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Cassical stone sculptures in hipster wear

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By Low Lai Chow in New Art on Thursday 20 June 2013

Haha, this is brilliant. Paris-based photographer Léo Caillard cast classical stone sculptures in hipster wear, and we must say these are totally not out of place. Art direction was provided by Raphael Federici.

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Heroes for Hard Times: The Adventures of Unemployed Man

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By Low Lai Chow in New Illustration on Thursday 20 June 2013

Haha, this is hilarious. The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a graphic novel by Erich Origen and Gan Golan, is about a jobless crusader, who, with his sidekick Plan B, in his search for work, has to wage war against a long list of villains with hilarious names like The Human Resource, Pink Slip and The [...]

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New Noisey series for Boxfresh explores the world’s hottest party scenes

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By Lost At E Minor in Video on Thursday 20 June 2013

Our friends at Boxfresh and Noisey want you to forget about the daily grind and just focus on the music and the party. Hey, we’re down with that. Airing in instalments on Boxfresh and Noisey from June, the Before Monday Comes series will be a musical journey across five interesting and up-and-coming party scenes in [...]

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Cabbage patch kids wigs are all the fashion for babies

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Thursday 20 June 2013

This new crochet wig fashion seem to have fallen right out of an Cabbage Patch-crazed, 80s kid’s dream. According to TODAY Moms, the yarn head coverings are going viral. And it’s not just 8 months old babies sporting them. Apparently the wigs come in adult sizes too. In just under three hours, Amanda Lillie can whip one [...]

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James Cooper creates an ad for the Coolest Block in America

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By Lost At E Minor in New Film on Thursday 20 June 2013

Director James Cooper recently visited Venice Beach’s Abbot Kinney Blvd. Taken with the boulevard, he started shooting. On the flight back to New York, he decided to cut something together from the rushes. But what? Digging around the web he found that GQ Magazine had named Abbot Kinney Blvd the Coolest Block in America. So [...]

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A Celebration of the Computer Cusor by Moniker

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By Jessica Chow in Cool Websites on Thursday 20 June 2013

Amsterdam-based studio Moniker have created an interesting way to celebrate what they believe is where the cursors can be seen for one last time. Using a music video by the band Light Light, viewers of this website are told that their cursor movements are being recorded and are told to follow certain instructions in rather [...]

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John Malkovich rescuing strangers and designing clothes

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By Low Lai Chow in New Fashion on Thursday 20 June 2013

We were just going to go ‘Hey, John Malkovich has his own fashion label where he’s been designing clothes for the ‘bohemian of the new millen-nium’ since 2009. There’s even a new made-in-Italy beachwear collection from a Yoox collaboration!’ — until we got distracted with news reports that he recently saved the life of a guy on a Toronto street.

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Jacqueline Lou Skaggs paints intricate oil paintings on pennies

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By Chloe Warner in New Art on Thursday 20 June 2013

Have you ever discarded a penny or cent deeming it worthless or an additional weight in your wallet? Or maybe you pick them up, wishing for good luck? Jacqueline Lou Skaggs wants to change our perception and value of the cent. She has created a series of 12 gems for us to keep and treasure. [...]

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Objects exploding out of light bulbs: photos by Jon Smith

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Thursday 20 June 2013

Jon Smith fills incandescent light bulbs with objects, liquids and other substances and creates explosions which he then captures using high-speed photography. There’s paint, there’s colorful sand, there’s glitter, there’s sequins, there’s powder, and there are even goggly eyes. How marvelous.

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Textastrophe: why you shouldn’t post your number in public

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By Annie Churdar in Cool Websites on Wednesday 19 June 2013

Textastrophe is what happens when you post your phone number in a public place. You’ll be harassed by prank texts and documented for all to read. The concept is brilliant. I couldn’t stop myself once I started reading. This is prank texting at it’s sharpest!

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Mashups of famous faces from past and present

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By Low Lai Chow in New Art on Wednesday 19 June 2013

Toronto-based graphic designer and photographer Marc Ghali cleverly mashed up faces of famous personalities from past and present in the most freakily seamless way with his Then & Now project. James Dean somewhat lives on in Brad Pitt, while Princess Diana somewhat lives on in Kate Middleton — it’s like whoever lived in the past [...]

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Outsider artist Noah Erenberg’s imaginative paintings

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By Elena Mary Siff in New Art on Wednesday 19 June 2013

Noah Erenberg, from Isla Vista, California, recently created a series of expressionistic paintings of faces from his imagination. Noah (challenged with autism) has a vivid sense of colour and form and recreates his beachside neighborhood in paintings, drawings and text work. He was recently asked to join the Elizabeth Gordon Gallery in Santa Barbara. More [...]

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Jony Ive Redesigns Things

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Wednesday 19 June 2013

Thanks to the crazy colours that iOS 7 is fast becoming unmistakably synonymous with, people are taking this to the extreme and out of context by imposing hyper colors on everything under the sun and blaming it on Apple’s SVP of Design Jonathan Ive. Yup, anything goes, really.

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Space station illustrations by Enzo Pérès-Labourdette

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By Emma Johnsson in New Illustration on Wednesday 19 June 2013

One of my childhood dreams was to roam space in a spaceship. Illustrator Enzo Pérès-Labourdette shows us a vision of a future where that dream might partly come true. In his illustration he shows us amazing details of all the things happening on his busy space-station.

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Knitted beards and stubble by Beardhead

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By Annie Churdar in New Products on Wednesday 19 June 2013

Having trouble growing that sweet lumberjack beard you’ve always dreamed of? Maybe it’s time to get some help. Thankfully, the knitting wizards at Beardhead have come up with an easy solution to your facial hair problems that also happens to be, oh, so comfy. Check out these awesome face-warmers that look like beards and stubble. Ladies, this [...]

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