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Dan Weiss
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Morning Coffee
There is a big ol expo going on in Shanghai this year; here are some rad things at it. Packing tape cocoons are pretty much the most fun art I can imagine. Biblical bee-keepers. Perhaps you would like to buy a…
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Morning Coffee
Photosynthesis car is a pretty neat idea, you know? Competitive ferret-legging. Mike Wirth has your daily dose of infographics. On Milan’s new circular metro line (true story: I got in a big argument with a dude on the street today…
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Morning Coffee
Post-monument at the International Sculpture Biennale. This is a story about the flotation dynamics of giraffes. Being a scientist is AWESOME. Via @rosieate. Inhabitat looks into this year’s awesome World Cup stadium. The Soviet Lord of the Rings. And now…
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Morning Coffee
The best we can do with the materials at hand. We here are about 80 percent sure the world is ending, but we just can’t stop looking at this sink hole. Just a buncha dudes pretending they’re going to Mars.…
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Morning Coffee
A case study of bird’s nests. People with Asperger’s don’t really think about that at all. Donald Judd’s library is better than yours,` Huge news: Subway has at last agreed to change their cheese placement. A look at pulpy Steinbeck…
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Morning Coffee
I maybe like this idea a lot: the Conflict Kitchen only serves food from countries with which the US is at odds. Speaking of, North Korean art on display in the UK. I mean, I can’t think of any reasons…
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Morning Coffee
If you should find yourself in London, might we suggest checking out Street Museum? Redesigning NASA. Between the Waters is a super rad community gardens project. High school pictures of infamous people. Spider Goats! (!!)
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A Morning Coffee Map Amendment
In yesterday’s Morning Coffee I linked to this write-up of the 10 maps that changed the world. Rumpus reader’s, evidently quite the antiquarian map enthusiasts, proceeded to email me expressing various degrees of excitement, disgust, outrage, ambivalence; and pointed out…
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Morning Coffee
The Rumpus is not above posting stories about astronauts pooping. The Sea of Galilee is out of fish. Celebrate Memorial Day right, by buying me a woolly rhinoceros skeleton. Frank Gehry built this crazy thing for you, the least you…
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Morning Coffee
I’m not going to lie to you, all of these things are awesome. Hey guess what, some sharks can turn invisible. Maps that changed the world. Let’s take a look at Afghanistan’s emerging skate scene shall we? In 2010 we can…
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Morning Coffee
Always there to make horrible things look beautiful, Big Picture has your newest oil spill photo-recap. Turning weather into art (is something we are in favor of). Speaking of awesome NYC art installations, No Man’s Land is one of the…
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Morning Coffee
Department of promotional-material-used-to-be-so-much-cooler: The Frolie Grasshopper Circus. Nova Scotian living wall! Say what you will, but I quite enjoy whimsical street art (like this). Asparagus is trying to destroy japan. (The best thing here is the gawker sideline “more about vegetables.”)…