Laughing Squid
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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…
Justin Rocket Silverman Attends the Rental Car Rally
On August 18, 2012, 21 teams left New York City to head to Montreal for the latest Rental Car Rally, a costumed road race…
Scot Nery’s Mouth Cup Trick
Los Angeles-based entertainer Scot Nery is shown in this video repeatedly performing his ‘Mouth Cup’ trick with a styrofoam drinking cup. That trick recently landed…
Father and Kids Perform Cover of Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
Dicken Schrader and his kids Milah and Korben of Bogotá, Colombia perform together as the band DMK, where they do wonderful covers of Depeche Mode…