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McMurrayHatchery.com :: Weekly Specials

Davy Rothbart & the USA network

Just saw a network ID commercial on USA - starring Davy Rothbart, the guy responsible for FOUND magazine. He and his brother visited us at the studio last year - incredibly funny. They were driving around in a beat up old van with a handmade FOUND magazine logo on the front. They made it out of paper. It was not looking good. I bet he's got enough for a new vinyl logo now.

I love happy endings.

You can watch his spot here.

USA Network :: Characters Welcome

Bureau of Workplace Interruptions

You know how receiving flowers at work can put a buzz on the rest of the day? So do we. That's why we create surprise, the kind that slices through the banal and opens up new places for your mind to wander. The ruptures we create are temporary spaces for open dialogue, invisible resistance, and general amusement.

(via linkbunnies.org)

Married To The Sea: a daily comic.

SO design geeky, but it made me laugh.

Playground of the Stars :: DROP SHADOWS NOT BOMBS t-shirt

Satinbox :: Face Bottle Opener - $15.00

Yay, Blik!

I hadn't seen this set before. I like.


Feel comfortable entertaining your personal dignitaries in semi-permanent lodgings with funky Blik wall graphics. Made removable so you don’t get dinged on the damage deposit when you’re done with the place. The boxes style comes in cocoa, tangerine and snow, and each package includes six 11.5" decals. This is fun, simple elegance, designed to make your feature wall magazine-gorgeous in under an hour.

Veer :: Wall Decals - Boxes

Good ol' Björk. Peculiar as ever.

A labor of Matthew Barney and Björk's love, Drawing Restraint 9, is Barney's first major film since his epic Cremaster Cycle. Commissioned by the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, the film enacts abstracted Japanese rituals aboard a whaling ship. Wrapped in fur kimonos, the couple performs a tea ceremony before cutting each other to pieces while liquid Vaseline floods the ship. The sharp, stylized cinematography, glacial pace, oozing liquids, and sexual metaphors are familiar from Cremaster, but Björk's quietly ethereal charisma mixes up the familiar, and her haunting score is used to great effect — particularly during the gory climax. (Flavorpill NYC)

bjork.com :: Drawing Restraint 9

Fun/funny product design.

Toothbork by dalexdesigns


+ Sister lamp by estudihac

(tips from designspotter)

A long way from putting playing cards in the spokes...

Check out the Pac Man POV wheel set.

Spoke POV :: Persistence of Vision Toy with Kit

(via electro^plankton)

I miss London.

Platform for Art is delighted to present a new commission by Beatriz Milhazes for Gloucester Road Tube station. This exhibition is a significant new work for the artist and creates its own compelling drama whilst also operating as a backdrop to the activity and movement within the station. Entitled Peace and Love, this monumental commission occupies an entire side of the station and creates a visual dialogue with both the architecture and the constant movement of trains and travellers within.

Transport for London :: Platform for art

(via PSFK)

A dishwasher the size of a microwave.

I'm fascinated by space saving appliances.


Quick Notes
- Capacity for 4 place settings.
- Super-quiet operation & nifty fold down door.
- Easy to operate (manual) controls and adjustable tines.

Eco Benefits
Low Water Use, Low Energy Use, & Durable Construction. Remember, saving energy prevents pollution.

Compact Dishwasher

(via Shiny Shiny)

This kind of stuff disturbs me.

I know it's just a game and all in fun, but I think it's creepy.

An intricately planned version of hide-and-seek, [StreetWars] uses the city landscape as the “playing field”; basically, you’re not “safe” anywhere. Players sign up at the StreetWars website; they then receive a packet containing the name, contact information, home and work addresses, and a photo of their intended target. The mission: to “assassinate” them with a water gun, and ultimately, to be the last dry person standing. Players are cutthroat: we know one who thought she was going on a job interview at a movie studio only to get to the lot and be “killed” by her “assassin”.

The game has already been mentioned on CSI: NY, and the game’s co-founder is reportedly in talks about a StreetWars reality show. With people craving childlike games and a little “danger” in their lives, this safe form of fear could be a mass hit. (Trendcentral - 3.27.06)

StreetWars :: A 3 week long, 24/7, watergun assassination tournament

When a headstone just isn't enough?

Ummm. Eww.

The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.

(My pal Herwig brought up a good point - one hopes that serial killers would not use this service to add to their personal bling collection.)

What is a LifeGem?

(Thanks for the tip, L-Dawg!)

What's the world coming to?

Judge to Hasselhoff: Stay away from wife

Truth in advertising.

Since AT&T thinks they deliver lots of stuff that they techincally [sic] don't, then why aren't they promoting everything that's deliverable?

AT&T "______ delivered" Billboards - a photoset on Flickr

In the same vein as Found Magazine and The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, the FFF is coming to The Times Cinema in Milwaukee on April 2.

The Found Footage Festival

Excellent additions to my vocabulary.

I particularly like "plane name" and "procrastishower."

Urban Dictionary :: Word of the Day

Seriously cool furniture for the space-challenged.

Inhabitat

Another internet phenom.

Marketing experts pay heed: A video clip produced by a teenage girl has become a mini-blockbuster on a popular video upload site while also helping to introduce Logitech Web cameras to a legion of young people.

'Breakup,' a 75-second clip produced by a 17-year-old girl who refers to herself as 'Bowiechick,' has been viewed more than 155,000 times and generated more than 800 comments on YouTube.com since Tuesday. YouTube, which has emerged as a major online entertainment hub only three months after its launch, lets people post homemade video clips and share them with the world.

CNET News.com :: Teenage auteur ignites buzz about video graphics

Soma Gallery :: Shop

This t-shirt caught my eye. Nice.

swedesres.se

Italian Art Exhibition

As part of 2006 Year of Italy in China Inaugural Exhibition, an exhibition titled Italian Renaissance Art is on in Beijing World Art Museum. Being a crazy fan of Italian Renaissance art, I couldn't wait to see it.

In fact, before I rushed to see it, some friends already told me not to build up my hope too high, especially after I've been working for the British Museum Exhibition, the art works in this exhibition may not be so enchanting.

Anyway, I went to the Beijing World Art Museum today. The exhibits include: Sandro Botticelli's Pallade col, Sant' Agostino nello studio, Stant' Agostino and Stanta Monica; Filippino Lippi's San Giovanni Battista; Alessop Baldovinetti's Fragment of wall painting; Andrea del Castagno's Pippo Spano; Masaccio's Madonna of Cardinal Antonio; lorenzo di Credi's Venere; Francesco di Gorgio's The Man of Sorrow (Christ); Paolo di Gualdo Cattaeo's Annanciation; Francesco de Sangallo's Bust of Govannide Medici; Beatio Angelico's Sposalizio della Vergine; Pietro del Pollaiolo's Ritratto muliebre; Tullio Lombardo's Bust of Christ; Raffael's Ritratto di Francesco maria della Rovene; Andrea del Sarto's Anoritratto; Brozino's Ritratto defranciulla con libro; Giuliano Bugiardini; Lorreggio's Barto lomeo Ammanati; Jaopo Tintonetto; Paolo Veronese; Tiziano; Francesco Morandini detto "Poppi"; Domenico Tintorette; Guercino; Michelangelo Merisi's David and had of Golia; Bonito; Solimena's Autoritratto; Ginseppe Bezzuoli; Angelica Kaufmann; Anton Domenico; Baciccio; Vincenzo Dandini and of course, there's a small drawing by Leonado Da Vinci.

Now you probably would think Ella is insane, or showing off how much notes I have taken while visiting. But it's not my intention. I just want to show you what the exhibit was like. Yes, the reason why they said it's so disappointing is that only very few pieces are from well-known artists, some are even anonymous. And... well... I have to say, even those from great artists are not very satisfying. Let's take the Raffael's piece for example, it's a tempera on wood, but not depicting his famous virgins, but some noble man. And the Da Vinci sketch is placed in a wall, the only display on the whole wall, covers about 95 square inches. You could just imagine how many people tried to squeeze in the crowd gathered around the painting to see it.

Still, it was an interesting exhibition. Renewed my wish to go to Italy;)

Two of the most brilliant pieces I've ever seen on the web.

Part newsreel, part radio documentary, part photojournalism essay... I'm speechless.

The Revolution by Burt Glinn
When rebel forces ousted Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, photographer Burt Glinn was there for the riotous aftermath, recording the chaos and excitement in Havana’s streets and traveling with a young rebel leader named Fidel Castro.

World of Changes by Thomas Hoepker
Photographing for over 50 years, Thomas Hoepker has seen a world of change through his lens, from the Cold War division of his native Germany to the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11.

Slate :: Magnum Photos (scroll down to "Interactive Essays")

Once upon a time the world was young and the words 'mackerel' and 'pudding' existed far, far away from one another.

One day, that all changed. And then, whoever was responsible somehow thought the word fluffy would help.

Oh, and eggs, too.

You get your very own cup

(via the always-astounding growabrain)

Indeed, it is.

Indeed, it is.

I saw this walking back from lunch earlier this week. Made me chuckle.

This is sad.

As if the prequels and sequels didn't manage to kill off whatever was good in the original film... now they're making a Star Wars TV series.

(Probably OFN for most, but this is the first I've heard of it.)

The Red Ball Project by Kurt Perschke

An inflatable mobile sculptural work, the RedBall Project is about perceiving the architectural space all around us with fresh eyes. Like an exclamation point, it brings lighthearted attention and focus to the sites it squishes into.

Behold. The power of cheese.

Yay, Wisconsin. But I'm confused by this concept of cheese "waste"...

Treehugger :: Ethanol Produced From Cheese

USB art.


dialog05 presents universal connections

(via Ektopia.com)

It made me chuckle.

ThinkGeek :: Binary "Welcome" Floor/Door Mat

A perfect start to a Thursday.

I love this guy's work.



programmable press :: paintings, posters, and prints by nick butcher

Coolz0r - Marketing Thoughts ::� 3FM Guerrilla Street Marketing

For people who just can't follow airport security rules.

If you can't get something past airport security, you can mail it home.

Before 9-11, almost anything would fly. You could board an airplane carrying your uncle's lucky knife or your grandmother's heirloom scissors. Now, these treasured items often can't get past tightened security -- for good reason.

That's where CheckPoint Mailers comes in. You no longer have to leave your possessions behind. CheckPoint Mailers provides everything you need to mail your item home if it can't get past an airline checkpoint.

CheckPoint Mailers

I could not resist this headline.

The Saddest Movie In Cinematic History

Sorry. Let me repeat that. "A boy living with no mom, with no friends who finds a deaf, blind and mute fox cub."

[...] If you have ever made any pacts promising your soul to the Devil, this trailer is a great way to see if he really took you up on it. For, if you do not cry, sir, you have NO SOUL.

Some good deals here.
West Elm SPRING SALE

It's that time of year again...

The 3rd Annual PEEP Show at LuLu Cafe
Sunday, April 9th at 4pm
2261 S. Howell Ave.
Bayview, WI

A fun and fluffy exhibition of artworks made from or inspired by marshmallow Peeps.

NO ENTRY FEE, NO JURY

This event is free and open to the public. All are encouraged to participate, artists and artistically challenged alike. Participants are to bring their original works of art to Lulu's on the evening of the event. Artists will be responsible for the removal of their creations by the end of the event. Artists may choose to price their work for sale during the event and no commission will be taken.

Peep photography, Peep paintings, Peep dioramas, Peep jewelry, Peep costumes and Peep treats are all to be expected. Lulu's bar will be serving special Peep-tinis for the event.

"Peeps" are a registered trademark of the Just Born Company.

For more information: 414-223-4006 or batipoco@hotmail.com

OnMilwaukee.com :: Peep Show promises a sticky event

(Props to my co-work Christina for the tip on our intranet this a.m.)

Lovely charms by Queenthings.



queenthings's Etsy Shop

(tip via one of my blogging heroes, Poppy)

Amazing light/type sculptures.


Fred Eerdekens

Genuinely bizarre - the Crucifix NG.

However, it appears to be an art project, not an actual religious object.

Crucifix NG (Next Generation) is the principal work of the Faith-Based Electronics Group at the Interactive Televangelist Program (ITP). Crucifix NG is a printed electronic circuit board in the shape of a crucifix. This handheld, wall-mountable device houses a battery-operated transmitter that broadcasts an ASCII, non-denominational version of the Lord's Prayer at 916 megahertz.

dziga.com :: Crucifix NG

Excellent information design. For milk.

electro^plankton :: Never Eat Spoiled Food Again

Monday's Test

Looking for a mitzvah?

I love this idea.

Offset a whole year's worth of emissions for as little as $29.95.

TerraPass :: Prevent global warming, reduce carbon dioxide pollution, promote alternative energy

Atelier O� :: Edible Birdhouse

Shufflesome :: DO NOT DISTURB

The Chalkboard Manifesto. So good.


The Chalkboard Manifesto

New Winterfresh gum site.

So genuinely weird, it verges on greatness. Or at least "really clever"-ness.

cool breath power - yeah!

My lunchtime field trip: Design Within Reach

The new DWR store in the Third Ward is drooly-wonderful. The three pieces that impressed me the most:

Fortuny Lamp
A huge floor lamp. Ridiculously expensive, but fab.
(75"H x 37"W x 32.5"D)










Bellato Mirror
Another huuuuge piece, but, my god, would this look great in my apartment.
(82.5"H x 47"W x 4"D)










Giulietta Chair
A beautiful little chair with a price tag that actually IS within reach. (Far more impressive than the photo here.)

Ooooh. I want Tyler to cook for me.

Tyler Cooks :: Personal Chef Services

This guy is local and will prepare weekly meals for you. If I had an immense disposable income, I'd be all OVER this.