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Celebrate International Museum Day 2012!

According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), every year since 1977 International Museum Day is organised worldwide around May 18. This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society. ICOM Advisory Committee organises the theme of this event that, given the high number of countries … Read more

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May: The Anti-Apathy Assignment

Stop. Unhand that computer mouse, that tablet, that phone, or that pack of large potato chips. After you read this paragraph, look up from the screen and look around you. Take it in, whatever you see happening around you. Acknowledge it, understand it, and come up with an idea from it. Doesn’t matter if it’s … Read more

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2012 First Quarter Design Challenge Winners!

Hello hello, Apologies for the delay! It’s Friday and we’re keen on getting the news out! Here are the winners and prizes of the First Quarter Design Challenge! Three Random Single Items Winners! Rabbit “The rabbit is inspired by the rabbit in the Alice in Wonderland, I just added a diabolical aura in it through … Read more

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Found: VVG Table in Taipei

It is no secret that the number one thing on my hit list of places to visit is VVG Something. It is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world and finding it was absolutely the icing on the cake. VVG Table, however, was the cherry! I dragged my friends to look for VVG … Read more

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Slate Reel: Lucas (1986)

Something light and feel-good for this month – Lucas is a film most would not consider as blockbuster, but it certainly has become sort of a minor cult classic for teen movies. Perhaps because of its small unique shifts of conventional teen movie stereotypes or how many of its characters became huge stars; but no … Read more

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April’s Writing Challenge!

This month is all about building on your brilliance! If you haven’t discovered what you’re good at yet, there are two pages from the Slate 2012 Planner that will challenge your skills on writing or designing. The first one can win you a Sloot*! Try your hand in creating a story with gaps! Fill in … Read more

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April: Build on your Brilliance

Fourth month of the year – the excitement of a new year has died down, things have settled, and for some, another school year has just ended. We are at the brink of a new quarter (90 days of 2012 have passed can you believe that?), and most of us are starting to question what … Read more

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February Sloot Winner!

HELLO HELLO! Happy Friday, happy Sloot Winner announcement! Here are the placers for February’s Continue This Doodle Design Challenge: THIRD PLACE goes to PAOLO GANGOSO! A bittersweet poison we ingest – two parts curiosity, three parts regret. SECOND PLACE goes to ANDIE CARMA! Overthinking Kills FIRST PLACE goes to MARIANE GO! NegaMonsters The things that … Read more

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Doll Fins

Captain Slate and several planeteers had a blast last February coloring dolphins and getting a little messy. The World Wide Fund of Nature (WWF) had its very very first  Mural Painting Marathon  for the benefit of their Adoption Program. Hundreds pledged by painting outlined images of dolphins in four colorful walls to show their support and … Read more

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Some Photos of Angkor

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain

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