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The Guild Season 6 Official T-Shirt Design by Joey Spiotto
Los Angeles illustrator Joey Spiotto created a wonderful t-shirt design for season 6 of The Guild, a comedy web series about gamers created and written…
The Curious Self-Serving Machines of Dan Grayber
San Francisco artist Dan Grayber builds intricate machine sculptures that, rather than serve humans, fulfill their own mechanical needs. Many of his machines use elaborate…
A Molotov Cocktail Exploding Off of a Brick House at 100x Slow Motion
“Don’t do this yourself… you would be an idiot.” Molotov Cocktail in Slow Motion is a video created by Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of…
A Sofa Styled With Eastpak Backpack Details
Belgian design firm Quinze & milan collaborated with outdoor brand Eastpak to create the Club Sofa 01, a sofa styled with backpack details (zippered pockets,…
R. Crumb: Sketchbooks 1982-2011, A Six-Book Set of Drawings Hand-Picked by Robert Crumb
Cartoonist, artist, writer and musician Robert Crumb, who is the author of numerous comic works, has released a six-book boxed set, published by TASCHEN Books…
Leaders in Software and Art Conference 2012
The Leaders in Software and Art Conference, a conference on new media art, takes place October 16 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York…
Dexter Cupcakes Have Sugar Glass Shards & Simple Syrup Blood
New York City’s Magnolia Bakery was hired by Showtime to create Dexter cupcakes, mini red velvet cupcakes topped with whipped vanilla icing, shards of sugar…
Tonx Coffee, A Coffee Sourcing, Roasting & Shipping Service
I recently signed up for Tonx Coffee, a coffee delivery service that sources, roasts and ships coffee beans directly to your home or office. They…
Megan Orsi, The Girl With the Photoshop Toolbar Tattoo
Pennsylvania-based developer and designer Megan Orsi recently had her forearm inked with the image of Photoshop’s toolbar, which has earned her name of the ‘girl…
Postal Service Releases Earthscapes Aerial & Satellite Imagery Stamps
Earthscapes is a new series of Forever stamps from the US Postal Service that features aerial and satellite imagery of natural and manmade landscapes in…