Month: December 2011

It could be said that some toy designers (below, left to right: Ashley Wood, Dril One and Ferg) have a thing for gas masks. In terms of design,

I haven’t been this excited to go up to Sacramento in ages! Dragatomi is presenting Spirits of the Mountain, a solo show of new works by the elusive

How cool are Canadians? When life gives them snow, they make snowmen. Giant, designer snowmen by artists like TADO, Nathan Jurevicius, Tara McPherson, APAK, Rilla Alexander and Travis

Over the weekend, I assumed that Herman Cain had won the lifetime achievement award for Most Ridiculous Context in Which to Invoke and/or Quote an Animated Character or

Why is it not the least bit disturbing to see Spongebob Squarepants meet a variety of unfortunate fates? I’ll tell you why: because Spongebob perseveres. We can look

These captivating Freakshow installations by UK-born, Hong-Kong-based artist, Simon Birch are made with humans and household products. Birch, however, has inverted the ordinary sculpting process by introducing a mutation. Rather

Washington-based painter, Tyree Callahan, modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter by replacing the letters and keys with color pads and hued labels. Presto: painting machine! Callahan submitted the Chromatic Typewriter

Netherlands-based designer, Marco Ugolini, and photographer, Pedro Motta, went grocery shopping based on color. I absolutely hate grocery stores. Perhaps this exercise in selective shopping makes it somehow more bearable?

It’s only Monday morning, and I’m already giffing two back to back posts? For Le Merde, who is still rocking out to cassette tapes (which, according to the

Works on Whatever has added a Barbara Kruger beach towel to its collection of [previously blogged] beach towels by contemporary artists. It’s a bold design (though the font