December 2010
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Visualization of American Consumption.
Just seeing the raw numbers of consumption often make the statistics feel abstract and anesthetizing, which is why American artist Chris Jordan works to create larger-than-life scales of the consumption. Running the numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. The images help portray a specific quantity of things such as 106,000 aluminum cans (30 seconds...
Dec 31st
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snowMAN.
This is typically my experience when making snowmen, which is why I like going with a more literal version…
Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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15 Crazy Cool Facebook Profiles (in no specific...
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Dec 30th
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Greenpeace Plants Chopstick Forest in Beijing
Chopsticks Creates a Lot of Waste As Ogilvy’s Forest Conservation Campaign Demonstrates To call attention to the urgent need for forest conservation in China, Greenpeace planted a “chopstick forest” outside The Place, a popular shopping center in the heart of Beijing, for three days this month. The traveling exhibit will also be displayed at universities and art galleries...
Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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12 Pop-Cultured Street Art Pieces
French street artist OakoAk creates clever and unexpected works in the unlikeliest of places. Inspired by pop culture icons and current social issues, he turns ordinary street settings into awesome pop-cultered street art. PURDYcool. 1. Mine Sweeper 2. Bender - Futurama 3. Michelangelo (The Coolest Ninja Turtle) - “Cowabunga Dude” 4. Beware of Bombs 5. Parachuter  6....
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 17th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
Dec 11th
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WatchWatch
Think marching band is lame? Check out this video. They form a kicker (the best position in football), make him run across the field and kick a field goal. Their organization is bandastic! 
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 4th
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The Non-Sign
This awesome installation piece was done by the Seattle-based Lead Pencil Studio. The sculpture, located outside of Vancouver, is made from stainless steel rods which create a frame for the negative space of a billboard. It appears that the blank billboard was drawn by a lead pencil. PURDYcool.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Turn Your Lame Apartment into an Epic Game Room
Ping Pong Door Pool Table Couch Legitimize your bachelor pad with these two must-haves. The only thing missing? A beer bong lamp…think about it
Dec 1st