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a daily dose of unique and curious things
1939 Newsreel of Fashion Predictions for the Year 2000
This vintage 1939 newsreel from the British Pathé archive is a fabulous (and very tongue-in-cheek) look at what designers predicted would be fashionable in the…
Procrastinator Clock, Track Laziness With Precision Quartz Movement
Procrastinator Clock helps you track your laziness with precision quartz movement! via Tastefully Offensive
Cup Noodle Transforms Into a Robo Cup Noodle Timer
As part of the huge 40th anniversary celebration for their instant noodle soup product, Cup Noodle, Nissin created the the limited edition transformable Robo…
Typography Sketchbooks, A Look Inside the Personal Sketchbooks of Typeface Designers
Typography Sketchbooks is a book that shows the artistic images from the personal sketchbook pages of “nearly 120 of the world’s leading typographers and graphic…
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by MGMT
New Zealand-based animator and illustrator Ned Wenlock directed the animated music video for the cover song by American band MGMT of All We Ever Wanted…
A Thanksgiving Feast For Lemurs at the San Francisco Zoo
The Lemurs in the Lemur Forest exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo had a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast last week. via Super Punch
Pizza Is A Vegetable Song by Jonathan Mann
Internet song-a-day artist Jonathan Mann composed the song Pizza Is A Vegetable about the recent controversial news that Congress declared that a portion of tomato…
A Cat Answering The Phone
Fred the cat has learned how to answer the phone. via Team Coco
Wonderfully Surreal Television Interview with Salvador Dali (1958)
In 1958, Salvador Dali appeared on Mike Wallace’s short-lived ABC television program The Mike Wallace Interview. During the 30 minute program (part 1…
They Live, The Cartoon Eyeball Street Art of Timm Schneider
Using simple styrofoam or ping pong balls decorated to look like cartoon eyeballs, German artist Timm Schneider anthropomorphizes everyday outdoor items in his street art…