With the stigma that is attached to littering in general, I have always been baffled by the disregard smokers have for disposing of cigarette butts by just throwing them on the ground. To combat this, local Austin studio, The Butler Bros produced this wonderfully creative spot for Legacy’s initiative to fight this kind of litter. The New York Times wrote an article about the overall fight as well. I recommend a quick read.
Good friend and great Austin based photographer, Adam Voorhes, has released some photographs from his project photographing malformed human brains. They are part of a collection of human brains collected by the Texas State Mental Hospital about 4 decades ago. Check out the series as well as the explanation Adam did after the jump.
Right before SXSW, SoundCloud contacted us and asked if we could help them with designing an interactive installation piece for their SXSW Creator Clubhouse. After some brainstorming, our team came up with the idea of creating a massive wall of bungee cords to represent sound. Using a SoundCloud gobo, we projected their logo on it at night. Check out a timelapse and photographs of the installation as well as video of people interacting with it after the jump.
This Life On Mars video by Lukas Vojir is pretty snazzy. I don’t know about you, but it definitely makes me want to move to Mars. This whole Earth thing is kinda played out. The Red Planet is where it’s at.
I guessI love two things; Legos and Michael Jackson. This short film combines his awesome solo dance from Smooth Criminal and Legos in to 29 seconds of awesome. Enjoy it over and over. I did.
Vaquero y’all.
Let’s jump rope!
The internet, it’s open.
Not your typical Walgreen’s pharmacy.
It’s called the spoon prank, and it is hilarious.
Brine Icicles don’t mess around. They’re killer.
Would you ride a giant spoke-less ferris wheel?
Stop annoying your neighbors with these cheap soundproofing techniques.
One of our favorite Austin spots receives FFFest praise for their “Slayer Dog”
One used time traveling DeLorean for sale. $600,000 OBO.
How good at Kerning are you? Why not test yourself?
It’s October, so why not celebrate with some Dia De Los Modernists posters?
While we’re talkin’ food, how about a pencil sharpener that dispenses parmesan pencil shavings? Yum!
Need to peel an entire head of garlic in under 10 seconds? Do it with two bowls.
This is the kinda Garden Gnome that lets people know you mean business.
Darth Vader blows some hot air.
You really need to be following Adam Garcia’s sketchbook blog.
That’s a really cool fountain. I want that in my yard.
Hey Portland! Cheat Local!
Marty McFly and Doc Brown have a backstory finally.
It’s the cartoon color wheel.
What if Charles Schulz wrote Jaws?
If there’s anything you learn from this, it’s that you shouldn’t get a discount taxidermist.
Not that you don’t already, but keep in mind that chain emails are bad.
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