Arts
My Last Polaroid
My Last Polaroid is a site that is attempting to gather images of the last ever Polaroid people take as a tribute to the format. There’s also a documentary in the making. Director and photographer Steve Glashier is filming people who have used Polaroid film in their work – artists, fashion photographers, forensic scientists and [...]
Typeface
Typeface is a computer programme that scans your facial features before coming up with a custom designed typeface. Produced by students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design it is one of several programmes that encourage interaction and play between user and computer. Explore more programmes here.
The Architecture of Segregation
The old Montpelier railway depot in Virginia has recently been restored and opened to the public; what sets it apart from other similar buildings is that it has been restored with the segregated waiting areas and signs for ‘Coloreds’ and ‘Whites’ intact. A single ticket office served the two waiting rooms (the one for black [...]
Galley Cat Book Reviews
For you literature lovers – Galley Cat has a daily book review (of books of any genre) and a monthly digest of the best review content. It also includes links, Twitter directories and recommendations. Explore the reviews via Scribd.
Modern Fossils
Christopher Locke looks forward to a time when people will look back at the technological advances that didn’t survive the evolutionary fight for survival, such as the audio cassette, Sony Walkman and the Atari joystick. He’s created a series of ‘modern fossils’ using concrete – see them here.
Host an Artist
LoCurativo is a cultural exchange that aims to match groups interested in “the arts, collective practices, social justice, grassroots organizing, and community development”. It brings together international groups who want to collaborate on art via a cultural exchange. The resulting art projects are shown locally before setting off on a tour of the United States. [...]
35 Best Movie Dance Scenes
The good folks at Flavorwire have compiled a foot-tapping, hip-wiggling chronological list of the Best Movie Dance Scenes, starting with 42nd Street (1933) through to the Jai Ho dance sequence in Slumdog Millionaire (2008) via Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Fame (1980). Watch clips of all the dances on [...]
Chick Lit Rewritten
Flavorwire suggests the new wave of chick lit might be a little less glossy and aspirational in a response to the difficult financial climate, perhaps providing titles such as: The Devil Wears Vera Wang for Kohl’s Banana Republic Brunettes The Madoff Diaries If you can’t identify the original titles, you obviously having been paying attention [...]
Vanity Book Awards
Vanity publishing got a little vainer with the advent of vanity publishing awards. The National Best Book Awards has 150 categories; every entrant is a finalist and some categories have only one entrant. Those lucky winners can then buy a gold star with which to adorn the dust jacket (for a reasonable fee of $69). [...]
Be sad: get ice cream
You need one of these in your office… British artist Demitrios Kargotis, has invented Dr. Whippy, an ice cream machine that asks you several questions to ascertain how stressed you are and then dispenses a dose of ice cream depending on how stressed or unhappy you are – the more in need of cheering up, [...]
