Category Archives: Whimsey

Crayola Totems

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Fatima Travassos

Vietnam native Diem Cheu creates delicate totems made out of Crayola crayons. What kind of cultural beliefs or story do you think they tell?

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Showtel

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Fatima Travassos

This year marks the 8th annual SHOWTEL exhibition of site-specific art in all media including installation, sculpture, video, sound and performance art. Each year, more than twenty artists are selected to transform hotel rooms into conceptual art environments on view … Continue reading →

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Stinky Valentine

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Fatima Travassos

A farmer in southern Minnesota has made a heart out of manure in a romantic gesture that gives unique meaning to the words “love stinks.” Bruce Andersland made the 800-metre-wide heart for his wife of 37 years in their farm … Continue reading →

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You'll Need Speakers to Believe This

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Fatima Travassos

Alexis Malbert a.k.a. TapeTronic recycles old school audio cassettes. Check out this video showing different scratch cassette methods. Follow the link to witness what he does with other customised tapes and decks as well. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BItoCS3Evo&feature=player_embedded]

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Eating the Universe

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=1hcDxYdXqrc.] My admiration of Miele kitchens has been replaced by “The Rotating Kitchen” – an art installation by Dutch artist Zeger Reyers that was put into motion during the opening of the exhibition “Eating the Universe” at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, … Continue reading →

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The Vintage Collection

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Melissa Mercier

I was browsing the Gitzo tripods website this morning and found The Vintage Collection. It is a genuine replica of Gitzo supports with the classic logos. And what can I say about the case? It’s simply a must have! http://gitzo.com/cms/site/gitzo/cache/products/special_lines/sl_vintage … Continue reading →

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Chlorophyll Skin

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

Chlorophyll Skin from Lucy McRae on Vimeo. You’ve probably seen Lucy McRae‘s photography work on the cover of Frame and Neon magazines. In addition to these fabulous commissions, she is actively engaged in various collaborations with other artists…most recently a … Continue reading →

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Days that Bleed One Day into the Next

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

You may have noticed from some previous posts that I’m obssessed with all things numerical this month. Now if I’d pay as much attention to the growing number at the bottom of my Visa statement… Anyways, Oscar Diaz is a … Continue reading →

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Forget Google. It's all about Spezify.

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Fatima Travassos

Enter a word…any word. Instead of being served an endless list of blue text links, Spezify brings us a new creative and intuitive experience we’ve been waiting for. Spezify searches websites, blogs, images, tweets, even video, arranging the results into … Continue reading →

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Gaetano Pesce: Presents Montanara

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Lynn Fisher

Meritalia, an amazing furniture solution company based in Italy, showed at Milan Design Week 2009. Included among their newest collections was Gaetano Pesce’s Montanara couch. This one really takes me back to the days when wall murals were so coveted … Continue reading →

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