250,000 Bees Find A Home Atop the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan | Inhabitat New York City

This is just so cool. (Hopefully none of their staff is allergic to bee stings.)

The 20th floor of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria now accommodates some rather unusual residents — around 250,000 bees living on the roof of the prestigious hotel. Transported to their new midtown Manhattan digs by a Lincoln Towncar, the pollinating inhabitants of the six beehives were placed there to support the PlaNYC initiative to plant 1,000,000 new trees over the next decade. The hotel will benefit directly too, with their own in-house supply of sustainable honey!

250,000 Bees Find A Home Atop the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan | Inhabitat New York City

CMYKat Hoodie.

Want. Very much want.

CMYKat Hoody by Alix Peck | Society6

"What Good..." Enamel Steel Sign

Oh, Best Made. You are the best.

In his autobiography Benjamin Franklin outlined a "Precept of Order, requiring that every part of my business should have its allotted time, one page in my little book contain'd the following scheme of employment for the twenty-four hours of a natural day." The first order of business in his precept was to ask himself simply, "What good shall I do this day?" With this concise introspection guiding him a great American luminary got cracking. What good shall you do this day? Whether it's nailed to the wall, leaned up against a bookshelf, or offered as an inspirational gift, we know that this enamel sign — designed with the original Best Made "Indicator" typeface — will lay the foundations to a virtuous day.

Best Made Company — "What Good..." Enamel Steel Sign

R.I.P., Nora Ephron.

What a great lady.

Nora Ephron, successful in movies and journalism, dies at 71; was known for devastating wit

btdubs – I've been told by a reader (thanks, mcnamara!) that the quote image above is by Gina Loukareas in AisFor.org. I can't find the image there, but I'm going to assume no one would lie to me about this. :)   

Tube. An installation by Zilvinas Kempinas.

 What to do with all those old VHS tapes.

VHS Tapes Turned into Haunting Tunnel of the Future | I Watch Stuff (via b3ta.com)

Dick Clark’s bizarre stone house.

Wow. I mean... wow.

According to Mental Floss, he really wanted to live in this location and designing it this way got it through building approvals in a park conservancy area. But that doesn't really explain the interior. Eek.

Dick Clark’s Flintstones-Inspired Home in Malibu | Bored Panda

Beyoncé the Giant Metal Chicken.

I've been seeing a CRAZY amount of Beyoncés lately, so I keep thinking about this post by The Bloggess, Jenny Lawson. It is, quite honestly, pure wonder and genius. I'm re-posting it in the hope that I can spread joy to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

And that’s why you should learn to pick your battles. — TheBloggess.com

NYTimes.com: Revisiting the Era of Automatic Dining

I LOVE Automats. Why won't anyone bring them back?? *sigh*

The Automats featured gleaming machines marketed as newfangled gadgets that dispensed fresh food barely touched by human hands.

Revisiting the Era of Automatic Dining - NYTimes.com

(thanks for the tip, Gretchen!)

Our Garden Birds by Matt Sewell.

Matt Sewell's bird illustrations are completely adorable. I may have to pick up this book when it's back in stock.

Analogue Books — Our Garden Birds by Matt Sewell

Brass Stow-Away Capsule

I'm not an outdoorsy type at all, but everything on Best Made Company's site makes me wish I was. Including this little beauty. Their designs are so beautiful.

Best Made Company — Brass Stow-Away Capsule

Post-Itable | SoupStudio design

Well, this is fun. I like.

Post-Itable | SoupStudio design

Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style

I'd probably be very annoyed if I was on a flight and needed to use the loo, but this made me laugh.

Nina Katchadourian: Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style

Salt Made From Tears.

I love Hoxton Street Monster Supplies.

Salt Made From Tears combines centuries-old craft with the freshest human tears which are gently boiled, released into shallow crystallisation tanks, then harvested by hand and finally rinsed in brine. Experience the full range of these flavours in this exclusive collection.

Salt Made From Tears Range - Hoxton Street Monster Supplies

(via incredible things)

The Caketrope: a zoetrope cake.

This Tim Burton zoetrope cake is way too nifty to eat

Wine Bottle Tiki Torch kits.

Sweet! A kit to recycle wine bottles into Tiki torches. I like.

Etsy: 4 HARDWARE ONLY Wine Bottle Tiki Torch kits by GreatBottlesofFire

(via PureWow)

LEGO Taxidermy Kits by David Cole.

Fun! And completely vegan.

David Cole Gift Shop

Real-life video games.

I'm not even a gamer, and this "Jump'N'Run" photo series by Patrick Runte makes me super happy.

Patrick Runte Fotografie

(via Flavorpill)

Helvetica Poster.

This poster, in eight pieces, is quite lovely and very reasonably priced. (Especially since you don't have to frame it.) Nice job, Print Handbook Store.

These posters are printed using silver metallic ink (Pantone 877) on 250gsm Burgundy Keaykolour. 

Each poster is made from 8 individual A5 cards (148 x 210mm or 5.8 x 8.3in). When combined they produce a poster that is slightly larger than A2 (420 x 594mm or 16.5 x 23.4in).

Helvetica Poster - The Print Handbook Store

Rainbow by Helmut Smits

Title: Rainbow
Year: 2010
Materials: acrylic paint
Photos by Lotte Stekelenburg

Rainbow :: Helmut Smits

BBC: Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions

I find the idea of a social media-driven air freshener strangely disturbing.

Called Olly, the robot watches the millions of messages passing through social networks and spots when its owner is mentioned. For every mention or referral Olly emits a waft of scent as a "reward" for the online interaction.

BBC News - Perfume-puffing robot sniffs out social media mentions