January 23, 2009
See all Joo Youn Paek’s inventions here. Yes, they’re functional: as art.
January 22, 2009
The politest “No Entry” sign ever written. I photographed it in Korea many years ago.
January 18, 2009
I found this tragic modern poem online while researching ventilation for the studio. I took a screenshot of it just in case someone failed to recognize its morose genius and removed it from the public domain.
January 2, 2009
It’s January 2 and this is going to be my motivational video for the year. It’s a Japanese animation featuring Kikkoman, a superhero from Planet Soy. Granted, the battle cry “destroy all foreign sauces!” is pretty iffy in 2009.
December 19, 2008
Stefan Boublil of the NY design company The Apartment has done a holiday shopping guide for the NYT. Stefan is great because he tends to go for items that are useful, beautiful and clearly thought out.
November 6, 2008
Circa 2007. Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie heaps mockery on soon-to-be-voted-out George Bush in his persona of newsman Anthony St. George on the Canadian comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes. We are sorry.
October 9, 2008
“Shooting Kitty” from CNET. This AR-15 rifle was decorated with “Hello Kitty” and Japanese flowers by a California rifle enthusiast, for his wife, and has now been nicknamed the HK-47.
October 7, 2008
Too few pillows, maybe. From The New Yorker. But there’s such a thing as too many pillows… see below.
October 6, 2008
Why isn’t everything this bold, this self-confident.
Via Subway Knitter via Charchaa.
September 21, 2008
Much more thought-provoking than “Blind Crest.” Road sign in Tanzania near the Ngorogoro Crater, from Lonely Planet.
