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Cookie Monster, v.1.0: The Wheel Steeler, as seen above in Jim Henson’s original doodle created for a never-aired snack food commercial.
This week, NPR’s In Character takes a look at a deeply sensuous character who speaks to our most basic appetites and desires.
That’s right: Cookie Monster.
He’s always been blue, always been furry, always been voracious. [...]
Just stumbled upon Atmosphir by Minor Studios. Atmosphir is a free downloadable video game. So what right? Well get this, Atmosphir is a platformer where you can create your own video game advventures which you can share online. So what this means is that its a user created game. You can create levels, share it with friends [...]
“A Cloud of Bags Visiting The Prado” by Luzinterruptus was displayed early morning on March 5th. 80 plastic shopping bags were recycled and illuminated with the wind blowing through the installation. Photos by Gustavo Sanabria.
Originally posted on Luzinterruptus.
Found this wonderful photographer working on large scale projects. And when I say large, I mean LARGE! The above photos were taken from a recently completed project in Kiberia, Kenya. 2000 square meters of rooftops have been covered with photos of the eyes and faces of the women of Kibera. This new work, by far JR’s most ambitious to [...]
Found this interesting organization called Common Cents, the organization that created the Penny Harvest. The Penny Harvest is an ingenious and simple program which gives children the power of philanthropy. The program is simple – gather pennies throughout the year and at the end, donate all of your collected pennies as a cash grant to [...]
“NEW YORK (CNN) — You would think that Citigroup had enough on its plate these days, but that hasn’t stopped the financial behemoth from filing a copyright infringement suit against a Brooklyn, New York, pawnshop over a similar logo.
In the suit filed last week in Brooklyn federal court, Citigroup alleges that in using the same [...]
This isn’t design related nor is it even closely related to anything on this blog but it is worth mentioning. SPAM, a registered trademark of Hornel Foods, LLC recently announced from www.spamgift.com (please note the URL containing the word ‘gift’) that they will begin selling SPAM® Lite “singles“. For those that know me, I love [...]
Beautiful photographs of “Obama’s People” from the New York Times by Nadav Kander. You can see the interactive microsite here introducing the American People to Obama’s top advisers, aides and incoming administration.
“All the news we hope to print.”
For all those naysayers who have preached over the years that print is dead (or dying), the special edition of the New York Times yesterday claiming that the war in Iraq ended proves that print is indeed alive and well and that it still has the power to communicate, [...]
With the presidential election just around the corner, various humorous/interesting sites and initiatives have surfaced. Here are a few worth looking at for a quick laugh or two:
www.palinaspresident.com
www.notanothercstudent.com
www.30reasons.org
