Heres a typeface designed by Tim Yarzhombeck based on bearded men which, for some reason, all look like Jesus…
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It wasnt until i started about:blank many months ago that i realized that the fascination with lego doesn’t die when we get to puberty. We have featureed so many adult toy brick layers here that i may have to add another category…
This is the work of UK photographer Mike Stimpson. He recreates iconic photos […]

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What a great little gadget for those who just cant bear to be away from their iPod/iPhone whilst having a poo.
Although unless they are giving themselves a helping hand i cant imagine why their hands aren’t free to hold it.The Naja King via

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This should get you motivated to get up and live every day as if its your last. A watch that politely reminds you that…”remember…you will die”.

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The watch is called “The Accurate” by Mr Jones Watches and it is described as “a link to the venerable tradition of the memento mori - an object
designed to remind […]

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Why finish eating when you’ve cleared your plate!? This tableware set is created from a biscuit dough called hardtack. A mixture that was traditionally used as emergency rations for sailors.

They were created by Japanese designer Nobuhiko Arikawa of Rice-Design for use at Orto Cafe and will be exhibited at Designing10 in Japan at the end […]

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What a lovely addition to your carefully designed office space. A lamp in the shape of a spinal column! And its flexible too. What more do you want!

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…is a sample of some great postcards available from adbusters.
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You sci fi geeks cant get enough of mosaics lately.
These Star Trek themed mosaics were created by Star Trek fan Devorah Sperber.
To recreate the look of being beamed up, Sperber used semi
translucent beads to thread the standing characters into shape. The
image of Captain Kirk (shown, right) uses 25,000 plastic beads strung
onto monofilament. “The beaded […]

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“Imagine walking into a department store or any big box store, and while browsing an aisle you find a display where packages hang; which, at first glance, seem to contain large action figures. Upon closer inspection, you realize they are actually bizarre, altered, bipedal mammals sealed in a plastic bubble […]

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Not too much as it turns out. This great concept by MAID student Harry White tries to use unfamiliar units such as “half a human brain” etc as a way to “better conceptualize certain scientific constructs”.
He has also created a recipe book that uses these units. How funny does that sound!

“Put flour in to […]

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