Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Cool Unicorn Bruv, Comedic Short About a Unicorn Salesman Screwing up a Bicycle Sale
“Can it like fly and shit?” Cool Unicorn Bruv is a comedic short film written and directed by London-based filmmaker Ninian Doff which shows a…
The Me Bird, A Stratastencil Animated Short by 18bis
The Me Bird by 18bis is a beautifully animated interpretation of the Pablo Neruda poem. The inspiration in the strata stencil technique helps conceptualize the repetition of…
Astronauts Will Use Poop As Radiation Shield in 2018 Mars Mission
Astronauts traveling to Mars as part of the ambitious 501-day trip of Inspiration Mars will be using their own feces to protect themselves from harmful…
ShakeBot, A Peeing Bartender Robot That Makes Cocktails
One of the entries in BarBot 2013 was ShakeBot, a bartender robot that pees in the ingredients for a Manhattan (or any 3-ingredient cocktail). It…
Dead Writers Perfume
J.T. Siems of Seattle-based perfume company Sweet Tea Apothecary has formulated Dead Writers Perfume, a unisex blend that “evokes the feeling of sitting in an…
Pantone Pairings, Food & Condiments as Color Swatches
For his “Pantone Pairings” series on Instagram, Minneapolis-based David Schwen has combined foods and condiments that typically go together to look like Pantone swatches. Prints…
Paper War, A Stop-Motion Animated Short About Two Hand-Drawn Boys Fighting Over a Girl
Paper War is a six minute stop-motion animated short created by a team of students from the Communication University of China, including writer and director…
A Map of Television Show Locations in America
(larger) Graphic artist and physicist James Chapman has designed a detailed poster titled “AMERICA:the home of television” which is a map of television show locations…
Head Painted Like a Skull out of Gray’s Anatomy
Makeup artist Lisa Berczel, aka Battledress, gives a nod to Gray’s Anatomy with this man’s head that is painted like a medical illustration of a…
The Making of Pulp Fiction
“Jackson, Travolta, Keitel, and Tarantino pose in front of the house where Tarantino’s character lives.” For the Vanity Fair article “Cinema Tarantino: The Making of…