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Mapping 482 Professional Baseball Team Names From 1845 Onward
A Meticulous Metric of Baseball Team Names, a new print by Pop Chart Lab that maps 482 professional baseball team names from 1845 to the…
The Walking Dead as a 1980s Sitcom
Timmy Lunsford imagines what The Walking Dead would be like as as a 1980s sitcom, mashing up the intro sequence from The Walking Dead with…
The 25th Anniversary Houston Art Car Parade & Legendary Art Car Ball
Psychedelic Surfer Dude by Robynn Sanders 2011 photo by Arturo Yee Over 250 art cars will roll through downtown Houston, Texas for the 25th Anniversary…
The Texas-Sized Hot Rod Shopping Cart by H-E-B Stores
photo by Nathan Huth Supermarket chain H-E-B uses a Texas-sized hot rod shopping cart to promote its brand at parades and other events. A waving…
SETIcon II, A Conference on Space and Imagination
SETIcon II, a conference on space as seen through art, literature, and science, takes place June 22-24, at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, California.…
ArtAround SF, An App for Finding Public Art in San Francisco
ArtAround SF is an upcoming mobile app for discovering public art in San Francisco. It is based on the existing ArtAround Washington DC app by…
Giant Squid Bicycle Rack
image by Susan Robb photo via Seattle Center “Parking Squid” by artist Susan Robb is a tentacular squid sculpture and bike rack. The squid is…
Where Things Come From, A Motion Graphics Animation
“Where Things Come From” by German designer Hardy Seiler is an entertaining motion graphics commercial for an imagined educational show on curiosity and the origins…
Supercut Tribute to Adam Yauch: MCA’s Opening Lines From Every Beastie Boys Song
On YouTube, ahnmin posted a supercut video tribute to Adam “MCA” Yauch that features his opening lines from every Beastie Boys song. via Andy…
Fashion Tights That Feature a Man Climbing Up the Back Seam
Climbing Up Tights are fashion tights recently posted by Turkey-based blogger Duygu Fidanoglu of Combo-Monster. These whimsical tights show a man climbing up one of…