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Personalized Blankets & Mapkins Created From Open Source Map Data
San Francisco-based Nikki Gunn Rodenbeck of Soft Cities creates personalized fleece blankets and cotton “mapkins” napkins from customized OpenStreetMap.org data. …In collaboration with Stamen Design,…
The Largest-Ever Exhibition of Props, Costumes, Artwork, & Artifacts by Walt Disney Archives
D23 Presents Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives will be the largest-ever exhibition of Disney props, costumes, artwork, and artifacts ever curated and put on…
inksPIRATE
inksPIRATE, a Threadless t-shirt by Brian Nur Afandi.
High-Five Prank at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
One of the most cliché tourist snapshots imaginable is the “look at me holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa” pose. As a prankster from…
Maurice Sendak’s High School Yearbook Foresees His Future
Ancestry.com recently posted the yearbook photo of children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. It reads: “Your delightful drawings make us all gay, A famous artist…
Bear Cubs Forming a Conga Line
A bunch of bear cubs gather together in a row to form a conga line.
A Hummingbird Feeder That You Wear on Your Face
In 2008, California-based inventor Doyle Doss designed the :–2
Mad Men’s Jon Hamm Gives Teens Candid Advice in Ask a Grown Man
Mad Men actor Jon Hamm answered questions from teens and gave them candid advice for the Ask a Grown Man web series on Rookie, a…
MCA Gratitude Tribute Mural Created in Brooklyn by Team Entree
Team Entree paid homage to Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch with this lovely MCA Gratitude Tribute Mural they recently created in Midwood, Brooklyn. A description…
Popcorn Popping in Super Slow Motion
The Slo Mo Guys show us the unexpected marvel of popcorn popping in super slow motion. Be sure to watch the segment shot at 10,000…