Skullful Art

Alastair Mackie is yet another London artist to use taxidermy in the most fascinating art. This "painting is actually comprised of Hornets pinned in tight rows (see right).

This orb is made from mouse skulls digested by barn owls.

Any indigestible parts of an owl's prey is regurgitated as a compressed pellet. From these pellets, the skulls are extracted and a sculpture is born.

Fluorescent Flava

My ideas come to me as fireflies, usually when I'm on the brink of falling asleep, causing me to flit up and find a pen and scribble in the dark what I think of as brilliance. The ideas in the notebook I wake up to are a tangled string of electrifying fairy lights.

The lightning strike of thought, the flash of blinding color is something I am playing with when I think of home design accents in my room. A fluorescent flavor adds a punch that could land an upper cut of stimulus that wakes up the synapses in my brain with a jolt.

These clocks add just enough pop to electrify the brain stream in the office.

And when caffeine alone just cant keep those eyelids open, I pour it in a super bright pantene mug.

Working too hard dulls everything, so I keep the brain cells radiant by taking a break and putting my feet up on a coffee table that practically glows in the dark.

Adding a vivid touch to the office helps keep me motivated and wanting to burst out more ideas. 

The End is Near

Finally our government is taking the threat of a Zombie Invasion seriously. The CDC website posted a Zombie Survival plan Wednesday. It, of course, causied the site to crash with citizens clicking like crazy, needing to know what to do when the undead shuffle up their driveway.

We are comforted in knowing that "if zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation." 
That's a direct quote from their website. 

Sea and See

To promote awareness of the diminishing reef, an underwater Sculpture Museum was built in the waters of Cancun. More than 400 human clay sculptures adorn the sea floor near the Manchones Reef.

By luring divers to this area, it will give the reef time to recuperate from hurricane damage, increase fish populations and promote the growth of new reef.

Art and Superheroes

Kids as superheroes- their imaginations the backdrop.

Nature against the urban world.

The work is by Los Angeles-based Artist Sage Vaughn who is opening a solo show in London at Lazarides Gallery titled Children of a Lesser God on May 6, 2011.

White (Natural) History Month

Albino animals from Museums of Natural Histories around the country.

Alligator:

Rattlesnake:
Blue Jay:
Raccoon

Sex and the Country

The curtain has closed on Milan fashion week and the best collection was by far DSquared2.

Their cowboy inspired looks were spectacular enough even for their most famous fans (try: Christina, Justin, Fergie, and Rihanna). They sexify the LL Bean outdoorswoman to perfection. Makes me want to go camping.

See the video footage of DSquared2 and all of Milan, NY and Paris at:

FirstComesFashion.com

Ceramic Gore

UK Artist Jessica Harrison creates macabre imagery from damaged ceramic ladies she finds online.

The extravagant poses of the female ceramics makes the exhibition of their insides more interesting.
Jessica says she chooses the women because "It is traditionally and consistently the male figure that has been used to describe the anatomy of the human body. In my sculptures the female insides are as visceral and intestinal and as real and gory as their male counterparts."

Check out more of Jessica Harrison's work at jessicaharrison.co.uk

Santa Waiting in Line for Santa

During the last week of November, midtown New York streets are flooded with Christmas Cheer in the

Annual Parade of Santas.

Here's a shot from the 108th Annual.

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Best Xmas Present Ever

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave the city of Bern, Switzerland these Brown bears Mischa and Mascha. What an awesome gift!

Take Note of this Invention

About to be invented: The paragon of recycling- A Smith Corona Antique typewriter turned Waffle Maker.

A student at the School of Visual Arts (Chris Dimino) created this prototype that I hope will be available in stores. Not only does it make use of one of the most brilliantly utilitarian designs, but the waffles come out as keyboards! It's hi-tech and antiquated at the same time. Oh, and Yummy too!

Measure Your Success

They say to Measure twice, cut once. This inspired master designer Christian Louboutin, who created these amazing shoes. He can make a crisp utilitarian tool very sexy.

The minions (like me) who could only dream of owning a pair of Louboutins, can translate the trend more practically . Some cost-cutting measures of the fad- Brooches made of the tape (lianakabel.com) Stash all the $ you save from NOT buying the Louboutin's in a wallet by Undone Clothing at Etsy.

And make your own bracelet on the cheap.

an Apple a Day

I love the mac store on 59th and 5 ave, NYC. It's all glass so it takes up the least visual space in a city where there's visual stimuli overload.I tried to take photos of the glass elevator and the store with my phone but they came out lame. As usual.

Then I went to the apple store website. They have a VIRTUAL TOUR of the store that is INCREDIBLE!

http://www.apple.com/retail/vr/

Representing In the House

The Republicans won the house. Politically it remains to be seen how they do, but whatever major  party you support, it really doesn't matter in home decor.

Elephant or Ass, grey crosses the aisle and represents both political leanings inside your own house.

You can paint a wall Elephant Skin Grey (by Behr)

Use this elephant watering can for plants...  

...in the donkey planter.  

And congratulate your representative for a running a good, clean race with a new carpet stair runner in grey. 

Project Runway is WRONG!

Mondo Guerra - the designer that should have won this season's Project Runway.

According to Nina Garcia and Michael Kors, hacky sackers are uber-stylish. I vow never to pick up my first ever issue of Marie Claire now that I see Nina Garcia's hippy crap, granola, bohemian mom-with-batik-stroller taste. You guys were WRONG! Retire to New Paltz and you can see that crappy Gretchen Jones style for the rest of your years.

Zoo Spooks

The San Francisco Zoo's ad campaign to get kids to spend Halloween with the animals:

How awesome! What a cool way to spend the day if you can handle the crowds of screaming children. I can't so I will look at pictures of animals enjoying the holiday.