More Cool Workspaces

Alexander Kjerulf posts on 10 very cool, very unique workspaces. Red Bull's London offices look like the interior of the spacecraft in "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Nude No More

Cool technology dude Guy Kawasaki recently visited the offices of Threadless. I wish my office was in an Airstream trailer!

Pixar and Google are also well known for their fun and innovative workspaces. This makes me wonder: how important is it for the physical space you work in to reflect playfulness and creativity? Is work better when it is in an environment that physically reflects the grounding philosophies and ideologies of the work? Can creative work still come from cubes?

PulpHope

Paul Pope is one of my favorite comic artists. His style is fluid and romantic but also tightly wound with energy. I love his look into the near-future of New York youth culture "100%" and his oddball Martian sci-fi story "THB" (about a girl and her inflatable robot!), both of which I'd highly recommend to anyone looking for unique comics stories. He now has a retrospective monograph out called PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope and I can't wait to check it out.

Check out more of his artwork at his flickr photostream and his blog.

Now With 100% More Movement!

Animated New Yorker cartoons are much funnier than their motionless counterparts.

Grow Your Own

Let's say you're looking for some organic, sustainable furniture. Really organic. Super cool L.A. architecture and design group Fung + Blatt will soon be selling a lawnchair (pun intended) that includes a layer of real sod. (via coolhunting)

Daft Steam Punks

Brass Goggles is an excellent blog on all things Steam Punk. It leans towards posting most often on DIY steam punk artifacts but also includes other tasty steam punky news items. If you are a fan of Victorian-era science fiction, crafting, or just anachronistic technologies, it should be on your list of blogs to check daily. Check out their recent posting on a guy who built a beautiful jar of mechanically operated fireflies!

O RLY??

Yes, it's true. The internet has achieved its finest moment. Behold the Best Internet Video Ever:

Tripods!

I stumbled across these odd looking audio speakers online today.
The O'hEocha Audiophile's Speakers, which are produced in Ireland and were imagined by a BMW designer, stand 3 1/2 ft. and are crafted from aircraft aluminum. They look not so much like speakers as they do tripods from "The War of the Worlds." They run about $9,000 and are currently sold out.

Then again, perhaps these speakers aren't quite as menacing as a "real" martian tripod that currently menaces Woking, England.

Know When to Fold 'Em

Susan Orlean writes in this weeks New Yorker about physicist Robert J. Lang's journey to becoming a rock star of the origami world. Link

A Blog That's True to Its Title

I Did Not Know That Yesterday is a blog that stays true to its title, unlike this blog. (Big face? Small razor?) Visit IDNKTY for a daily dose of fun facts.

Rocking the Bottom of the Planet

Pitchfork has a great article today about the music scene at McMurdo Ice Station in Antarctica. Which makes me wonder, if Ernest Shackleton had been in a band, what would it have been called?

Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!

This is a wonderful CBS TV promo from 1966 advertising the greatest holiday special ever.

A Charlie Brown Christmas CBS - TV 1966
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How YouTube is Changing Advertising

"To YouTube's new owners, 'Numa Numa' represents nothing less than cultural, sociological, and economic transformation."

"How to Get Publicity"

In need of getting hits on your blog? Lore has advice for you.

Where's Waldo?

A re-creation of the most difficult Waldo puzzle ever occured last weekend in San Francisco.

"Some Posters And/Or Photos, But Now With Frames!"

"The Path to Adulthood Is Paved With Hot Glue and Moderately-Priced IKEA Furniture." Sigh...so true it hurts.

Design*Sponge

Design*Sponge is one of my favorite blogs about design. They've always got great posts on colorful prints, captivating objects, and inventive home furnishings, like this wallpaper from Walnut Wallpaper.

"I knew that I shouldn't have, but I did it all the same; and there you have my epitaph..."

Six memorable books about writers writing. Glad to see "Wonder Boys" on the list...Grady Tripp is a great character.

"Most entertaining means of personal transportation."

These are soooo European.

How To Be Funny

John Hodgman asked many writers, directors, actors and comedians how to be funny. Want to know how to do a deadpan? Step number 2, according to Bob Ballaban: "Don't act."