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venerdì, gennaio 11

Facebook round-up. #weekly 30

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The seven most popular posts of the week.

Adam Pacitti - "please give me a job" 

Mona Lisa's point of view
Legolize it

Prehistoric Victorinox by jiyuseki

Firefox has crashed

The Space Bar

This is why you should always sleep with a teddy bear

venerdì, gennaio 4

Facebook round-up. #weekly 29

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The seven most popular posts of the week.

Happy New Year..... from space


33 ways to stay creative
Hot Potato by Javier Pajares

Mario cat
Effect of deforestation

Dumbo in real life
Nice forced perspective photography

Garden fresh project by Agan Harahap

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Garden Fresh series investigates the shifting boundaries between humans and animals in today’s environment and the complex relationship between art and nature. It is like a fable about a journey undertaken by the animals when they venture into our daily lives. The animals are confronted by a new reality that is in conflict with their natural habits and habitats. 

At the same time, when we see these ‘zoo-trapped’ animals in supermarkets, their most outstanding characteristics are isolated as their ‘only’ characteristics. The animals are stripped of their own identities and are used as empty vessels to be filled with the human drama of parody, satire and allegory. We cannot help but see animals from a human vantage point, and therefore in some sense all the works in the present exhibition are actually about us.






Source: PetaPixel

mercoledì, gennaio 2

Lobster mobile telephone case by Elliot Gorham

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The red ‘Lobster Mobile Telephone Case’ is a modern appropriation of Salvador Dali’s ‘Lobster Telephone’ (Aphrodisiac telephone), created in 1938.

Unlike the typical phone case, it doesn’t offer functionality of protection and style. Its features include; camera incapability, ergonomically awkward, too big for your pocket or handbag and most importantly, it’s ability to cause its users embarrassment.

The phone case is a commentary on both the curious nature of the mobile phone case industry and of the modern dependency and or addiction to mobile technology.

I have previously addressed the technology addiction through the development of the ‘Sabbatical Cabinet’, in collaboration with Mathew Little. While the ‘Sabbatical Cabinet’ offers an uncompromising break from your devices through the aid of a timed internal locking mechanism, the lobster phone case addresses this similar need to detach yourself from the mobile technology, by being user-unfriendly. Instead of a locked ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach, the ‘Lobster Mobile Telephone Case’ presents itself as a deterrent through its awkward and inoperative design. Resulting in minimal enjoyment of function, zero fashion credibility and lastly, reduced mobility for the user.

Like most mobile phone cases, it does offer the illusion individualism.




Source: noddyboffin.com
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