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Happie GOATie the Skateboarding Goat Sets a Guinness World Record
Happie GOATie is a Florida-based skateboarding goat (“sKaTegoat”), owned by Melody Cooke, that recently set the Guinness World Record for “farthest distance skateboarding by a…
Fantastic Phantom of the Opera Rock Violin Mix by Lindsey Stirling
Violinist and composer Lindsey Stirling took the iconic musical masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera, composed originally by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and gave it a…
Romo, A Small Robot With a Smartphone Brain
Romo is a small tracked robot that is controlled by any iOS or Android mobile device (video). The mobile device serves as the brain and…
Kids Dressed as Famous Movie Characters For Brazilian Cineplex Ads
In a 2012 ad poster campaign for Praia de Belas cineplex in Brazil, children were costumed up as famous movie characters like Cruella De Vil,…
Snoozebox Portable Shipping Container Hotel
Snoozebox is a portable hotel consisting of shipping container living units that can be easily transported, stacked, and arranged into hotels of 40 to 400…
Ragú Pasta Sauce Ad Campaign Debuts With a Boy Walking in on his Parent’s Bedroom
For its ‘A Long Day of Childhood’ campaign, Ragú brand pasta sauce launched a humorous series of TV commercials during the 2012 Olympics. In…
Brandalism, An Anti-Billboard Guerilla Art Campaign in the UK
by Bill Posters Brandalism was a recent anti-advertising campaign in which an international team of 25 artists contributed artworks that were covertly installed on billboards…
Squeaky Zombie Foot Dog Chew Toy
San Francisco based design company GAMA-GO has created the Zombie Foot Dog Toy, a squeaky zombie foot chew toy to prepare canines of all sizes…
In-N-Out Delivery Service Offered in San Francisco by burgerto.me
If you’re in San Francisco and get a craving for In-N-Out Burger, now you can order from the on demand In-N-Out delivery service app, burgerto.me.…
Weapons of Mass Creation: Writing, A Literary Canon Print by Angryblue
Louisville, Kentucky based artist Justin Kamerer (Angryblue) has given his brilliant Weapons of Mass Creation poster series a literary canon addition with his Weapons of…