Great Cadbury commercial.

Saying more would ruin it.


Cadbury Dairy Milk :: Glass and a Half Full Productions

(via Adrants)

Found Typography.

Always interesting to look at type through another person's eyes.




Itchy Robot | Found Typography

(via getTRIO.com)

Map Of Asshat Neighbor’s Place & His Eleven Cars.

I love this. Totally worth creating a new tag for this one.



Maps For Us

The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don't have maps. Such as South Africa.

Sneezy baby panda.

Because, as my pal Molly wisely says, this needs to be revisited every once in awhile.

this is meatpaper.

Yes, it's really all about meat. Worth taking a look. Kind of fascinating. (Unless you're veggie or vegan.)


this is meatpaper

The Ten Most Expensive Books Sold in July 2007.

I always find AbeBooks' spendy books list fascinating. (If you like this sort of thing, you should sign up for their newsletter.)


You might also want to check out AbeBooks.com Blog.

AbeBooks: The Ten Most Expensive Books Sold in July 2007

The Dutch know water.

Having watched plenty of shows about New Orleans this past week, I kept wondering about all the people that are going to build again in the same spots that were flooded before. This would be such a lovely solution. Kudos, Dutch friends. Come on over here. We need you.



Inhabitat :: AMPHIBIOUS HOUSES FOR RISING WATER LEVELS

The stupid side of the internets.

Lonely Attractive Inmates in the USA Seek Penpals

Can you imagine what it must be like for attractive men and women to be without companionship? These incarcerated female and male inmates are paying a price for crimes they have committed. These inmates are very real and are seeking you! Why not give it a try? Make the day of a lonely inmate! He/She will get excited when his/her name is called to receive a letter from you. Just think how lonely it must feel at mail call to never hear your name, especially after being locked up for several years and family and friends have deserted you. All of these prisoners behind bars have written me a letter requesting to be listed. It can be a lot of fun communicating with these individuals. Don't be shy, give it a try!"

www.meet-an-inmate.com :: Female and Male Inmates Desire Penpals

(via thrillist.com)

I would totally buy this concealer.

I saw a lot of this type of packaging copy in South Korea as well. I always find it charming, even when it makes no sense.


PingMag - Japanese Product Poetry

(via Coudal Partners)

My favorite sort of info graphic.

Yum.


Lokesh Dhakar

(via (N O N) B L O G !

Sweet handscript font from Veer.

Really lovely. This would be a great font for a text mural.


Veer: Olicana

You can't turn away.

As much as I thought I'd sneer at this, after about 5 seconds, I was hooked.


YouTube - REM & Muppets - Furry happy monsters

Stupid raisins.

While I don't agree with the sentiment, it did make me laugh.


Threadless T-Shirts :: Stupid Raisins, Stay Out Of My Cookies by Ross Sharkey

BB on jury duty.

Sorry for the lack o' posts, kids. Last week, it was family stuff. Now, it's jury duty. I'll be back soon. Promise.

There's always room for a new baby panda.

This one is in Austria. (Yes, that's it in mama panda's mouth. No, she's not eating it.)


smh.com.au :: Two lovely black eyes - oh, what a surprise

Dosh - The all-polymer wallet.

Since the monk works out in the elements, his wallets have an abbreviated life span. I ran across these awhile ago, ordered one, and he's going to field test it. I'll let you know how it holds up...




Dosh

Chickens Suit wallpaper.

(For the chicken-lovin' swissmiss in all of us.)

Chickens Suit: wallpaper

(via mental_floss magazine - Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix)

Carl in the Country.

That's the name of this first one. I'm completely in love.



And there are other wonders, too. Like the Roto family...


Fantastic.

(via the always delightful School Library Journal : A Fuse #8 Production)

3Dworld

Lovely bird feeder by Eva Solo.

GreenerGrass Design :: Take Away Bird Feeder by Eva Solo

Seriously depressing.

The New York Times > Magazine > Annual Leave

(via Creativity Online)

Another great t-shirt design

...by Jean-sébastien Deheeger.

POLAR GARDENING


Threadless T-Shirts - Polar Gardening by Jean-sébastien Deheeger

Keepon the dancing robot.

This time in a Spoon video. I love Keepon.



Keepon & the BeatBots

Thank you, Bradley. You made my day with this one.

Earlier post:
YouTube :: Keepon dancing to Spoon's "Don't You Evah"

Target contemporary lamps.

Since my cat, Oskar, has practically licked the shade off my lovely big CB2 paper lantern (don't ask - it's his Oskar thing), I'm looking for some new lamps for my living room. Target has some interesting ones. I haven't had an "aha!" moment yet, but I'm still shopping...




Target : Lighting : Table Lamps : Contemporary

Fabulous Bento Mom.

I completely adore this woman. I canNOT imagine a lovelier thing than a bento box lunch every day. I wonder if she'll adopt me?




Bento Yum

(via Charming BB)

Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait.

A beautiful, thoughtful photographic examination of consumption. Photos by Chris Jordan.




This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 426,000 cell phones retired every day. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs.

chris jordan photography

(via Inhabitat)

LOLVogue.

LOL'Vogue': Scarves, Silverware & Scooters - Jezebel

The newest addition to the Shedd Aquarium.

Aww, look. He's smiling.


New whale calf in Chicago
Beluga mom Mauyak swims with her new calf, which was born early Thursday at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. It does not have a name yet.



chicagotribune.com

Shedd Aquarium | Beluga Calf Update

I don't even know how to comment on this one.

The world's most disturbing children's book?

Update: I just saw a response to this book on Reddit saying that this book of German nursery rhymes may actually be worse. They have a point.These are a lot like the grislier versions of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Important Information Architecture: "Oh, snap!"

Flowchart :: Flickr - Photo Sharing!

(Thank you, Bradley. But I still hate you for telling me about the boatloads of French bulldog puppy videos on the Youtubes. That's just cruel on a workday.)

Bibliomulas.

They are known as bibliomulas (book mules) and they are helping to spread the benefits of reading to people who are isolated from much of the world around them [...]

Anyone who was not out working the fields - tending the celery that is the main crop here - was waiting for our arrival. The 23 children at the little school were very excited.

"Bibilomu-u-u-u-las," they shouted as the bags of books were unstrapped. They dived in eagerly, keen to grab the best titles and within minutes were being read to by Christina and Juana, two of the project leaders.

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Venezuela's four-legged mobile libraries

(via Information Junk)

Gridskipper's "Cheap But Awesome LA Hotels."

Gridskipper, the Urban Travel Guide | Cheap But Awesome LA Hotels

Creative Recycling of Andy Warhol.

Excellent way to advertise a Warhol exhibit - wrapping the museum's columns in soup cans.


Treehugger :: Creative Recycling of Andy Warhol

(via FFFFOUND!)

Striking photo.

A young member of the Blancs Moussis adjusts his mask during a carnival celebrating the folkloric brotherhood's 60th anniversary in Stavelot, eastern Belgium, on August 12, 2007.

Activate | World News Once a Week

Monkey Suicide

Poor little PG Tips monkey. I suspect foul play on some of these.



Monkey Suicide

(This makes me miss my ex-"work husband," Travis, who was the monkey king... Damn you, Travis, for leaving me!)

(via linkbunnies.org: interesting web stuff for short attention spans)

Designer pillows at not-so-boutique prices.

eBay Store - pat.pend.pillows: Charles and Ray Eames, Mid-Modern, Hella Jongerius

(via getTRIO.com)

Incredible wall graphics by Surface View.

Surface View

(Many thanks to my work bud, Kristel, for this one!)