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Fold ‘n’ Gobble

We’re off for Thanksgiving weekend, nursing Campari and sodas for our minds and bellies. Check out Make’s paper turkey, which vegetarians and omnivores can both agree is better than leather turkey.



We love the way it takes off on the facets trend in fashion and home decor. And like all good things, you can hack it and make it a turkalope or give it extra legs so everyone can get a drumstick.

Bye-babooshka
November 24, 2008 in Art, Cute, Mer-chan, News

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Artist Souther Salazar’s painting Babooshka hung over the entryway and protected the Mer-chan studio for almost 3 years now. She’s come down and will be relocating with the rest of the studio to Dubai. She’s saying, “Good things are happening, the vibrations tell me so.” You can also see 2/8ths of Octavius’ stripey octopus legs dangling from the loft. He’s swimming all the way there!

Design Porn

This spoof (emphasize the poof) on the Pixar lamp is great. Who hasn’t lusted after lighting? Achille Castiglioni’s Arco lamp does it for me every time.

Lisa Strøander’s Tiny Tragic
November 17, 2008 in Art, Cute, News

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We’re back to Copenhagen! We happily caught glimpses of artist Lisa Strøander’s tiny tableaus at the jewlbox Albrectsens Galleri. We peeked into the windows of the tiny gallery (whoa, meta-diorama) and saw scenes of domestic disquiet: a mini figurine vomiting into a doll-size toilet. In a world where everything keeps getting bigger, it’s nice to see intimate scenes rendered so small and craftily. Check out the peeping video here:


Lego my lego
November 13, 2008 in Cute, Law, News, Toys

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It’s the 30th anniversary of Lego and weird things are happening, man. For inst, another giant Lego man mysteriously washed ashore in the resort town of Brighton, England. He’s not the same the guy as the one in Holland because he’s wearing a different outfit.




Hmmm maybe Lego’s deploying these guys all over the EU to enforce their brick-rights. Lego lost a trademark battle yesterday to protect its iconic bricks in the European market. The ruling by the European Union’s Court of First Instance will allow competitors to keep selling plastic building blocks similar to Lego’s in the EU. Not if the giant Lego men have anything to do about it…

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