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Artist Clément Beauvais uses water and ink to create stunning images in this campaign for humanitarian NGO Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited. Read the rest

The Fisco "Big T" measuring tape resembles Mr T. "I pity the rule." (more…)

Spotted outside Fix Coffee on Whitecross Street in London.

By 2017, Dutch designer Joris Laarman plans to use his company's MX3D metal printing technology to 3D print a 24-foot-long steel pedestrian bridge over an Amsterdam canal. (more…)

I made this woodland themed mobile for some friends of mine who just had a kid! The animals are porcupine, black bear, squirrel, red fox, barn owl, and lynx/bobcat. The leaf shapes used for accents are maple and tulip tree in medium brown, poplar and oak in dark brown, and walnut (leaflet) and dogwood in golden brown.

You can see, they’re essentially little felt sandwiches! The bobcat has spots done in ink.

marshmellowtea:

high-metafive:

so i made and account on tv tropes and it asked for my relationship status

i went over and was about to put in “single” or “it’s complicated” and, well..

i can’t deal anymore

this is beautiful

Portland's Ground Kontrol Arcade features amazing Pac-Man mosaic tile floors in the restrooms. Read the rest

In this remarkable time-lapse video, artist Valeriano Fatica (who has also coaxed a unicorn, a Game of Thrones White Walker, and Cthulhu from various fruits and vegetables) transforms a watermelon into a detailed, toothy dragon. Meanwhile, we can barely peel an orange over here.

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There’s been a lot of discussion recently over how satire can and should be used as our society becomes increasingly aware of issues of inequality Read the rest

The "Trolley Problem" is a highly problematic thought-experiment about utilitarianism and morals -- ripe for skewering in the pages of McSweeney's. Read the rest

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A recently rescued Grey-Headed Flying Fox enjoys gorging on grapes. All of the grapes. (more…)

Tonight’s comic is about Golden Lassos.

“Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing that a tomato doesn’t belong in a fruit salad.” — Miles Kington

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On March 13, Madrid became a no-kill city, making the euthanasia of stray or abandoned animals illegal. That means all animals—even homeless ones—are free to live their lives.

Japanese artist Shoko Konishi created Transition, a paper sculpture with a geometric vaulted ceiling. Inside the somewhat nondescript sculpture, shadow and light dance across the teardrop-shaped tubes she's arranged in a fractal pattern that opens to the sky. Read the rest

Design studio Studio Drift created "Shylights" that unfurl as they lower from the ceiling, looking more like glowing jellyfish than chandeliers (more…)

Tonight’s comic is about meeting your heroes

“It has been said, not truly, but with a possible approximation to truth, that in 1802 every hereditary monarch was insane.” — Walter Bagehot

It looks fragile, but the Bubble Bath Dragon is remarkably adaptable creature, ever changing its soapy hide. And it doesn't hurt that every sentient that gazes upon it melts a bit at the sight of the bathtub dwelling beast. Concept art by Luke Mancini.

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