Photographer Chris Jordan figured, correctly I think, that people generally have a difficult time grasping the significance of large numbers. Reasoning in a way similar to the folks at the MegaPenny Project, Jordan decided to illustrate various stats related to Unitedstatesian consumer behavior by actually showing stuff in the relevant quantities. Go over [...]

Robert Rauschenberg has died at 82.

This short feature, made in Baden and Buenos Aires by the graffiti artist Blu, is undoubtedly the most amazing urban art you’ll see today (where “today” possibly equals “this year”).
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Who wants a 15-foot statue of Frank Zappa in Baltimore? I want a 15-foot statue in Baltimore of a statue of Frank Zappa in Lithuania.
Portrait busts, having been used and reused to the mystical moment of dullness, emphatically are To Be Resharpened.

Here’s something you don’t see everyday, though it would be fun if you did: Frozen Grand Central: