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Beware the Free Street Furniture: Soho-based furniture company Blu Dot launched...
Beware the Free Street Furniture: Soho-based furniture company Blu Dot launched...
Soho-based furniture company Blu Dot launched an experiment this morning littering sidewalks with new chairs for the taking—just don't be alarmed by the electronics underneath . They won't hurt you, just stalk you! The chairs are equipped with GPS tdevices so Blu Dot can track you down ...
The Blu Dot Real Good Experiment
realgood.bludot.com — On November 4-5, 25 Real Good Chairs will be dropped around NYC. Many chairs will be GPS-enabled. You can follow their journeys here. (more) The Blu Dot Real Good Experiment
On Sale: Blu Dot for Urban Outfitters Fire Sale
On Sale: Blu Dot for Urban Outfitters Fire Sale
apartmenttherapy.com — We love a good deal! The +00 collection — furniture designed by Minneapolis-based Blu Dot exclusive to Urban Outfitters — is on sale! Five pieces are available from 30% - 50% off the original price, including the yellow ... (more) On Sale: Blu Dot for Urban Outfitters Fire Sale
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Jeremiah's Vanishing New York — ... times were flush.” [NYT] Young New Yorkers using texts to find sex: "The atmosphere is fluid, like an eBay auction. This leads to a series of marketing strategies... If you have several options perpetually before you, and if technology makes it easier to jump from one option to another, you will naturally adopt the mentality of a comparison shopper." [NYT] That "free" chair you found on the street might be cyber-stalking you. [Curbed] The East Village "was nothing before Le Souk arrived." [EVG ...

Soho Furniture Company Gives Away Tweeting Chairs
L Mag — ... project: The Real Good Experiment. Cooler still, one of the chairs has a Twitter account, and will be tweeting its travels around the city as it searches for a home. 20-some minutes ago it was at the Met, but earlier today it was in the Meatpacking District (pictured)—it's also posting photos of itself posing wherever it stops around the city to the Real Good Experiment Flickr photostream. Damn those chairs are tech-savvy, maybe a little too savvy... (Curbed) [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

RackedWire: Blu Dot Scatters Chairs Around NYC; Save Fashion Returns
Racked NY — ... , you can track the chairs' journeys as they find new homes. Where will they go? We're guessing Brooklyn. [Real Good Experiment via Curbed] ...

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