Alice’s Adventure’s: Funstuff and Pretty Things

in a hilarious post by Meowza Katz over at the Aviary, he redesigns our nation for the 2.0 (presumably that Obama will be ushering in)

Unfortunately our money is as worthless as this picture makes it look! The era of fat-cat corporate culture is taking a hit, and I am not sad to see it go. Quite the Fight-Club-esque […]

London (harder, better, faster, stronger) from David Hubert on Vimeo.

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my buddy jenny  just returned from an argentinian honeymoon where she practiced some yoga, rode mountain bikes in Bariloche, traveled across the Patagonian region.. I am sold!
 
Her friend is a student/teacher of the DeRose Method. I have seen this website before but hadn’t been able to find it again… I love the fact that they are […]

via wolda.org
not sure what the name of this gem was:

 
northpine

a belgian fashion designer:

and this was just too cute!

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1960s Advertising - Poster - DNI 1967 (Poland), originally uploaded by Pink Ponk.
interesting flickr set, 1950s - 1960s advertising.

i love how italian design can look so modern and fresh

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Interesting article from AdBusters…
 
We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality.
The American Apparel V-neck shirt, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Parliament cigarettes are symbols and icons of working […]

its like a soap-opera blog, such a novel concept!
like carrie in our beloved Sex and the City, the characters are anonymously nicknamed, but in this case the all are. the protagonist, our narrator and blogger is self-proclaimed “RedFrame” and her friends wear various monikers pertaining to their career, friendship status, etc. Beautiful Boy… sounds so dreamy. Almost […]

 
 
 , originally uploaded by Eduardo Recife.
 His website is here
this is a pic from his flickr, with amazing color work and photography.
he offers free Photoshop brushes downloads, which are a graphic artist’s dream come true!

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so true. visit stencil revolution.

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there’s quite a list!

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With the possible exception of the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium, Beijing’s “Birds Nest” stadium, designed by fashionable Swiss architects, Herzog & de Meuron, promises to be the clear winner, architecturally. Here is a list of all 16 post-war Olympic Stadia. Vote for your favorite!

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i love pandas and i love tea!

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on the way to work this morning, NPR’s 7:50 am story was about the phenomenon that is American Idol. 27 million viewers. The reporter took to the public to try to discern the source of its popularity. Kids like it because there is “pretty singing”, and “Simon is mean and they can laugh when people […]