Art
4 Mar
I know what to ask Santa for next Christmas

While most toy designers are content with using vinyl as their clay of the gods, Berlin’s Zeitgeist Toys prefers to use fine materials like precious metals and even porcelain to mold their beasts. As…


1 Mar
Art opening promoting equal rights for all

In reaction to the passing of Prop 8 and the subsequent upheaval resulting in communities and groups petitioning and protesting and the court case Perry v Schwarzenneger, a case challenging…


19 Feb
13 revisions of Quentin Tarantino's latest opus

Went to a great opening last night for the Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds, a Benefit for Haitian Relief at The Upper Playground Art Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. SA Studios and Upper Playground commissioned 13 artists to make…


19 Feb
Read a book, shape a statement

Finally, a bookshelf that casts a cacophonous tempest of alphabet soup upon the tender pages of your literary collection. It also holds your books. Make a statement with the Between Lines book shelf — shape a…


19 Feb
"tommy sushi" by Paramodel makes for a very expensive practical joke

I’m not sure what the bigger joke is, that someone would eat one of these and realize it’s actually a piece of plastic, or that some buffoon would willingly drop $270 for it ($295 with shipping). Japanese design/artist duo…


16 Feb
Artist Daizi Zheng repackages health food for the addict in all of us

The world is getting fatter and Daizi Zheng aims to put a stop to it. Zheng cleverly re-packages fruits and vegetables to look like the vices we know and love. The artist hopes to appeal to people’s physical and…


9 Feb
A brief look into the Russian criminal subculture

The nation of Russia has undergone dramatic transformations in the past decade, and those metamorphoses have been starkly reflected in its infamous prisons. Home to the second highest prison population per capita in the world (after only USA, who


3 Feb
Think of them as a little pop culture pop quiz

Jamie Bolton’s minimalist movie posters chisel the away at the pack-it-all-in, DVD-extras-and-bonus-material mentality, revealing only the essence of what a film is all about. Of course, if you haven’t seen any of the films Jamie’s portrayed…

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