Obvious Plant Offers an Adorable Method for Encouraging People to Buy Multiples of an Item at a Store
Obvious Plant (previously) offers a clever way to get people to buy multiples of an item at a store–by cajoling people with cartoony characters attached…
Pomplamoose Covers ‘Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson in a Music Video Featuring Delightfully Bizarre Puppets
Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte of Pomplamoose perform a cover of “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson (which also features some incredible vocals by Bruno Mars)…
San Francisco Woman Seeks Boyfriend With 54-Foot Street Mural Personal Ad and Hand-Lettered Flyers
photo via Looking For In an effort to find a boyfriend, an anonymous 26-year-old San Francisco woman has launched Looking For, a bold (or odd)…
The Hippopotamus Chair, A Massive Black Chair Shaped Like a Life-Sized Adult Male Hippo
Spanish artist Maximo Riera has created the Hippopotamus Chair, a life-sized sculptural replica of an adult male hippopotamus that also happens to be a chair.…
A Beautifully Illustrated Fictitious Hungarian Currency Design Featuring European Plants and Animals
Hungarian graphic designer Barbara Bernát created this beautifully illustrated design for a fictitious Hungarian currency: the Hungarian euro (Hungary uses the Hungarian forint). Each banknote…
An Ancient Babylonian Customer Service Complaint Inscribed on a Clay Tablet Around 1750 BC
Among the artifacts at the British Museum in London is an ancient Babylonian customer service complaint that was inscribed on a clay tablet sometime around…
Maps of Cities as They May Appear if Sea Level Rose Dramatically
The N.Y. Sea Designer and urban planner Jeffrey Linn has created a fascinating map series that depicts cities as they may appear if sea level…
Adorably Nerdy Merit Badges for Kids
Yeti Artist and director Isaiah Saxon has created a fantastic series of merit badges for nerdy achievements like rocketeer and surrealist. He created the badges…
Italian Man Photographs Every Object His Right Hand Touches for 11 Years
photo via Science Gallery For the past 11 years, Italian media researcher Albert Frigo has been photographing every item he touches with his right hand…
A Cleverly Designed Bar Stool That Looks Like It Is Missing a Leg
The Legless Bar Stool is a cleverly designed wooden stool that–from certain angles–looks uncannily like it is missing a leg. The illusion is achieved with…