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How Friendship With Others Allows an Individual to Become Friends With Oneself
The School of Life very insightfully addresses the purpose of friendship, noting in outline form the generally desired outcomes, the uncertainty of casual acquaintance and…
A Supercut of Almost All of Jim Halpert’s Faces and Reactions to the Camera in ‘The Office’
Here’s a supercut of almost all of Jim Halpert‘s faces and reactions to the camera through nine seasons of The Office.
The Four Seasons as Seen Through a Microscope
“Seasons in a Small World” by Beauty of Science views the four seasons through a microscope and sets the footage to The Blue Danube. The…
Leave Me Alone Sweater, A Cozy Cowl-Neck That Can Be Pulled Over One’s Head and Zipped Up
Inspired by Becky Stern‘s very clever Compubody Sock, engineer and maker Ruth Grace Wong generously shared instructions to recreate her very unique statement piece, the…
The Tiny New NYPD Police Cars Are Adorable
Our tiny NYPD smart cars are adorable. A photo posted by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Jan 10, 2017 at 12:13pm PST Walking past the 10th…
Wasei-eigo and the Surprisingly Complex Origins of the Word Pokémon
Great Big Story explains wasei-eigo, the practice of creating new Japanese words by combining words from other languages like English, and the surprisingly complex origins…
Selffee, A New Service That Prints Edible Selfies on Food and Drinks
Selffee is a new service that prints edible selfies on food and drinks. The company can cater events with their Edible Photo Booth, and they…
The Bolted Book, An Exact Remake of Italian Artist Fortunato Depero’s 1927 Graphic Design Book
A photo posted by Designers & Books (@designersbooks) on Oct 26, 2016 at 11:40am PDT Designers & Books started a Kickstarter campaign last year to…
A Mashup Movie Trailer Mixing Footage From ‘Honey, I Blew Up the Kid’ With Audio From ‘Godzilla’
For CineFix‘s ongoing Trailer Mix series, Jon Tomlinson and Dustin McLean created a great mashup movie trailer that combines footage from Honey, I Blew Up…
An Inside Look at an Editor’s Responsibilities While Working on an Animated Movie
Dallas filmmaker, writer, and editor Andrew Saladino of The Royal Ocean Film Society has created a new video essay where he gives us an inside…