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Mondrian’s Playground
“Mondrian’s Playground” by Philip Tseng and Phil Jones, now up for voting on Threadless. Famous painter Mondrian created timeless color studies. Philip Tseng and Phil…
Injured Spider-Men in the Hospital on the Cover of The New Yorker
This week’s issue of The New Yorker features a cover illustration by Barry Blitt of Spider-Men recovering in the hospital, a reference to the Broadway…
The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards, The Best of Short Real-Time Content
The 3rd annual Shorty Industry Awards, celebrating the best producers of short real-time content, takes place early 2011 in New York City. Nominations are open…
Heart Shaped Hole Punch
Heart Shaped Hole Punch, available at Fred Flare and Urban Outfitters. via swiss miss
New York City Timelapse Video by Josh Owens
Josh Owens created a beautiful timelapse video of New York City. The music is “Down to the Cellar” by Dredg. via The Daily Dish
What If Stanley Kubrick Directed Iron Man?
Comics author Warren Ellis challenged artists to create an Iron Man movie poster with Stanley Kubrick as the director. Check out all of the great…
My Best Friend’s Birthday, Quentin Tarantino’s First Film
My Best Friend’s Birthday is the first film made by Quentin Tarantino, 8 years before Reservoir Dogs. It was created as a collaboration with Roger…
Oatmeal Book: 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth
“5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)”, a new book based the hilarious web comic “The Oatmeal”…
Is This Thing On? 100 Artists’ Interpretations of Comedians
“Is This Thing On?” is the latest show at Gallery 1988: Melrose in Los Angeles where 100 artists present their interpretations of comedians. The show…
Vertigo: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares by Alex Pardee
“Vertigo: A Decade of Hunting Nightmares” is a new show featuring the amazing art of Alex Pardee is currently on display at Corey Helford Gallery…