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Photos: Products Found in Grocery Stores in Iceland
Icelandic Minke Whale Jerky During my recent visit to Iceland, I took the opportunity to photograph many of the interesting products found on the shelves…
Daft Punk Releases New Single ‘Get Lucky’ Featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
“We’re up all night to get lucky.” Daft Punk has released their first single entitled “Get Lucky” off of the upcoming album, Random Access Memories.…
Music Video Race, 20 Bands & 20 Filmmakers Shoot 20 Music Videos in 1 Weekend for San Francisco Festival
Music Video Race is a San Francisco music and film festival that challenges 20 bands and 20 teams of filmmakers to produce 20 music videos…
Bagram Batman Educates Soldiers in Series of U.S. Army Safety PSAs
Bagram Batman, a character based on Batman from The Dark Knight trilogy, educates soldiers and civilians who are deployed in Afghanistan in this series of…
Astonishingly Photo-Realistic Surreal Paintings by Jeremy Geddes
Australian artist Jeremy Geddes creates surreal oil paintings that are astoundingly photo-realistic. The paintings often depict human figures in mid-air, free-falling, or bursting through buildings…
No Direction Home, A Reversible Poster Devoted to Bob Dylan & The 2005 Documentary About Him
“No Direction Home” Buenos Aires-based artist Max Dalton illustrated a ‘reversible’ poster devoted to Bob Dylan celebrating his 2005 Martin Scorsese directed documentary film, No…
Internet Archaeology, Preserving the History of the Internet
Wired Underwire has posted a collection of some interesting abandoned websites, including a promotional website for Space Jam, the Dole/Kemp campaign site from 1996, and…
An Infographic Illustrating the Evolution of Corporate Logos
This data visualization created by The Logo Company illustrates how the logos of companies like Apple, Microsoft, Pepsi, and BMW have evolved over time. You…
Awkward Handshake: The Game, Reimagining Social Situations as a First Person Video Game
“Awkward Handshake: The Game” by the Montreal-based Moving Mind Studio is a short video that imagines various social situations as a first person shooter video…
Louis C.K.’s Independent Short Films (1993-1999)
“Ice Cream” Proving that he is indeed a man of many talents, from 1993-1999 Louis C.K. made a bunch of short films starting with the…