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Illustrations of Famous Authors as Puns
Artist Timothy Leo Taranto created these illustrations of famous authors as puns for The Rumpus. Highlights include Ernest Lemingway and Frankensteinbeck.

Burners Without Borders Fundraising for Screen Printing Program in Haitian Town
Burners Without Borders is working to bring a screen printing program to the Jakmel Ekspresyon Community Arts Center in the town of Jacmel, Haiti. At…

Strange Fruits, Ordinary Fruit Turned Surreal by German Designer
“Pina Colada” Strange Fruits is an ongoing project by Berlin-based designer Sarah Illenberger where ordinary fruit is made into surreal and fun works of art.…

Minimalist Poster Designs Using Pictograms to Summarize Film Plots
Italian designer Matteo Civaschi of the H-57 Creative Station made a wonderful series of minimalistic designs (similar to his history posters) that quickly summarize popular…

2012. 366 days. 366 seconds., A Filmmaker’s Year Captured in Daily One Second Increments
2012. 366 days. 366 seconds., a wonderful cinematic video by Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Jonathan Britnell, creatively captures his 2012 year within a series of daily…

Cascada, Short Film About Boaters Searching for a Perfect Waterfall in the Mexican Jungle
“Tangled vines. Endless rain. Dodgy hotel rooms. Mud. Biting flies. Aggressive viruses…Perfection.” Cascada is a beautiful short film directed by Anson Fogel and Skip Armstrong…

True Facts About The Seahorse by Ze Frank
True Facts About The Seahorse by Ze Frank

Ownshelf, A Service to Share EBooks With Friends Across Devices
Ownshelf is a service started by Rick Marazzani to share eBooks with friends across devices. MC Lars is sharing his favorite eBooks in Ownshelf’s first…

Shortest Film, A Film Short with Some Seriously Long Credits
“3 complete strangers… lost in translation.” Shortest Film is a film short about three strangers with apparent language barriers that features some seriously long credits.…
Crazyology, An Exhibition in San Francisco by Artist David Normal
“Crazyology” is an upcoming exhibition by artist David Normal in the Atrium Ballroom at 1000 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, California. The exhibit opens…
