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Sean Pecknold’s stop-motion animations don’t necessarily wow with technical prowess or mind-bending special effects, but they’re elegant and gorgeously atmospheric.

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Address is Approximate: a Google Street View stop motion

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Overade foldable bike helmet

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Paying homage to Francis Bacon, Annie Godfrey Larmon’s gestural paintings depict the sometimes cruel, sometimes sentimental relationship humans have with animals, couching the horror, violence, and hypocrisy in bright suburban colors, with smiling human figures seeming indifferent or unaware of the slaughter around them. Read more

We checked in recently with one of our favorite illustrators — and Lost At E Minor contributorYuko Shimizu: How has 2008 started for you? ‘I was just in the French Riviera with eighteen other illustrators and designers. It was our annual New Year’s retreat. People from all over Europe and North America meet up and spend a week together, exchange information, go see things together, or just have fun. It was fantastic, although we didn’t have the best weather’. Read more

Oh man, my eyeballs feel like they’re dropping out of my head. This clip is pyschedelic in a way that platform shoes and polyester shoes could never be. The Faint are the shizz, and that’s the truth.

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Street art and photography duo Jana and JS spray the walls of some of Europe’s best cities with their boundary-blurring work. They’ve got the art of a photo in a photo in a picture down. Read more

Yes, Cuteoverload has been doing it for years, but can there really be too many sites devoted to cute animals? Fuck Yeah Puppies may not be original, but they have puppies. Lots and lots of puppies.

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Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle, designed by Stephanie Simek, is refillable and is packaged in a wooden box decorated with a satin photograph and padded with slices of exfoliating loofah sea sponges. The Honeymoon-themed fragrance is all natural: made from plant-based oils and contains no alcohol or chemicals. We like. Read more

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