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It’s A Small World After All

Alan Wolfson, a Brooklyn-born artist, creates mindblowing minature dioramas that reimagine urban environments. The handmade sculptures, complete with lighting systems, take months to complete. The pieces are not precise replicas of specific locales, but rather a combination of details from … Continue reading

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Baudelaire : In His Own Words

Author and artist John Sokol has created a series of engaging and original portraits of literary greats crafted from the lines of their own novels and poems.

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Rick Santorum, Gay Poet ?

Rick Santorum is backpedalling as fast as he can from his campaign slogan featured on the new website for his Presidential exploratory committee, “Fighting to Make America America again,” after it was pointed out to him that it was from … Continue reading

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Sunday, Why So Random (again)

 

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Aakash Nihalani is not Banksy

hat-tip to Seth Carmichael, publisher of tasj magazine for this post: Aakash Nihalani is fast becoming recognized as one of the US’s most striking emerging installation artists. Celebrated for his ephemeral modifications of the urban landscape throughout the US and … Continue reading

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…Maps and Letterpress too…

“Chartis Graphein” typographic world map by Nancy McCabe of designahoy in Chicago.

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Replacing Borders, That’s Easy

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The Laughing Point

If you haven’t been hooked yet by the hilarious new website, Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator, you must give it a try. When you visit the website, just click on “generate new bestseller” and a new title will be generated. Here … Continue reading

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The Joy of Travel

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OK, One More Dutch Library & That’s It

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