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Dr. Seuss Taxidermy

Feb 15. 2012

Because I was not born in the U.S. — my family moved here from Korea when I was 7 years old — I never even heard of Dr. Seuss until I was in high school. And while I found Green Eggs and Ham to be pretty amusing, I personally found Dr. Seuss's illustrations to be a bit disconcerting. Alright, I thought they were downright scary. :-( So when I happened upon the following sculptures of Carl Turner, who has created mounted heads of Dr. Seuss’s creatures, I couldn't help but chuckle. Just take a look — wouldn't you be scared of these as a little kid too? Be sure to check out Carl's DeviantArt gallery for more fascinating sculptures!...

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Cool Tool Tuesdays: The Baby Owner’s Manual

Feb 14. 2012

Welcome to today’s installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today’s cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! Do you remember the episode of Friends titled "The One with the Baby Shower"? Yes, I know Bamboozled is an epic game show we would all like to see live on TV, but I...

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Panem’s 13 Districts Visualized [More “Hunger Games” Pr0n]

Feb 06. 2012

A fanatical Hunger Games fan by the name of V. Arrow has thoughtfully and carefully put together a map of Panem's 13 districts, taking into account all historical accounts from the books, and merging what has been revealed about each district with the typography and natural resources of North America. Click on over to aimmyarrowshigh's LiveJournal, where she details the reasonings and processes that went into developing this magnificent map. She also has a small FAQ section which answers, "Why don't you leave big blank spaces of empty land between the Districts? What about the Wilderness?" and "Y U NO HAVE MORE OF CANADA AND MEXICO?" :-) Via Nerd Approved....

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Noma Bar’s Guess Who?

Jan 31. 2012

I recently came across some minimalist portraits of cultural icons by Israeli illustrator Noma Bar. I was immediately drawn to these pieces for their brilliant use of negative space, elegant subtlety, as well as Bar's use of an object or symbol embedded in the design that helps identify the subject. (I especially love Bill Murray's!) Can you guess them all?   All these illustrations, and many more, can be found in the book Guess Who?: The Many Faces of Noma Bar. Via Brain Pickings....

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