Cliched Christmas Card + BMW M5 = FUN

Christmas card result of an illustrator performing his craft in the new BMW M5. You can see the video of the process in the link below:

http://fastestchristmascard.ch/

Candy's City

New Orleans artist and graphic designer Candy Chang has been finding new ways to express the wants and needs of her neighborhood.  Click this link to read an article on grist.org about how Chang has created art interventions that give voice to the masses.  Check the link to her Neighborland site as well!

"What do we want of architecture?"

An essay from 1970 by Australian architect, Robin Boyd.

You're the One

 A 2009 installation in Osaka, Japan, by artist Florentijn Hofman asked the question: Who doesn't like rubber duckies?  From the artist's website:

"The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn't discriminate people and doesn't have a political connotation. The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial tensions as well as define them. The rubber duck is soft, friendly and suitable for all ages!"

Bathtime equals healing.  Although the Osaka setting might start to remind one of Godzilla. 

Click here to see the installation.  Follow the righthand column to see other versions by the artist.  Click here for a NYTimes article on the history of our squeaky friend.

Thread-not-so-bare

Sometimes it takes a change in the medium you're working with to yield incredible results.  These 'paintings' (I apologize for the quotes on principle) are stitched with thread.  Click this link to see the article on fastcodesign's website and more examples of Cayce Zavaglia's work.

Bike Your Way to a Better You!

This infographic (the best kind of graphic) wants to show you how bicycling to work (or 30 minutes a day) will make you healthier, wealthier and wise. For instance, did you know that the average person will lose 13 lbs in their first year of riding to work?

Air Swimmers

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun!  How bummed are you for not inventing this?  Apparently they're a little tough to set up, but totally worth it!  And who wants to bet the shark sells out way faster than the clownfish?  At $28 apiece, you'd be foolish not to get one.