The weird book room has a book for all strange tastes. It’s most likely none of these book were in any top selling book lists,…
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Blowing animal balloons is going to the extreme. Holland’s La Bolleur a collective of artists are having fun with their latest venture into blowing balloon…
The most popular font in the past month or two has been Latin Wide D. The letter “N” has come to be the calling card…
There are not too many skateboarders chomping at a cigar while clocking downhill with their boards. This Bordo Bello logo imprinted on a skateboard is truly bordello badass. The board was created for charity for AIGA Denver.
American designer Alvin Lustig has two books based on his work and life this month — Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig…
Art comes in many forms, Montrealer Myriam Cliche dabs into animation and crafts. Her little hand sewn 1 3/4 inch tall yeti is part of…
Nat Gertler’s The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World’s Most Beloved Comic Strip is perhaps one of the greatest collection of Peanuts memorabilia in book…
Have we become so lazy as a society that we cannot sharpen our own pencils? Since when has it become an art form? David Rees…
This just what the witchdoctor ordered for Halloween. Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson is good bad medicine for trick or treating. It’s Halloween night and…
Sometimes going green has drawbacks. Recompute has a brilliant idea about recycling computers. The basic frame is all cardboard recyclable, but it’s one ugly computer.…
Sculptures can be mundane and boring, Tom Otterness takes the boring out of sculptures and gives them a whole new dimension. You will find his…
Thousands of pumpkins were swept away this week in Upper Valley in Vermont after heavy rains. Farmer Walter Gladstone estimates he lost 60-100 thousand pumpkins.…
There is always one in the crowd. Boastful and bigger. Who has the biggest hand held yo-yo? Chris Allen, the professional yo-yoist has that claim…
You can turn just about anything into art. Here is a light bulb turned into a terrarium. A whole new tiny world to explore with…
Before you go crazy and etch 666 on the back of your friend’s head and walls, remember to mind public property. A devil of an…
You have to dress the part to be the man. The outfit makes the man. It might not be much to the casual viewer. Great…
Just what is your type? The Quick Brown Fox Jumps over the Lazy Dog the Typeface Memory Game is the coolest thing for typographers to…
Aspirins – Cutter by Alex Harrison is a carousel of playful sounds and plastic mechanically dancing in ambiance. It has a little Modern Times homage…
Moleskine is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man with a limited edition of Pac-Man notebooks. This is one notebook I will leave blank. You can…
What appears to be vintage surfing photographs were actually taken recently. These pictures were created old school style, tintype to be precise. Joni Sternbach the…
There is an angle to everything and the angle you pose for your Facebook account says a lot about your personality. Of course this is…
Every Tuesday is Techno Tuesday, the latest DVD titles and books come out and we always find a need to horde more crap that we…
If we didn’t have enough pills to swallow. The facelift pill is coming to tuck away those wrinkled years. So how exactly does it work?…
Stanley Chow is a brilliant illustrator and his interpretation of Peggy from Mad Men is really awesome. If Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce are looking for…