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…
‘Preservation’, Eerie Photos of People Being Covered in Gallons of Honey
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Blake (@blakelittlephoto) Nude models are encased in a viscous gold-hued goo in the eerie and visually…
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…
More Delightful ‘Bricksy’ LEGO Dioramas Inspired by Banksy Street Art
Back in 2014, we first posted about “Bricksy: LEGO Banksy”, a photo series of Banksy inspired LEGO dioramas by Canadian photographer Jeff Friesen. Friesen has…
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…
The Peculiar Experience of Ordering Coffee in San Francisco
In their latest video, Steve Goldbloom and Noah Pink of Everything But the News (previously) dramatically reenact the peculiar experience of ordering coffee in San…
Street Artist Installs a Giant-Sized Oscar Statuette Snorting Cocaine Near the Oscars Venue
On Thursday, street artist Plastic Jesus installed a giant-sized Oscar statuette–stooped over in the act of snorting cocaine–in an installation located just yards from the…
Artist Is Living in a Cramped Corridor Behind the Walls of a Gallery for Three Weeks in Performance Art Piece
Cuba-born artist Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera is living in a cramped corridor tucked between the walls of a Chicago art gallery for a three-week durational performance…