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Tweet Mug, A Twitter-Inspired Drinking Mug
The Tweet Mug by Thumbs Up World not only shows a version of “Larry” the Twitter bird but comes with a hashtag-inspired handle. via Chip…
Wall Writers, Documentary About Graffiti Pioneers of the 1960s
Wall Writers is an upcoming documentary about the graffiti pioneers of 1960s New York City and Philadelphia (trailer). The film is directed by Roger Gastman.…
Pancakes!, A Fun Stop-Motion Animated Music Video
Pancakes! is a fun stop-motion animated music video from 2006 created by James Provan of GIR2007. The follow-up video from 2009 titled Pancakes II is…
Google Street View Tour of the Interior of the White House
View Larger Map The Google Street View team recently created a Street View tour of the interior of the White House. The Google Art Project…
Inside the Marshmallow Peeps Factory
The New York Times recently went inside the Pennsylvania-based family-owned Just Born factory and shot some great images of how their Peeps marshmallow candies are…
Thermosaurus, A Wonderful Radiator That Looks Like a Tyrannosaurus
Art. Lebedev Studio designed the wonderful Thermosaurus, a cast-iron heat-exchanging radiator that looks like a Tyrannosaurus. It appears to be a conceptual design at this…
Flux Machine, Twisted Historical Animated GIFs by Kevin J. Weir
For his Flux Machine project, VCU Brandcenter student Kevin J. Weir makes amazing animated GIFs using historical Library of Congress public domain images. Each one…
Google Glasses: A New Way to Hurt Yourself, A Parody of Project Glass
Yesterday Google announced Project Glass, their technology-in-development for Android-based augmented reality glasses. They created a video showing how the technology could work in real life.…
Wooden Toy Quarterly, An Australian Lowbrow Art & Culture Magazine
Wooden Toy Quarterly is an Australia-based “design-heavy lowbrow art and creative culture” print magazine. The current Music Edition issue, as well as back issues, are…
Animals Inside Out, An Exhibition of Animals Preserved by Plastination
“Animals Inside Out” is an exhibition of animal corpses that have been perfectly preserved with plastic polymers in a process called “plastination” (video). The exhibition…