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Marc brings fresh perspective from the Triangle Area of North Carolina. When he's not walking on the train tracks and admiring the local graffiti, he spends his days reviewing iPad apps for kids over at iPad Kids!

Serious Ink: Weaponized Pens Mightier Than Any Sword

I feel great joy when I stumble upon a mundane, everyday object, that is always dull, and find that someone has taken the time to customize it in an interesting and exciting way. Enter the pen: ...

Paper Mache Masters: From Crafters to Professionals

Paper mache is a process used to create art that involves laying paper over a form and using a wet paste or adhesive to keep it together, and harden it. Most people's experience with paper mache ...

Cereal: Discontinued, Strange, and Awesome Brands & Boxes

If you were brought up eating a bowl of cereal every morning for breakfast, you know that the cereal you chose stuck with you. I couldn't tell you what I used to eat for lunch or dinner, but I ...

Read ‘n Roll: Fantastic Newspaper Art of Nick Georgiou

Nick Georgiou is a Queens-born artist known for his use of the printed word as an artistic medium, but not in the way you think. He creates creatures and art pieces out of discarded newspaper and ...

The Retro Future is Here: Houses Beyond the Year 2000

The future is here! Unfortunately, dinner is not in pill form, I have nothing that looks remotely like a hovercar, and robots are still lumbering jokes. Where are the domed cities? The jetpacks? ...

Pool or Beach? The Summer Dilemma Summed Up in Design

A trip to the pool or beach is practically mandatory to beat the summer heat, and dragging the same dented bucket for playing in the sand, and swinging the typical ratty towel over your shoulder, ...

Rube Goldberg Machines: Making the Simple, Complicated

Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist who loved to draw incredibly complicated machines designed to complete wonderfully simple tasks. Incarnations of Rube Goldberg machines have been featured in films, ...

Amy Casey: Painter of Precarious Fantasy Buildings & Worlds

Amy Casey is a painter and Cleveland native who has a style all her own. Her pieces are of tangled, rickety, and unstable worlds that are unreal enough to excite the imagination, but realistic ...

Women & the Home: Vintage Ads Probably Worth Forgetting

Society and advertising have not always been kind to women; they still aren't. From the subtle to the outrageous, vintage ads are a great window into the past that entertain, shock, and surprise. ...

Retrofuturistic: Randy Regier’s Vintage Toys of the Future

You may not have heard of Randy Regier yet, but you'll be glad you did. This Maine based artist creates amazing works in a faux retro style that shows a high regard for the reckless optimism and ...

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