Last month (June 6), Endless Grind and FM Goods of Raleigh had a collaborative show and benefit called “Drawing Blanks.” A bunch of blank skateboard decks were painted by local artists, and then they were all silent auctioned on the First Friday in June. The auction benefitted The Disabled American Veterans of NC.
The show was [...]

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In a follow-up from an earlier post about Ian Usher, the Aussie who put his entire life for sale on ebay, well, the auction (and his illusions) are over. Ian’s life worth was estimated at $420,000 Australian dollars, but at the end of the auction on June 29, the highest bidder was $399,300.
Despite the monetary [...]

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Chris Harne has an unusual collection: portion control condiment packets such as the ketchup packs you get at a fast food restaurant. The Condiment Packet Gallery site states that in the beginning, back in 2003, Chris realized that he never actually needed to buy condiments, he could just go and get these packs from any [...]

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Similar to the BMW fabric car Aly wrote about a few days ago, these Lamp Girls by Marianne Maric combine textiles with product design to give structure to the fabrics. Fortunately in this case, artistry and iconic culture are also added in.
Kind of the sexual inverse of “where the sun don’t shine.”
source: elitalice.com

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It seems our web host had a fire at one of their server sites a coupla weeks ago. They didn’t lose anyone’s data, but have been moving websites around to different locations to try to get all of their clients back on track at the speed and reliability we all expect. I guess it’s always [...]

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