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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…
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Dan Weiss
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Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…