October 2011
Over 100 Newspaper Front Pages Around The World... →
If you need any more proof of how many lives Steve touched in his 56 years on this world, look no further than any newspaper frontpage in any country or city on Earth. The entire planet is…
September 2011
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July 2011
Noma Bar’s Minimalist Vector Portraits of Cultural... →
What Shakespeare’s unanswered questions have to do with Einstein’s unkempt hair and Britpop.
Israeli illustrator Noma Bar, he of Negative Space fame, is a longtime Brain Pickings…
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June 2011
April 2011
Hope for Japan, Artists and Designers Show Their... →
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 Earthquake hit Japan. The Earthquake and the subsequent Tsunami caused wide spread damage to the country and many people lost their lives. As the shocking…
Bespoken Art →
Based on whatever you want — a word, a phrase, your wedding vows, a song — Bespoken Art will create a custom piece of art just for you. They use your own audio from a digital upload or…
Bureaucratics: A Portrait of the World’s Red Tape →
Unless you’ve lived in a country plagued by the kind of institutional inefficiency characteristic of oppressive political regimes (like we have — hello, motherland), you can never fully…
A Garden Filled with Typography Not Flowers [Art] →
The Gardens of the World in Marzahn Recreational Park in Berlin is home to various gardens that show off the world’s different cultures. This particular installation is the Christian…
‘Six Architects’ posters by Andrea Gallo →
Mies van der Rohe / © Andrea Gallo
We saw this incredible set of posters from iconic architects created by artist Andrea Gallo and felt the need to share them with you. They will…
March 2011
for japan →
My journey began Wednesday when I left Silverlake for Tokyo on a plain sunny LA morning. I’d packed haphazardly at best (five pairs of shoes? all shorts? my biggest furry coat on the plane?…
Want To Look Cool And Donate To Quake Relief? Buy... →
If you’d like to give a little aid to Japan and want to represent, consider picking up one of these shirts from Adapt, who are donating 100% of the proceeds to the American Red Cross….
What Came First? →
What Came First? Chicken made from eggshells, from Kyle Bean…(Read…)
Life's Too Short for the Wrong Job →
I remember seeing this brilliant ad campaign a few years ago, but I only recently stumbled upon a full collection of pictures. This is hands down one of the most well planned and executed campaigns…
February 2011
Inside Libya – A Photographer Reports →
After days of media blackout and unconfirmed reports of a bloody, but successful, uprising against Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, David Degner’s photographs provide a view of the aftermath of…
Thom Yorke of Radiohead Dances to Beyonce →
Thom Yorke is so excited about his band Radiohead‘s new album The King Of Limbs coming out that he’s dancing to Beyonce. In fact it seems that the album is now available, a day…
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Optical Illusion Of The Day →
Optical Illusion Of The Day: Heck, why choose?!
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Protesters Are Awesome: Look at This Beautiful... →
Depicted in this photo, an image from an anonymous source on the ground in Egypt, is a team of Egyptian Christians forming a massive human shield to protect their Muslim countrymen as they…
January 2011
8-Year-Old Girl Lectures Egypt’s Mubarak on... →
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Do know that what is happening in Egypt will have direct effect on your lives wherever you are on this Earth. This is not just a cause for the people of Egypt, it is a cause for…
The Colour Clock, a beautiful marriage of HEX and... →
With apologies to the linguistic sensitivities of any Americans that may be reading, feast your eyes upon The Colour Clock.
Whether you’re looking for colorific inspiration for a…
Weed-Firing Catapult Discovered at U.S.-Mexico... →
There’s not much to add to this AP story: “Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border”. It’s a catapult. It fires pot. National Guard troops spied on drug smugglers using…
October 2010
September 2010
Everything is a Remix – Part One
New York filmmaker Kirby Ferguson takes a look at the history of remixes in “Everything is a Remix”. Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix. via Waxy —> via feeds.laughingsquid.com
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August 2010
Photo Essay: 18 Places to Feel Dwarfed by Nature...
Some places — and activities — have a way of making you feel really, really small. ***Copyrighted Material: The images below are copyrighted against unauthorized use. We were granted special permission to feature them in this Matador photo essay. Please visit the photographer links for licensing conditions for each photo.*** 1. Uluru, Australia The massive rock — a.k.a. Ayers Rock —...