Rebecca Escamilla
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Seattle Artist Turns Discarded Books Into Gorgeous Works of Art
Artist Isobelle Ouzman transforms discarded books she finds around Seattle, Washington into imaginative works of art in her Altered Books series. Opening each of the…
Petey the Googly-Eyed PDX Carpet Is the New Grand Marshal of Portland, Oregon’s Starlight Parade
photo via Rachael Rafanelli The Starlight Parade, an annual event during Portland, Oregon’s Rose Festival, has a new grand marshal for 2015, Petey the PDX…
New Miniature Handmade Books and Cards by Evan Lorenzen
A Field Guide to Cereal Taking influence from mythology and medieval woodblock prints, Denver, Colorado-based illustrator Evan Lorenzen created a series of tiny handcrafted books…
Rainy Pot, A Cute, Functional Planter With a Cloud That Rains on a Potted Plant
The Rainy Pot by Daily Life Lab is a wall-mounted planter with a cloud-shaped watering system. To water a plant in the pot, simply add…
Dicks by Mail, A Service That Anonymously Mails an Edible ‘Bag of Dicks’ to Your Enemies
photo by budwik Dicks by Mail is a new service that will anonymously mail a bag of penis-shaped gummy candy along with a note that…
Suspect the Iditarod Sled Dog Swiftly Runs in a Giant Exercise Wheel for Dogs
Iditarod racer Suspect the sled dog excitedly runs in an exercise wheel at the Husky Homestead in Denali Park, Alaska in a video from 2010.…
Unnecessarily Gendered Products, A Blog Featuring Products Marketed Either to Men or Women Based on Arbitrary Traits
BIC for Her pens Unnecessarily Gendered Products is a Tumblr blog featuring products marketed specifically to women or men based solely on arbitrary traits like…
Outrageous Fake Self-Help Books by Obvious Plant
Jeff Wysaski, the prankster behind Obvious Plant (previously), snuck around his local bookstore, leaving outrageous fake self-help books on the shelves. Titles include So Your…
A Hodgepodge Collection of Stuff at the Institute of Making’s Materials Library in London
Shelves in the library filled with specimen jars Victoria Turk, UK editor at Motherboard, recently took a tour of the Materials Library at University College…
A Eulogy Written on a 500-Year-Old Ostrich Egg Shell
photo via University of Leeds A fascinating ostrich egg shell was covered in a eulogy written in Arabic script about 500 years ago. It was…