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Food Inspiration

When things get busy in my life my food creativity decreases significantly, and I’m sure I am not the only person to experience this phenomena. During these times I simply can’t seem to do anything with the food in my…

Robot Nixon

“All hail robot Nixon”, and other similarly inspiring quotes are shining example as to why Futurama is infinitely entertaining. (No, I shouldn’t be working – I’m on lunch).

Earth Imagery as Inspiration

An Northwest of the village of Tiski in the Sakha region of Russia When I moved to Alaska and started flying around the state I was awestruck at the vascular textures on the terrain created by the seasonal transformation of…

Super Happy Fun Time Friday

Stephane Tartelin’s portfolio – I don’t think I’ve ever seen gesture drawings exude so much attitude. Twiddla – An quick online white board app with chat and a few extra surprising features. Honibe – One teaspoon-sized serving of dried honey…

Lisa Stevens’ Ceramics

I follow Lisa (aka c-urchin) on Flickr for her tiny ceramic creations that resemble tiny sea creatures, but from time to time she posts a photo of something that is truly stunning. This time it is this amazing vessel from day 141. The texture is gorgeous:

You can see more of her work at Flickr or see what is available on Etsy.

TED’s BigViz

Two visual cartographers, David Sibbet and Kevin Richards sketched the TED presenters and their ideas as they were delivered. This work was compiled into a book available for download as a PDF. You can also view a video about the…

Imaginary Instrument

Though this video was released quite some time ago I totally missed it until now. The funny thing is that the site I saw it on first didn’t say anything about the instrument being real or fake and I thought…

Super Happy Fun Time Friday

A couple years ago my parents came up for a visit to Alaska. Part of the trip involved some campground “camping”. The kind with those giant bath houses that have concrete floors and many shower stalls. One night while I…

Coasters From Sesame Letterpress

Sesame has a collection of letterpress printed coasters that would make me sacrifice the finish on my table to save these beautiful coasters from the swelling ravages of water. Gorgeous. You can view their creations in their Flickr photoset.