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Switchblade Spork
Seattle-based retailer Archie McPhee brings us the Switchblade Spork, an ingenious way for “hopped-up punks with uncontrollable appetites” to handily carry a spork, the spoon…
The Pheromone Party, Love Connections Made by Huffing Smelly T-Shirts
The Pheromone Party attendees swap bags of smelly t-shirts in order to potentially make a love connection based on the chemical attraction of other attendee’s…
Retro Handmade Punch Boxes Hold Sweet Messages on Scrolls
Oakland-based Lea Redmond of creative studio Leafcutter Designs has made a cool retro-modern version of the punchboard, a nearly-forgotten parlor game from the 1920s and…
The Originals Factory, A Robot That Makes Abstract Paintings
“The Originals Factory” is an art robot that creates landscape paintings in the style of the American abstract expressionism movement. The robot was created by…
Crack The Surface, A Documentary Series On Urban Exploration
“Crack The Surface” is a web documentary series on urban exploration and its practitioners (see episode 1 & episode 2). The ongoing series is by…
Pop Bottles, Kid-Themed Booze Bottles
Italian model and designer Anna Utopia Giordano has created Pop Bottles, a tongue-in-cheek art project of kid-themed branded booze bottles topped with rubber baby bottle…
RePress, An Internet Censorship Defeating Plugin For WordPress
RePress is an anti-censorship plugin that allows anyone with a self-hosted WordPress site to uncensor a blocked website. The plugin turns the WordPress site into…
Before Watchmen, DC Comics Publishing Prequels to Watchmen Series
DC Entertainment has announced plans to publish Before Watchmen, a “seven inter-connected prequel mini-series” to the popular graphic novel, Watchmen. The announcement, however, has not…
4th Annual Shorty Awards Now Accepting Nominations
The 4th Annual Shorty Awards, the awards show that recognizes the best producers of short content on social media, is accepting nominations via Twitter through…
The Dog Strikes Back, Sequel to The Force Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad
You may remember the tiny Darth Vader using “The Force” last year in a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, and now its follow-up ad has…