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First-world solutions to first-world problems: The lamp-slash-bookmark by Group A Studio. (Snark aside, it’s a clever, beautiful object).
08.27.2014
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by armin
Fruit Ninja IRL! Courtesy of a promo for Pillsbury’s Toaster Strudel (now with more fruit, hence the ninja slicing fruit).
08.27.2014
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by armin
This looks promising: One of Many, a sort of travelogue by Wesley Verhoeve who is doing a comprehensive written and photographic essay of 12 different cities and their creative communities. So far he’s done Charleston, SC.
08.27.2014
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File under funny: @WTFRenaissance Explains What’s Actually Happening In Classic Paintings.
08.26.2014
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by armin
Twenty “Kentucky Icons” print designed by Jeremy Booth goes on sale this Friday. The link explains each of the icons — I have to admit, I learned more about Kentucky in the last five minutes than I have in a lifetime.
08.26.2014
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by armin
If you only watch one animation today about how beans become farts, make it this one by Giant Ant for Men’s Health magazine.
08.26.2014
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A compilation by Tony Zhou of how movies deal with the use of text messaging.
08.23.2014
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Nicholas Felton’s latest, his 2013 Feltron Annual report, focuses on his communication data from sources that include “conversations, SMS, telephone calls, email, Facebook messages and physical mail.”
08.23.2014
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