Quel Objet - Chickens

These are fun.

The weirdest pillows I've ever seen.

Cocaine.


Conduit Group (click Products)

the dogs.

These metal dogs by sam brown made me smile.


the dogs

What a difference packaging makes.

One second a plain ol' yellow sponge. The next - a delightful cheese sponge!


Atypyk :: Cheese

(via Apartment Therapy: LA)

Simply because I have nothing else to post today.

I've been swamped with no time to look for link-ity goodness. However, like a gift from on high, my Popbitch.com newsletter provided me with this excellent picture of a wombat. I had no idea what a wombat looked like. Now I do. I'm pleased.


PB :: Wombat

The coolest onesies ever.

You can get almost everything on Reckon's Etsy Shop in baby onesie format. Who needs Disney when you can get your wee one a Stevie? Or a Pablo!



Reckon's Etsy Shop :: Stevie Wonder silkscreened shirt,onesie or other

(via the fab Funky Finds)

Computer advertising.

It was so much more interesting in the '50s and '60s, before anyone knew what the hell a computer was.




Computer History Museum :: Selling the Computer Revolution

(via the nonist)

Disco nap stickers.

Oh, L-Dawg. Wouldn't these have come in handy back in the day?



Wake me up at™

(via NOTCOT.ORG)

The Urban Forest Project

[...] The Urban Forest Project temporarily adds some public art to [Times Square] where corporate signage usually rules the roost, and where trees are noticeably absent.




See the design slideshow here.

Read the Metropolis Magazine article here.

My eyes! My eyes!

Sorry. You have to click the link to see what I'm talking about.
Cyber D-Sign

And I love their marketing statement:

IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH FINISHED PROJECT YOU TAKE IT AND PAY US.

WE DO NOT CONSULT WITH CLIENTS - WE UNLEASH THE PROJECT

(via digg/lane.montgomery)

Send beer.

What a fun idea. Buy someone a drink via text message. Only available at select places in the UK, but I wonder if this will catch on?


buymeadrink.co.uk
(via Springwise)

Badgerbadgerbadgerbadger.

A web icon - now a plush toy.


Weebls-stuff/bob PrintShop

(via Monkeyzen)

Sommelier wine glasses.

Qubus Design

The Ninja Text Generator.

I am a sucker for text generators. And ninjas.



The Ninja Text Generator - Let the ninja write your text.

(via digg/TreeNinja)

If only all news magazines had photography like this.

I've mentioned it before, but Activate impresses me every week, so I'll mention it again.

Recycled chandelier @ Designersblock (London Design Festival)

This must be incredible in person. It's a shame they don't have any credits for it on the web site.



London Design Festival

Throwing a question out there...

Does anyone have amp'd mobile as their cell carrier? Just wondering if they're any good... Thoughts? Opinions? I'd love to hear 'em.

Best error message ever?

Well done, boys.

View the full message here.
(via linkbunnies)

Wolves In the Walls online teaser

One of the most interesting animated teasers I've seen in a long time. It's for the National Theatre of Scotland's stage production of Neil Gaiman's "Wolves In the Walls" which will be coming to the U.S. eventually.


Wolves In the Walls

(via A Fuse #8 Production)

Polaroid art @ Molly Mast.

I like the "little b" Polaroid for obvious reasons.




Smooth, colorful, intimate, and engaging, these framed polaroids make great gifts. Each small squares hold remnents of adventures and the colors of a specific point in time. They look great as singles AND in sets of two and three.

Each polaroid is carefully matted and put in a black, 11" x 14" wooden frame with a hanging wire on the back.

Mollymast.com Shopping

(via Modish)

Bob's Your Uncle melamine diner plates.

Having lived through the 70s, I never thought I'd say melamine looks good. But these do. Color me surprised.


bobsyourunclemelaminedinerplates

Satinbox : a nice little online gift store.

Satinbox has some sweet design and surprisingly good prices on a lot of their products. (Pictured below: Cup Couture, Teething Bottle Opener, Shower Radio, Celadon Tea Cup Set)



Creative lifestyle products, unique gift ideas and modern home decor at Satinbox

(via FreshTrend)

Cambridge in colour.

Fantastically rich -- almost Viewmaster-like -- results from this photography layering and merging technique.





Cambridge Photography Gallery

(Thanks to my work bud, Travis, for the tip.)

eBay.co.uk: MY HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL:JESUS APPEARED TO ME &TOLD ME

Funny? Bizarre? Frightening? You decide.

eBay.co.uk: MY HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL: JESUS APPEARED TO ME &TOLD ME (item 200027598832 end time 25-Sep-06 03:24:21 BST)

Lockpick business cards.

Got my attention.


A hacker, entrepreneur, and all around mischief maker, Melvin wanted something he could give to peers and prospective clients that spoke of this nature.

A lockpick concept was chosen very early on, and the post production results were excellent. The picks can quite easily be removed from the card and are entirely functional as lockpicks.

jeni mattson, selected works

Sitters In the City

One for swissmiss when she comes back from Swissyland. This actually sounds quite cool.

Sitters in the City combine caretaking with creativity

When the choice between babysitters is a 16-year-old with text-message OCD or the Next Big Thing on the New York art scene, parents are keeping Sitters in the City on speed dial. The on-call babysitting service is staffed entirely by working actors, musicians and visual artists.

- Artist/sitters arrive (on time) toting toys and supplies, guaranteeing hours of creative play.
- As one might expect, Sitters in the City conducts rigorous criminal and personal background checks on all would-be sitters.
- The ability to get a sitter with only two hours' notice means city parents can enjoy the return of their once-spontaneous social lives.

Iconoculture :: Sitters In the City

I smirked at the intro, but laughed at the pic.

A German art student briefly fooled police by posing as one of China's terracotta warriors at the heritage site in the ancient capital, Xian.



Police confiscated Mr Wendel's costume and sent him home.



BBC NEWS | New recruit joins Terracotta Army

Free Flickr MiniCards from MOO.

To help spread the word, MOO are giving away 10,000 FREE packs of 10 cards to Flickr Pro Users, as well as offering free international shipping (a saving of $4.99) on all other orders until the end of September...

- Choose your favourite Flickr pics
- Add your personal details on the back
- Share with friends!

MOO | Share your contact info and your flickr photos

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Rough type.

Fantastic fonts - mostly for free. And the presentation couldn't be better. Sweet.





misprinted type 3.0

Light sculpture.

I stared at these for quite awhile. Very cool.




Sydney Cash

(via MoCo Loco)