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Sputnikfest 2012, Celebrating 50 Years Since Sputnik IV Debris Landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin
2012 Sputnikfest Poster by Tina Kugler To celebrate 50 years since debris from Russian Sputnik IV crashed-landed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, community members will gather for…
Sketch Empire Pulls an Air Duster Spray Paint Prank on City Police
Columbus, Ohio-based Sketch Empire actors / pranksters Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady hit the city streets to pose as graffiti taggers, with a harmless air…
A Dog Singing The Game of Thrones Theme Song
The Pet Collective, in response to the viral video of a cat singing The Game of Thrones theme song, created their own version featuring a…
Portraits of People With Dough on Their Head by Søren Dahlgaard
Danish artist Søren Dahlgaard has created a Dough Portrait series where he places a large amount of dough on a person’s head and photographs them.…
Heineken WOBO, A Beer Bottle Brick For Building Eco-Homes
image via Archinect In 1963, Alfred “Freddy” Heineken visited the Caribbean island of Curaçao and noted two issues: the lack of building materials for the…
Breaking Bad Portrait Illustrations by Jon Defreest
Walter White AKA Heisenberg Boston-based illustrator Jon Defreest has created an excellent series of Breaking Bad Portrait Illustrations that he contributed to Gallery1988 Melrose for…
The 11th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest
The 11th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest, a free two-day celebration of small-press publishing conference featuring “writers, cartoonists, crafters, illustrators, printmakers, and other artists”, happens…
Nextdoor, A Private Online Social Network For Your Neighborhood
Nextdoor is a private online social network for your neighborhood. Their mission is “to bring back a sense of community to the neighborhood”. You can…
Barry McGee Retrospective at Berkeley Art Museum
Prolific San Francisco street artist & painter Barry McGee is the subject of a mid-career retrospective exhibition currently on display at the Berkeley Art Museum…
DEVOBOTS, A DEVO Synthesizer and Robot Maker App
DEVOBOTS is an upcoming DEVO-authorized iOS app that is a combination robot maker and synthesizer. Users will be able to create their own DEVO-inspired robot…