Slightly freaky cakes

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cake, cat, lizard, reptile, siamese

Possible this is most terrifying cake I have ever seen – and that is coming from the owner of a Siamese cat!

And well fuck me I never would have figured this lizard was 100% cake!

I’m taking David Shrigley to bed

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bed, bedroom, BUY, david, duvet, duvet cover, shrigley

I absolutely must get my grubby paws on this for THE ‘new bedroom’

Buy yours here – if on a Duvet vibe then I HEART this too:

Shrine of Dolls

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Japan, shrine of dolls

My Island of the Dolls post managed to freak out a lot of people – this version in Japan is almost like the Disney version. Not as dark and twisted so clearly not so much fun – there are similarities though….

Awashima jinja is a shrine for women, famed for it’s massive collection of dolls. There are a lot of Japanese superstitions about dolls, and a good number of people in Japan seem to find them a little mysterious or frightening, believing that they have souls, or the power to influence human lives.

via Atlas Obscura

Rappin Granny

I DO admire this ‘Rappin Granny’ but after the first minute I was tempted to slip Rohypnol into my own tea! About three minutes too long – and I hope that is a dentists surgery she is playing around in! Worth a watch but you may not last for the long haul.

Au Secours

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ART & DESIGN, au secours, fundraising, haiti, pure evil

I was pretty surprised about the comment backlash on Creative Review in response to Mr Bingo’s work. But having seen the first pieces in for a street art for Haiti project – Au Secours - I get it. Clearly Haiti fund raising is an issue very close to my heart, but I am absolutely staggered at the bad taste of the first piece submitted to the project from Pure Evil. Maybe it is just me, but I think the people of Haiti deserve more respect (stomps foot).

It really boils down to the fact that all these great endeavors (and yes I love how everyone feels the need to show their support) should be about raising as much money as possible not enhancing your own personal profile during a personal hike up ego mountain. To raise serious cash from art then surely it follows that you need to create REALLY desirable works of art which people will pay a lot of money. Yes from a really strong A List artist this may have worked, but at this relatively low level it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth if I am honest. Off the top of my head I can think of 10 really strong concepts this artist could have produced, in his trademark style, without simply making a stencil based on an image grabbed from Google (the photographer for which is not credited).

Endangered blobs

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blobfish, endangered, video

I knew my 1st (ahem) in Marine Geography would come good one day – and here it is! A viral campaign to share the blobfish which has got to be the most depressed looking animal in the World… and also clearly reminds me of something else too. On a serious note it is an endangered species.

Internet users around the World have taken it upon themselves to save this species with a unique viral campaign.

Via Urlesque

Auto Owl

Love this dude – when sunbeams hit its solar panels, the owl’s head will swivel from left to right during the daylight hours. Then, he sleeps peacefully at night! Buy yours here.

Two annoying ‘men’

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child, man, mr scott, pregnant, third

It is not the fact this is a pregnant ‘man’ that makes me feel a bit urgh about these images – but the fact it would appear that with the third child now on the way it would appear that being parents is more about having cash babies (sorry I mean cash cows), and miking them for all they can, rather than other more healthy motivations perhaps. Just saying…

Pictures via Life Lounge

David Shrigley for Pringle

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advert, ART & DESIGN, david, pringle, shrigley

Such a great idea to get Scottish-born illustrator David Shrigley to do this Pringle (clothes not something you can’t stop once your popped) advert – I dream of those budgets!

Merci

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graffiti, haiti, street art

I found this image of ‘graffiti’ in Haiti actually really powerful:

You can see more of the Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser (it is going to be a corker) on the blog here.