Once again the pendulum swings on weed research and according to Australian scientists, smoking pot at an early age could lead to mental illness. Reuters reports on the frightening study that has the potential to shake the foundations of medicinal cannabis. Read more »
It’s too bad the Port Authority didn’t hire the Bjarke Ingels Group to help develop the World Trade Center site, at least they’re trying to create something inspiring. The Danish architecture firm released renderings of this oddly shaped residential building planned for 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. It’s expected to be skyline ready by 2015 and is proof that insect-inspired housing complexes are no longer just lofty concepts, they are the future!
A group calling itself the Food Liberation Army kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue out of one of the chain’s restaurants last week and threatened to execute “him” in a terrorist-style video. Shortly after the FLA released their latest vid of the bound clown (below), the Finish authorities tracked and arrested the abductors. Read more »
Egyptians still haven’t wrapped up that little revolution of theirs as protests against a decades-old dictator continue in the streets of Cairo. The people are still motivated and may be getting reinvigorated by the release of Wael Ghonim, the guy from Google whose Facebook account is being credited with initially mobilizing anti-Mubarak demonstrations across the country.
Proving that nothing is sacred, a game that only belongs in computer form has been adapted as a tabletop version. Tetris Link, the board game, makes its debut at the upcoming toy fair in NYC, where at least a handful of people will care.
This is Swedish designer Viktor Hertz’s very, very basic movie poster series. Clever. What is it with graphic designers and film minimalism? Maybe it’s just their occupational compulsion to boil everything cumbersome down to a simple reduction of blocks and blobs, but who cares, that’s my new novelty Psycho bathroom door sign right there.
Daito Manabe is back! Last year, he wired his face into an electronic contraption and turned into a musical twitch-a-long machine for all of YouTube to gawk at. This month at Berlin’s Transmediale Festival, Daito went at it live with art comrade Ei Wada. Watch the duo electroshock and light up their faces below. Read more »
During the wintertime, it snows. That snow then piles up and must be shoveled. But how does one do manual labor without getting hurt? Thankfully, the New York Times tackles this dilemma with some expert advice for its readership: Read more »
Somewhere in the United States, an electrical fire caused this local car wash sign to burn down to ash and… “ASH.” Poetic. (Image: Reddit)
We’ve always been big fans of trials riding videos and this one from Latvia’s Jānis Lapsa doesn’t disappoint. Don’t try this at home (or without a tremendous health care policy).
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