Catch-up round-up (6)

I haven't done a round up in a while, so here's a long one (full of old stuff too). I swear I am still just catching up on stuff! I have a backlog of things I have scanned to show you too....next week!

VIA Boing-Boing:


• The Imaginary Foundation




• How little kids feel




• Sock exchange!

• Nike develops a Native American sneaker

• A man's Life Countdown clock

• Dr. Whippy is a machine that proffers soft scoop ice cream according to the perceived unhappiness level of the customer. See also here. Sweet!



VIA Coutorture

• Musings on shopping

• Mary Ping wins more fans to Slow and Steady Wins the Race



VIA The Fashion Informer:


• I love Isabel Toledo, here's an interview




• In this interview Francisco Costa mentions the book Hutterites of Montana by Laura Wilson. The photography & the clothing are both so lovely!



VIA PSFK:


• ooh, another one I really really love: streets without traffic signs! I was thinking about this in regards to speed limits when I was in Colorado driving my sister-in-law's car witha broken spedometer.

• The Thought Project. I'm not posting any pictures with this link because it will not do the project justice. I loved reading through this site, absolutely entrancing (pardon my enthusiasm, but go look!)

• hmmmm.....Solar powered jacket

• The Center for Cosmic Wonder




VIA Kottke:


•This reminds me of the Komar & Melamid paintings




• Oscar the cat. What do you think?

• Arts reporting. Ha! Who cares?



VIA Make:

• I like this project: The Exquisite Box

• These workshops sound interesting....




AND from everybody else:

• Girls on Cheap Paper





• To fulfill my ephemera quotient






• Ping Mag never disappoints! I want these.




• I like the Tree Dress (above).





• I like this idea by The Rage even if the shoes aren't quite my style.

• I always like laundry talk

• Ew?

• Hanna Werning does lovely work. I first saw her prints for Eastpak back packs

• Aitor Throup's menswear

• After the shoelace, the necktie