Clash/Robot

Not sure where I pulled this from. Found it on my desktop. Probably a t-shirt design. Anyway, who wouldn’t want a Robot striking the pose of that oh so iconic album?

Pig 05049

This is a pretty neat project by Christien Meindertsma. She spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Pig 05049 to be exact. Some of those products include ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel. The results were put into book form with pictures of all of the items from that single pig shown at 1:1 scale. Pretty freakin’ cool.

You can buy it here.

This project also won an INDEX award.

Lorax Print by Mt. Pleasant Press

Will someone else please go buy this awesome print from Mt. Pleasant Press based on the Dr Seuss book The Lorax . I am not buying this even though I want to and it is a great deal at $30 considering there were only 20 made. Just too many other posters to frame at home and I am trying to save some money.

Saturday Morning Animation – COMBO by Blu and Dave Ellis

Miranda July as Film Extras

Miranda July is petty incredible. She just dd a piece where she poses as movie extras for Vice Magazine (click to see four more).

Boston Public Library Travel Posters

The Boston Public library has posted an amazing collection of old travel posters on Flickr. I have seen other collections of travel posters but each one in this collection is especially top notch. Here are a few I like:

Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear (SMA)

This is a beautifully created fan-created video for the song ‘Two Weeks’ by the band Grizzly Bear. The song already has an official video but this one by Gabe Askew is just plain great.

The QLOCKTWO Clock by Biegert & Funk

I dig the QLOCKTWO  text-only clock from Biegert & Funk. It comes in six colors and six different languages. It will only set you back about $1,300. Might as well get two, right?

Or you can get the iPhone app for $.99.

(via BoingBoing Gadgets)

Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz

It’s too bad this is only a prototype but it is still pretty cool nonetheless.

The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are “printed” daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.

By Oscar Diaz

Solar Hybrid VW Westfalia Camper by Alexandre Verdier

I am begining to hate the word “eco-friendly” but I am gonna give this custoized VW bus by Alexandre Verdier a pass. It has a bio-diesel hybrid engine, sun tracking solar panels, a media center and Wi-Fi. Apparently he is looking for a partner to actually put these into production at $69,000 a pop.

Yes, please!

(via @Dooleeedoo on Twitter)

Top Secret Diet from Lunchbreath

Yes. This works. A nice illustration from Lunchbreath.

Papercraft Taco Trucks

I love my mobile mexican food. Many people do. Over on Flickr you can download these great papercraft templates to honor your favorite mobile food. They really work, too.

Danger Dog Signs From Nepal

Captivated by the hand painted metal “Beware of Dog” signs that she saw all over Nepal, Michelle Page decided to start Danger Dogs from Nepal. Just send her a photo of your pup (or cat, or bird, or goat, etc) and she will have one of the numerous Nepalese artists the she has befriended recreate your pet as a Danger Dog.

Cost is a mere $250 per sign plus shipping. From your photograph, Michelle will commission three paintings from three different Nepalese artists. You chose the one you want. The other two are sold on-line and in a few galleries. This is a great deal and really helps artists in need.

“American Dogs, Nepali Jobs” has become her slogan– even though her project is international in scope as she has had orders from Canada, Denmark, England, Bangladesh, France, Switzerland and Jordan.  “This project is about keeping the artists’ dignity and giving work to the artists – keeping art as a viable profession in this digital age. Signboard artists are under-appreciated.   It is a dying art in one of the last places on earth where it is still widely practiced.  This project shows the broad spectrum of talents in Nepal.”

We may have to this for Hurley…

(via The Presurfer)

Saturday Morning Animation – Bendito Machine

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Dollar Bill Collages by Mark Wagner

Mark Wagner is an artist who understands the hidden beauty in the often overlooked one dollar bill. He manages to take the great features of the American dollar bill and cuts them up and rearranges the pieces into incredible art pieces. (He even takes meticulous notes on each project. Seriously.)

“The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers-striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable… the foreign in the familiar.”

This man really knows his way around an xacto knife that is for sure…

I recommend going to his site to check ‘em all out and wreck an hour or so like I did.

(via kickthebobo on Twitter)

There is more after the jump…