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Mini Shots

Media consumption is faster, shorter and more frequent than ever before. We’re racing through life at an ever-increasing speed and grabbing quick snatches of information at every turn. Short podcasts in transit. Motion picture advertising crossing the street. Video highlights in the elevator. RSS feeds and email online. Youtube and IPTV winning over conventional televisions in the living room, and some are even doubting the future of Hollywood feature films. The clever folks at Mini Shots magazine have responded to the trend by breaking printed media down into easily consumable chunks, presenting short stories as ‘delectable bite-sized pieces of literary fiction’. Each magazine contains just one short story and is wrapped in cover art by Melbourne-based photographer Bronwen Hyde. [paintings by Adrienne Benitez]

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NOW: an Analog Moving Picture Project

There’s a great story behind this prog-surf film. Riley Blakeway was an aspiring surf film-maker with incredible talent and a handfull of small film projects to his name. Chippa Wilson was a relatively unknown but amazing aerial surfer without the opportunity to show the world what he could do. In 2009, they won STAB magazine’s Little Weeds competition, respectively taking out the film-maker and surfer prizes. Read more

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Pencils made from recycled newspaper

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A little infectious lollipop rock anyone? Feel free to embarrass yourself singing along at the stoplight. If the other drivers give you that look, roll down the windows and spread the love.

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Honest Food Preparation Instructions

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