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Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti
Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti is an in-depth how-to guide on cartooning. In this trailer for the book, Brunetti narrates an exercise on…
Giant Loop and Giant Kids Hot Wheels Billboard Campaigns
Ad firm Ogilvy & Mather is responsible for this terribly clever outdoor ad campaign for Hot Wheels. The giant loop was placed on an overpass…
Mick Ebeling TED Talk About The EyeWriter Device For Paralyzed Artists
In this moving and inspiring TED Talk, Mick Ebeling describes the collaborative process of inventing the EyeWriter, an open source device that allows paralyzed artists…
YouTube Live Featuring Live Streaming Video of Events
YouTube has just launched YouTube Live, their new portal featuring live streaming video of events. Today we’re announcing the initial roll out of YouTube Live,…
Urban Transit-Style River Maps
image by Daniel Huffman Imagine that you’re a wayward adventurer, someone like John Wesley Powell in 1869, and you’re traveling down a mysterious and foreboding…
Two Minute Time Lapse Video of Flight From San Francisco to Paris
Nate Bolt created a wonderful two minute time lapse video of his Air France flight from SFO in San Francisco to Charles de Gaulle in…
Flashkus, A Cardboard USB Flash Drive Concept
Russian design studio Art Lebedev created an interesting design concept for cardboard flash drives. via Technabob See Also: – Rackspace Takes a Look at The…
Giant Yellow Teddy Bear on Park Avenue In New York City
Swiss artist Urs Fischer has created a giant yellow teddy bear sculpture sitting under a lamp that has been installed in the front of the…
Robot Sculpture Made Out of Computer Parts
Mike Schropp at Total Geekdom built this handsome if non-functioning robot entirely out of discarded computer and electronics parts. Don’t ask where you came from,…
Fight For Your Right Revisited by The Beastie Boys + New Album
The brand new Beastie Boys album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is now available for pre-order and they’ve also made a 30-minute star-studded comedy film…