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Ever seen a collection of photos dedicated exclusively to people wearing cute animal costumes? I mean, really? Well, we have. And we like it.
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Many summers past, when my hair was longer and my waistline slimmer, I became the unofficial trainer for an aspiring whistler, who just happened to be one of my housemates in the spacious Williamsburg loft I was living in. He since went on to place twelfth in the annual World Whistling Convention last year, and will heading across to China to compete again this year. In the interim, Tim Eggert is under consideration to whistle the National Anthem before an Orlando Magic home game and also in the running to whistle the anthem for Collective Soul’s upcoming outdoor concert. The fans vote, so we’ve gotta get the word out and get this guy whistling, as John Lennon would say, all the way to the toppermost of the poppermost. Vote for Tim Eggert now!
We’re looking forward to the upcoming Choice Eats event in New York, set amid the backdrop of the historic 69th Armory on Lexington Avenue. Presented by The Village Voice, the event will feature 50 plus restaurants and food from more than 35 nations, including Italian, Vietnamese, Uzbekistani, Brazilian, Russian, and Tunisian, many of which have been hand-selected by the Voice’s resident food critics, Robert Sietsema and Sarah DiGregorio. It all takes place on Monday March 22 between 6:30 – 9:30 pm.
Greek/Italian artist Angelo Plassas creates flash- based websites that are each interactive pieces of art unto themselves.
adidas Originals have taken innovation to the next level by dropping the first ever footwear range to feature Augmented Reality technology. Five of their iconic sneakers — the Superstar, Stan Smith, Forum, Nizza and Samba — have been designed to include an Augmented Reality code on the shoe tongue, which will enable the shoes’ owners to hold them in front of their computer web camera to bring a 3D adidas Originals Neighbourhood to life, where celebrity friends of the Trefoil brand will appear to greet the visitors.
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This awesome stop-motion animation made for the song Grindin’ by the Amsterdam-based electro group, Nobody Beats The Drum, features 4,085 photos and was patiently created in one room with more than 400 wooden blocks.
Artist Cheeming Boey sketches out absolutely brilliant illustrations using styrofoam cups as his canvas. Getting around the styrofoam bit, there is no denying the impressiveness of his intricate and emotional work, all on the humble cup. Plus, at near $200 or more for these handheld pieces, you can bet they won’t be landing in any landfill soon. Check out Boey’s site for his full range of amazing work. Cheers to that.
What’s smarter: strawberries that help you see in the dark, bananas that make your brain grow, blueberries that transport you to outer space, or cherries that make you fly? Choose your own adventure with these Smarty Headphones from Muse, which come in four fun colours and use noise isolation technology to dramatically reduce ambient noise, so all you hear is your music.
Open-source digital artist Tom Beddard creates crazy looking images via complicated codes and programs. The 3D Mandelbulb Ray Tracer he’s been using most recently (which you can download and play with yourself) involves a lot of math and programming that’s way over my head, but the resulting 3D fractals look like an electron microscope photograph of God’s colon.
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Brokencyde is a great band from New Mexico poised to revolutionize music as we know it. Not since Insane Clown Posse has a band so perfectly articulated the struggles and dreams of a generation. One day, we will tell our children that we were there when it all happened. And then they will murder us without remorse.
Look Hear is a free event taking place at the Newcastle Art Gallery in Australia from March 10, and running until the end of the month, at which a selection of designers and artists will present a series of talks about their creative process, methods and techniques, as well as discuss the inspirations behind their creative careers.
We love to travel when we can. Well, why not? So we enjoyed road testing the latest addition to the Aesop range, their travel cases. The travel gear, like all Aesop products, works beautifully, refreshing your skin without harsh chemicals or other additives. It’s worth picking up for your next long distance trip. Or ours.
Courtney Johnson creates her luminous citiscapes using a modified version of cliché-verre, the technique developed in the mid-nineteenth century by painters looking to transition into the new field of photography.
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Dennis Pomales is a man after my own heart, creating impulsive yet detailed, tribal-influenced monsters and aliens using watercolors and ink.
Wacko Jacko may be long gone, but his signature move lives on. The creation of Belgian-based radio station, Studio Brussel, the Eternal Moonwalk website is a tribute to that graceful slide where people can send in a ten-second clip of themselves Moonwalking wherever they happen to be. The site rotates the clips in an endless loop, generating a perpetual, global Moonwalk. As MJ himself would squeal, ‘ooh yeah’.
Flow is an eco friendly ring, made by assembling pieces of recycled straws, for those looking for a unique accessory. The ring band is given by using the elbow of a straw, which gives it a flexibility to be adapted to any extent. And combining patterns and colors, varying the number of pieces of drinking straws, you get an infinite variety of rings for any occasion, age, style, look — making the world cleaner and more colorful in the process.
Got a spare ten minutes to kill? Well, don’t bother with this clever iPhone game then because it’ll probably suck up way more of your time than that. On White Lines, you have to recreate the Helvetica Neue pattern created on the screen immediately after seeing it appear. It’s kind of addictive. Play it and you’ll get it. Very quickly!
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Liddabit Sweets in Brooklyn is getting a little bit of attention these days. Scratch that; a lot of attention. And it’s no surprise. With handmade treats made from local and organic quality ingredients, this budding candy company has burst onto the New York scene bringing their philosophy of ‘local, artisanal, seasonal’ to an embracing crowd.
But Brooklyn-based Liddabit isn’t the talk of the town just for their social responsibility (though it helps). Their sweets too – from candy bars and caramels to lollies, jellies, and more – are gaining heaps of attention in their own right. Looking to indulge? Check out, for instance, their bourbon-coffee-bacon Caramel popcorn, which they boast is ‘salty, crunchy, smoky, boozy, bacony’. If that’s not enough, Liddabit also makes caramels of dark chocolate with black truffle, or beer and pretzel flavored too.
To be fair, I’ve haven’t yet tasted Liddabit Sweets, only drooled over their descriptions and photos. But if you’re in or heading to NYC, then check them out at the Brooklyn Flea Market each week, or of course, online at anytime.
Jon Ragel takes the stage as Boy Eats Drum Machine, with a saxophone, turntable, microphone, sampler and green tom drum. He’ll be touring all over the West of America on his way to SXSW in March with his deliciously proggy power trio labelmates, Finn Riggins.
On the Sorry Mom website, anonymous disgruntled women unleash verbal tirades against the guys who have made their lives miserable. Even if only for the briefest of moments. It’s all very entertaining, unless you find yourself up there, amongst the blackened-out eyed men whose personal habits are laid bare for all to mock. As they were with the fellow above who, it is suggested ‘has no job, still plays video games twelve hours a day, and has just about every movie from 1973 onwards memorized for no reason’. Ah, ok.
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