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Are you a chronic clockwatcher? Why stare at one of those boring schoolhouse clocks when you can watch the seconds ticks by on something much more attractive? Society6 introduced wall clocks a while back and they’re the perfect solution for sore eyes. I thought it would be fun to round up some on a space/time theme this week…

Space Umbrella clock by Filiskun

Space clock by Oyamet

Space clock by Zuzanne Platz

Space clock by Tudor

In an ongoing effort to support independent artists from around the world, Design Milk is proud to partner with Society6 to offer The Design Milk Dairy, a special collection of Society6 artists’ work curated by Design Milk and our readers. Proceeds from the The Design Milk Dairy help us bring Design Milk to you every day.

Update: Since we first reported on the work of the public "poop bank" OpenBiome in December, The Washington Post calculated that you can make up to $13,000 a year as an OpenBiome donor. Seriously. If you make it through the exacting selection process (and you have to be in immaculate health to donate poop for fecal transplants, so that's a big "if"), OpenBiome will pay you $40 for each stool sample. Donate five times a week, and the organization will throw in a $50 bonus, making for a cool $250 per week, or $13,000 a year. (For reference, that's just $2,080 shy of what you'd make in a year earning the federal minimum wage.) Not a bad payoff for carrying out a vital bodily function — and helping those in need.

You already know that everybody poops. What you may not know is that poop can very literally heal those suffering from infection — specifically the gut infection Clostridium difficile, or C. diff. It's a bacterium that inflames the colon and leads to diarrhea, fever, nausea, loss of appetite — and, in 14,000 to 30,000 cases a year, death. But, fecal transplants — healthy poop transplanted into the colons of sufferers of C. diff — can cure a whopping 90% of cases. What's more, you can take action to help.

After witnessing the suffering of a friend diagnosed with C. diff, Mark Smith and James Burgess cofounded OpenBiome, America's first public "poop bank." Now, OpenBiome facilitates fecal transplants across the country. The process of finding and screening healthy poop donors is no easy task, as Smith and Burgess explain in the video above: OpenBiome's donors undergo a "grueling 107-question clinical interview and pass 27 laboratory tests on their blood and stool," after which the OpenBiome team processes, freezes, and tracks stool samples before delivering them to hospitals nationwide.

Just one year ago, Smith and Burgess noted, there was no single organized system for screening, collecting, processing, and delivering stool samples to hospitals, a state of affairs that forced C. diff patients to resort to risky DIY transplants. So far, OpenBiome has collected 120 pounds of poo, and its goal over the next year is to deliver to as many hospitals as it takes for 90% of the country's population to live within a two-hour drive of one of OpenBiome's clinical partners. Smith and Burgess need $100,000 of laboratory equipment to reach their goal, and they're calling for your donations to raise the funds. As they put it, this holiday season, "You're gonna spend your money on crap anyway. Why not spend it on crap that can save a life?" A solid argument indeed. Click through to their Indiegogo campaign to learn more, and to further their cause.

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Disney Princesses are trending big-time. Emma Watson just announced that she's going to be starring in the latest installment of Beauty and the Beast, and a new live-action version of Cinderella is coming out later this year. As much as we love Ariel, Belle, and the gang, we're also frustrated with them. You see, our nine-year-old selves believed that their full, voluminous, styled-by-friendly-forest-creatures hair was something we, too, could attain if we just tried hard and sang sweetly enough. Only after years of curling-iron damage and frustration from trying to nail those poufy side-bangs, did we realize that no, Disney-Princess hair is not in the cards for real-life humans. That's the last time we ask a robin for styling advice or try to comb with a fork, that's for sure.

It looks like we're not the only ones fed up with these off-base depictions. BuzzFeed illustrator Loryn Brantz recently recreated what Disney Princesses would look like if their hair had to withstand real-life problems, like the elements. Our favorites have to be Pocahontas' wind-blown strands while she belts out "Colors of the Wind" or the all too relatable recreation of Belle getting her hair stuck in her lip gloss. Brantz even made sure to give Jasmine's insanely unrealistic volume (and Aladdin's bangs) a reality check.

At last, we can say, "Disney Princesses — they're just like us!" Head over to BuzzFeed to check out the rest of 'em, from Mulan to Elsa. Next up, we'd love to see Rapunzel. There's no way a girl with hair that long has no split ends. Also, we're pretty sure Sleeping Beauty wouldn't wake up so polished-looking IRL. (BuzzFeed)



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Back by popular demand, it's audition day! From Jimmy Fallon auditioning for Saturday Night Live to Kristen Bell's casting tape for Forgetting Sarah Marshall to Ed Westwick taking on Gossip Girl, here are 10 unreal audition tapes for your viewing pleasure. Welcome to the casting room.


Who: John Krasinski, Seth Rogen, B.J. Novak, and many, many more

Auditioning For: Various roles on The Office

Why It's Awesome: For the actors who eventually got cast as Pam, Jim, Michael, and the rest of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, there's surprisingly (and amazingly) not much of a difference between their first stab at their respective roles and the characters they ultimately portrayed on the show. Plus, it's rad to see Seth Rogen audition for Dwight.
Who: Miley Cyrus

Auditioning For: Hannah Montana

Why It's Awesome: It's like watching Miley before she was, well, Miley.

Who: Rose Byrne

Auditioning For: Role of Jackie Q in Get Him To The Greek

Why It's Awesome: She's got perfect comedic timing. She really gets us with the whole "you should move to the sea" bit at the end of the clip.

Who: Ed Westwick

Auditioning For: Role of Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl

Why It's Awesome: Guys, this is what Chuck Bass would sound like without that infamous growly whisper. We're not sure which version we love-hate more.
Who: Russell Brand

Auditioning For: Role of Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Why It's Awesome: We have no idea where Russell Brand ends and where Aldous Snow begins. They're pretty much identical creatures in our mind. Seriously, he's improvising this entire scene, meaning sentences like, "This hotel is a beautiful prison...a gilded cage," just fly out of his mouth instinctively. In short, it's pretty clear no one could have been more perfect in this role.
Who: Kristen Bell

Auditioning For: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Why It's Awesome: Okay, so she's no Aldous Snow, but Bell's audition still knocks it out of the park.
Who: Jimmy Fallon

Auditioning For: Saturday Night Live

Why It's Awesome: Fallon's way more nervous than we're used to seeing him, but, regardless, his impressions are dead on. Also, try not to laugh at his original character named Arthur Leftsky.
Who: Scarlett Johansson

Auditioning For: Jumanji

Why It's Awesome: ScarJo may have lost out to Kirsten Dunst for this role, but she definitely wins the most awkwardly adorable award.
Who: Audrey Tautou

Auditioning For: Amélie

Why It's Awesome: Full disclosure: We don't speak a word of French. That being said, Tautou's stunning features and wildly animated expressions manage to keep us glued to the screen for the entire two-and-a-half-minute clip. She's just so damn cute.
Who: Henry Thomas

Auditioning For: Role of Elliott in E.T.

Why It's Awesome: Though Thomas' name may be the least recognizable of the bunch, we think this audition blows the rest out of the water. Plus, it's pretty rad to hear Spielberg say, "Okay kid, you got the part," immediately after the scene ends.
Click here if you missed our first batch of audition tapes!

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Tim Ferriss teaches us how to “peel” a hard-boiled egg.

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When we last looked in on the Phoneblok modular smartphone, it was just a concept video. Fast-forward to 2015 and it's...a new concept video.

But the project is in fact moving forward, and with a lot more juice than before. "Phonebloks" has been re-dubbed "Project Ara" under the auspices of its new master, Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group, who have released a Module Developers Kit for those looking to design components that will plug into the phone's endoskeleton.

With a modular platform, you can pick the camera you want for your phone rather than picking your phone for the camera. You could have a sensor to test if water is clean. You could have a battery that lasts for days. A really awesome speaker. A gamer phone. Or it could even be your car key. The possibilities are limitless.

You can upgrade different parts of your phone when you need too. Replace a broken display. Save up for a high-end camera. Share a module with your family, or swap one with your friends. Now you don't have to throw your phone away every few years.

GATP expects to launch a pilot program this year. And for interested parties, tomorrow the Project Ara team will be livestreaming their Singapore-based developer's conference. You can sign up to watch it here.

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Remember last year, when the Chinese engineering firm WinSun 3D printed a bunch of houses? It made the news because they printed them so quickly—ten structures in less than 24 hours.

The structures themselves weren't huge, just 200-square-meter, one-story bungalows. But now WinSun's set their goals higher, literally. They've 3D printed the structures you see here, which include a freaking five-story apartment building and a 1,100-square-meter (roughly 12,000-square-foot) villa.

To be clear, they didn't print the structures out in one shot. As with the earlier 10-house batch, they printed out individual panels which were then knocked together by conventional construction workers, and in this case they didn't even print on-site, but back at the factory.

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Ever since the creation of advertising, some of the most creative minds have strived to create designs that would appeal to the collective. Good design is judged on universality, which is a requirement in any form of advertising, since the end goal is to convey your message to as many people as possible.

Here are 10 examples of renowned print advertisements that showcase the creative minds behind the brands. You can view 192 more creative adshere.

Fanta’s “Tastable” Print Advertisement

The new Fanta campaign boasts the title as the first tastable print advertisement. This means that you tear a piece of their advertisement and place it in your mouth. Of course, you can do that with any advertisement but this once tastes like oranges, similar to their signature soft drink. The advertisement, created by OgilvyOne in Dubai, reads, “Like a burst of sunshine through a cool wisp of wind, it’s sweet and tangy, surprising and juicy. It tickles like a delicious secret that you cannot bear to share”. You can see how it all works in the following video:

Volkswagen “Car Key”

To convey the message across to their potential customers that they could be getting 620 miles out a single tank of fuel with their Amarok range, ad agency Below, developed a series of print advertisements to invite people to turn on to adventure. The creative concept, features three images with the groves of the car keys shaped to appear like a city, safari and mountain landscape.

McDonalds “Whole Potato”

Leading fast food restaurant, McDonalds, teamed up with Shanghai’s TBWA to create another new and innovative advertisement to convey their latest offering to their customers. This time, the advertisement collection features a box of fries, carved directly out of the very ingredient from which they are made.

Wacom “Creativity has no boundaries”

Wacom designed a creative print advertisement to showcase and promote their latest tablet design, Bamboo, under the tagline “Creativity has no boundaries”. Wacom’s art director and illustrator, Maria Molina, created a series of three illustrations each featuring various designer tools with a twist; in this instance it features a pair of scissors and a magnifying glass. With minimalist styling at heart, with minimal typography, bright colours and simple graphics at heart, this campaign works perfectly.

The Guardian “The Whole Picture”

UK newspaper brand, The Guardian, commissioned London based BBH to create this eye-catching pie. The pie attempts to convey the message to their audience that they receive the full story. The advertisementis clean and is cleverly designed to convey its message. Incorporating The Guardian’s colour scheme into the design, with the use of the purple background, the lowercase g and branding located at the bottom, the piece features a simple pie chart with the legend, ‘the whole picture’ next to each key.

B&B Hotels “Bacon”

German advertisement agency, Publicis, worked on this master piece to promote bed and breakfast hotels, which is a piece you should certainly feast your eyes on. Engaging the reader with quirky manipulation, it takes a while for the art direction to really sink in but once its apparent, you’ll instantly fall in love with it. The rest of the series features a simple cheese sandwich and sausages on toast.

Scrabble Squirrel “The Surprising Power of Words”

Scrabble has been around for decades and it’s had its fair share of advertisements. However, this piece offered the tagline of “the surprising power of words” and the playful illustration of a rather large squirrel chasing a rather small fox. In the game, the word squirrel would receive more points than the word fox, which explains the idea behind the advertisement. It’s all word play! Find more great scrabble ads here.

Hubba Bubba

Chewing Gum brand, Hubba Bubba, worked with the team at DDB to create this great example of print advertising. The use of colour has a great range of depth and the focus of the lips is well executed, as they still look real. The print advertisement primarily focused on the length of the bubble gum, which is around 180cm, although the campaign may not really be of interest to children, as it appears to be trying to gain an older audience.

Monopoly

In addition to Scrabble, Monopoly is another board game that has had numerous print advertisements throughout the years since its initial release in 1923. This print advertising campaign is designed for those who already know the board game fairly well and for those who do, this campaign works extremely well. The design plays on the games construction, with the red hotels opening up the readers imagination. It was incredibly important to ensure that the same colour was used throughout the entire page so that the clothes of those in the picture could highlight the intensity of the red.

Sharpie

Pen giant, Sharpie, have produced some fantastic print advertisement designs over the years and kept up with the design trends galore. Draftfcb, an agency based in Brazil, creates these clever print advertisements with the sole tagline being “One Story. Two Points”. In the advertisement, Sharpie shows the two sides of the success of Facebook. Looking for more creative advertisements? Check out 80 more creative ads here.

Article written by Jonny Rowntree, on behalf of Elanders UK.