Monsterism Island

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fowler, generation, idea, inked, monster, monsters, pete

Last month’s Monsters Inked exhibition at Idea Generation saw a massive mural of Pete Fowler’s Monsterism Island that stretched from floor to ceiling – it ROCKS!

Frank Lloyd Wright Lego

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architecture, fallingwater, frank, guggenheim, lego, lloyd, wright

Lego architecture is seriously cool and only recently announed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The first two sets are The Guggenheim and Fallingwater. AWESOME!!!

This bad boy deserves the full press release:

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE

The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO® Architecture Building Sets

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The LEGO Group is now the exclusive licensed manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO Architecture sets.

The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings – now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and “Fallingwater.”

With models developed in collaboration with architects, LEGO Architecture works to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favorite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.

Both exclusive Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Architecture sets contain booklets that feature traditional building instructions along with exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each iconic building.

The LEGO Group will release the first of the LEGO Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® sets at the opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit: From Within Outward at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 15, 2009.

Doug Volker of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation:
According to Director of Licensing and Product Development, Doug Volker, “The LEGO product was one that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation had considered pursuing for several years. It was the vision, passion and creative desire of Adam Reed Tucker to capture the essence of Mr. Wright’s most famous buildings using the medium of the LEGO brick that brought this partnership into being.”

Another exciting aspect of the Architecture Series is the capability to use them for education, team building, or other formats that make the LEGO Architecture series more than just a toy.

“The LEGO Group is known for its creative approach to brick models and now, with its Architecture Series, it will reach even further, to individuals of all ages,” Volker concluded.

Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures and the LEGO Group:
“Mr. Wright’s buildings are a treasure trove of possibilities,” says Adam Reed Tucker, innovator of the Architecture Series for The LEGO Group. “I wanted to create these marvelous buildings for years, so I’m thrilled to be working with the Foundation in order to include Mr. Wright’s timeless buildings in this series, which conceptualizes the very essence of each building in LEGO bricks.”

Highlighter Street Art

Artist Judith Supine has opted to take her art to the gritty streets of NYC.

Using brick walls and general cityscape as her canvas, she leaves no location overlooked. If you see any brightly-colored boys hanging of bridges or babies taking a dip in Central Park, you probably have Judith Supine to thank.

This was a great post from newbie Trend Hunter Shelby Lee Walsh.

100% Percent Chocolate – Easter repost

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100, chocolate, Japan, perent

Honey, almond praline, cheese, and black pepper are just a few of the fifty-six plus flavors that make-up Meiji’s solid chocolate bar collection – sold in a cafe that is one hundred percent chocolate. Each square chocolate block is numbered according to its composition, with variations on single beans, milks, fruits and herbs, and sweeteners. Packaged in bright pastels and bold colors, adorned with a clean, sleek, modern typeface, the slender bars ornament an entire kaleidoscopic wall at the 100% Chocolate Cafe.

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Retro Porn Interiors

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70's, design, images, interior, photography, porn, retro

If you are looking for authentic retro interiors then your in luck, as it turns out porn is the surprise spring of awesome 70′s design.

Thanks to Going Like Sixty for the tip, and here is the source.

Gamers Burlesque

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bros, burlesque, gamers, mario

A gamers wet dream. Burlesque dancers armed and outfitted for an arcade battle, with Super Mario Bros. Princess Peach, Metroid’s Samus Aran, Street Fighter’s Chun-Li, The Legend of Zelda’s Link and Princess Zelda, and BloodRayne’s Rayne all appearing (source).

Candles For Global Warming

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candle, design, global, melt, spye, warming

Spye Design also sell this awesome MELT candle.

Melt not only serves as an ironic epitaph for the candle’s fate, but also as a reminder of the fate of the world’s glaciers and ice caps. With its soot-free, honey scented beeswax your air quality will benefit from burning this naturally ionizing, cool candle. And a percentage of the revenue will be donated to non-profit organizations dedicated to keeping the earth cool.

Soap Knuckles

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design, knuckles, soap, spye

Slip on a pair of our Soap knuckles and hurt some dirt. Casted from genuine brass knuckles this all natural glycerin soap is designed to add a bit of playful subversion to your soap dish. A great gift for the street tough germaphobe or hygienic hipster. $15.

Bored of Doyle

Going off message here I had to share this as I am SO bored of Susan Doyle… …however this little lady has played havoc with my biological clock, and it appears from Dec’s face his too. Best of all, apparently “Diva” is now a valid career choice!

Nearer Than Heaven

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delays, faded seaside glamour, heaven, nearer, than, the

Beautiful song…