No Substitutions
The couple wanted to start a business that reflected their values: a neighborhood shop that purchases top-quality ingredients directly from farmers, makes every pizza by hand and serves great food at affordable prices. They also wanted to make sure their business did not take over their lives.
I love this business concept.
Maison Hermès Window Display
Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer tokujin yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, japan. the installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010.
‘on designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of humor. there are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them. the window is designed with an image of woman projected on to a monitor. the scarf softly sways
in the air in response to the woman’s blow. ‘ – TY
(Via designboom)
Kelley Deal Handmade Scarves
I love these one-of-a-kind wool scarves made from old sweaters. Available on Wire & Twine. They are currently all sold out, but you can follow Kelley to find out when more make it online!
Razorfish Digital Brand Experience Report
Razorfish’s annual study on how technology is changing the way consumers engage with brands.
(Via DigitalBuzz)
Squirrel Massage
From the Library of Congress Archive: Photos of the 30’s & 40’s
Great color photos from The Great Depression and World War II from the Library of Congress Flickr page.
(Via Fashion-Incubator)
Graphic of 50 Years of Space Exploration
You really have to see the huge version of it on Flickr.
(Via Stevey.com)
Regretsy – Handmade? It looks like you made it with your feet.
For all the “cream of the crappy hand crafts“.
Update: I think I need this for my birthday:
Tweetle Dumb
I live in the city of stupid.
Visual Acoustics
VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.
Always With You
Amy
I’m the chick on the right.
Cowboy del Amor
Deron and I just saw this last night. The part in the movie where he reads letters from women who think his service sucks is reason enough to see the film.
Hitler is informed about the title of Sarah Palin’s book
This Hitler Parody borrows heavily from the actual Harper Collins press release.
Vincent Fournier
Vincent Fournier photography at but does it float.
Drum Heads Really Are Heads
A British production house called Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratories created this fantastic video of a scientific experiment in which disembodied heads are used as musical instruments.
(Via Panopticist)
National Punctuation Day
It’s National Punctuation Day today.
To celebrate I’ll be curling up with a hot cup of tea and Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style. I’ll also be making bad jokes like, “Is that a colon in your pants, or…”.
Cheese or Font?
Test your cheese and typography skills playing Cheese or Font?
Augmented Reality Pool
Augmented reality would be the only way for me to play pool with any semblance of skill.
(Via Henry’s Posterous)
From the Comments
And then there was the time we were at the museum to see a Howard Hodgkin exhibit, and a similar docent asked a group of bored middle school students what they had learned. After a shuffling silence she said, in a high nasal whine, “Come on young pee-pull–I know you learned something.” And a fellow Flocker very close to me said, “They didn’t learn a fucking thing” and we had to exit the building very quickly. I’m sure the kids wish field trips would more regularly include such experiences.
Cindy stories really make my day.
Maserati’s Garage Competition Winners
The luxury car brand Maserati organized a competition to search for the finest architectural garages. The competition was divided into two sections. One for existing garages and other for concept garages.
I would be glad to be a roommate of a Maserati in either of the winning designs.
(Via ArchDaily)
Whole Families Hooked on Opium in Afghanistan
In a small village in northeastern Afghanistan, it’s estimated more than half the residents are addicted to opium. Even the youngest of children are given the drug.
Men at their most masculine
I am masculine because I abandon women after taking their love. Because when you study Freud, you don’t let him study you. Because I study philosophy, not literature.
Naked Schlong Alert: This photo and some of the others are NSFW.
(Via Kottke)
Day 30 on Cemetery Junction
I sometimes wonder if Steve is a true friend as he rarely lets me publicly humiliate him. Today though I feel we bonded.
Cemetery Junction is Ricky Gervais’s his first film collaborating with Stephen Merchant and will be out next April.
Subversive Cross Stitch
