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Limited Edition Hobbit Moleskine Notebooks
In honor of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey coming out in theaters on December 14, 2012, ThinkGeek has released two Limited Edition Hobbit…

Lollyphile, Lollipops in Grownup Flavors
Lollyphile are lollipops that are available in four grownup (boozy) flavors: Absinthe, Habanero Tequila, Whisky and White Russian. No, you won’t get drunk from these…

Join The Cargo Cult, A Parody Ad That Mixes Old Navy & Burning Man
“Egg Chair Steve” Bissinger has created a parody design that humorously combines the 2013 Burning Man art theme of “Cargo Cult” with an Old Navy…

It’s Ok To Do Stuff, An Album That Parodies Free To Be…You and Me
It’s Ok To Do Stuff: Songs That Didn’t Make It Into ‘Free To Be You And Me’ is a sketch album that parodies Free To…

Solid White Chocolate Baby Heads That Are Creepy Not Cute
The creator of the Anatomical Wax Model Cake, Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer’s Kitchen, was commissioned to make solid white chocolate baby heads for an…

A Motorcycle Jacket Made From Reclaimed Cadillac Upholstery & Parts
At the recent IDEO-hosted craft festival, Wunderfaire, I met Dustin Page, the founder of Platinum Dirt, an Oakland-based company that makes fashion accessories and jackets…

12 Questions for Woody Allen
Filmmaker Robert Weide quizzes Woody Allen with 12 questions (give or take) on subjects ranging from movies to Allen’s childhood. Weide was granted unprecedented access…

The MoMA Acquires Video Games For a New Category of Artworks
Tetris (1984) The Museum of Modern Art has currently acquired 14 popular video game titles from the past and present (with a total of about…

Burning Man Reveals 2013 Art Theme: Cargo Cult
“…who is John Frum, where is he really from, and where, on spaceship Earth, are we all going?” / art by “DA” Dominic Tinio The…

The Periodic Calendar, The Last Wall Calendar You Will Ever Need
The Periodic Calendar is an ingenious calendar design that can be used for any year in the past, present, or future (video). The calendar works…
