Feb 18

Core-Toons: Field Notes on the 2010 Chicago Auto Show: “

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Artist: lunchbreath
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Feb 18

Oxyfit Oxygen-Boosting Backpack [Exercise]: “


The Oxyfit backpack

Here’s how it works. The tube, which goes in front of your face like you were Neil Patrick Harris answering phones for a Haiti telethon, pipes oxygen from the backpack directly to your breathing space. With this, you’ll raise the normal 20% oxygen level of Earth’s atmosphere that you get to a more Olympic-level 30%. Is this $2681 backpack worth it to help you exercise longer by giving you more oxygen? That depends on how fat you are. [Japan Trend Shop via Oh Gizmo via Fashionably Geek]






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Feb 14

Drawings by Marco Fusinato: “

Fascinating drawings by Marco Fusinato, investigating if there is a connection between sound, vibrations and physical reality?

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Feb 11

Conceptual (h)ear piercing jewelery: “

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The Deafinite Style is a concept from Munich-based Designaffairs STUDIO that turns a hearing aid into a piece of jewelry, provided you’re up for a bit of lobe stretching to get started. The main advantage they propose (aside from an instant hipster-grunge-punk look) is the opportunity to embed the TriMic System — a highly effective directional microphone system made from 3 individual microphones — into the plug, helping people who suffer from severe hearing loss.

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Nov 01

Bookrest: “

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Bookrest

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Nov 01

Sometimes the trailer’s better than the moving: “

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Oct 21

Watch Porn (Wait, that sounds like an order–we meant “Wristwatch Porn”): “

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Oct 21

Forkless Bike by Olli Erkkila: “

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Olli Erkkila for the Institute of Design in Lahti, Finland.

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Oct 21

Reimagining Boston’s Stalled Projects The Boston Globe: “

If there’s one thing we’re good at here in Boston it is stalling out major building projects. Have you seen the cavernous Filene’s hole in the ground in Downtown Crossing? The Globe asked local artists and architects to rethink these unfortunate eyesores and integrate them with the culture of the city…

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Sep 22

Just Between You And Me: “

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Just Between You And Me | objects of co-dependancy by Keetra Dean Dixon.

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