halloween, but you won’t find her at Target with a cart full of plastic jack-o'-lanterns.
Are Your Coffee Table Books Pretentious?
For the recurring series, That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and the other emphatically opposed. Previous installments from the series are here. NO, COFFEE-TABLE BOOKS ARE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR FINANCIALLY OUT-OF-REACH ART These days, the inspiration-hungry might scroll through Instagram more often than they flip through bound volumes, but some interior designers insist coffee table books are as popular as ever.
Open Letter from SSW Faculty and Staff to Disarm PSU
Dear President Percy and the Portland State University Board of Trustees, As members of the PSU School of Social Work, we were glad to see our University’s recent communication supporting Minnesota and Georgia, and the calls for racial justice following the police killing of George Floyd.
Garbage Day - Vanguard
David Durston’s 1970 film I Drink Your Blood. Courtesy of Grindhouse Releasing The best film about hippies is David Durston’s 1970 freak-out film I Drink Your Blood. Its bloody tale of violence and revenge is 100% medically and sociologically accurate, offering only the most harshly realistic look into America’s counterculture scene of the ‘70s. The plot of the film is this: A group of hippies, led by the menacing Horace Bones, come to rest in a small town in the middle of nowhere.
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