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Better Book Titles, Famous Book Covers ‘Improved’ With Altered Titles
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, redesign by Dan Wilbur Better Book Titles is a blog in which famous books are given…
Fixbot, A Robotic Arm That Fixes Broken Things With Sugru
Fixbot is a small red robotic arm made by the folks at Sugru designed to fix broken things (with Sugru silicone rubber, of course). In…
Blab World 2012 Group Art Exhibition at CoproGallery in Santa Monica
Poster artwork: Sweet Dreams by Nicoletta Ceccoli The 8th annual BLAB WORLD group art exhibition, curated by Monte Beauchamp of Blab!, will feature art from…
Building Stories, Chris Ware’s Upcoming Imaginative Graphic Novel
Comic book artist and cartoonist Chris Ware, creator of the Acme Novelty Library series, has a new graphic novel being released on Tuesday, October 2,…
Hug Me, A Fashion Line Designed To Make People Feel Warm & Hugged
photo by Hill and Aubrey Fashion designer Si Ieong Chan has created Hug Me, a Fall/Winter 2012-2013 collection of men’s outerwear that includes a green…
New York City MetroCard Collages by Nina Boesch
New York City-based artist Nina Boesch creates wonderful collages out of cut up MetroCards, the tickets used in New York metropolitan area transit systems. The…
Canned, A Travel Beverage Mug That Looks Like a Spray Paint Can
Canned is an insulated travel mug designed to look like a used spray paint can. It will be available to purchase at Mustard. Our boffins…
David Fincher: A Film Title Retrospective
The brilliant title sequences from Alien 3, Se7en, Fight Club and other David Fincher films are the subject of this video retrospective by Art of…
The Oatmeal’s Matt Inman Tests Out His Tesla Cannon on Matt Harding of Where the Hell is Matt?
Where the Hell is Matt takes 10,000 volts for science! Watch in this video as Matt Inman of The Oatmeal tests out his new Tesla…
Mercy, A Beverage That Helps Prevent Hangovers
I recently came across Mercy (via a Fab sale), a unique beverage that claims to help prevent hangovers. Mercy helps prevent hangovers. Mercy is a…