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March 22, 2013 Marina Galperina

“No, I didn’t. But they’re pretty great.” That’s what artist Tom Sanford told ANIMAL when we noticed a similarity between his fleshy, parodic style (see celebs on a stripper, right) and that of these “controversial” Ford of India ads (see gagged and tied celebs/strippers in trunks, left and center). The rapey Russ Meyer-esque aesthetics of Berlusconi […]

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February 21, 2013 Andy Cush

Spanish creative agency Lola Madrid would like to make the most ecologically friendly bike possible, and to do so, they’ve turned to an unlikely source: cars. In the above video, a frame is fashioned from recycled metal, turn signals become reflective lights, a transmission belt becomes a chain, and upholstery gets turned into seat and […]

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February 19, 2013 Andy Cush

Because rat-infested cars are apparently something you have to worry about now: according to the Brooklyn Paper, Kings County repair shops and exterminators  are seeing an uptick in cars that won’t start due to rodents’ nests under the hood. A manager at Bay Ridge Lexus, for example, said he’s seen five ratmobiles so far this winter. “You could […]

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January 29, 2013 Samer Kalaf

Those “No Honking” signs bolted to street lights around the city that no one obeys will all be gone by the end of the year, presumably because no one obeys them. (The official reason was to reduce street signs and ideally overwhelm less drivers with all the words to read.) This doesn’t mean you can […]

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