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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Happy Holidays

That is me, as baby Krishna. I am an Indiaphile. I have been three times for extended visits and could return forever. I have a blog that I have kept with which to direct friends who wonder what it is I like so much about being there. Link.

Fabulous Book Animation

Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio.
Link. Thanks to Drawn.ca.

Michael Johansson: Fabulous Found Art Sculptures

Link. Thanks to Drawn.ca.

Gingerbread Houses Built By Architects

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
Link. Thanks to Neatorama.

Belts as Flooring

This handsome, handmade floor mat is made of artfully assembled vintage leather belts that have been rescued on their way from waist to waste. Its rich tones, textures, and tread-friendly patina evoke the look of a wonderfully worn wood floor, albeit with a decidedly warmer under-foot feel. Each Vintage Belt Floor Mat is a one-of-a-kind [...]

Climate Dress

This dress lights up according to the level of CO2 in the air. From the DIFFUS website, they say:
The Climate Dress is made of conductive embroidery, over hundred of tiny LED lights inserted into the embroidey, a CO2 sensor and an Arduino Lilypad microprocessor. The LEDs visualize the level of CO2 in the nearby surroundings [...]

Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris’ Inflatable Bag Monsters

I once read about an artist who made “tents’ that were inflated by, and that trapped, warm subway waste air. These “tent” sculptures were designed to keep homeless people warm and dry, but the artist got a ticket for littering. That was then; “now” is Joshua Allen who engages passers by by making monsters and [...]

Back from LA

I just got back from LA. I went for my first visit to the new/old Getty Museum on the coast of Santa Monica. It was a breathtaking experience. First of all, the food. We ate lunch once we got there (my birthday lunch) and the food was the finest I have eaten in a long [...]

My Friends the Gorilla Girls

I have hosted two visits of the Gorilla Girls to Vancouver. Their second visit here attracted the largest crowd the two women who came here had ever “performed” for. Both visits were huge successes and the Girls were very impressed to visit a city where the university of fine art is named after a woman; [...]