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Art and Design

Fresh Baked Bread, Anyone? Gruesome Body Bakery


Imagine running up to the bakery around the corner and coming across bread shaped like body parts. Sound yummy? Artist Kittiwat Unarrom creates just that; gruesome works of art out of bread.

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Art You Can Scratch Your Head Over


Has the art world been turned upside down again? Seven Berlin artists are living it up in a museum with lice in their hair.

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PRADA Cellphone Answers the Call for Luxury


Luxury PRADA L852i Phone by LG Coming to Japan

Luxury accessories leader PRADA has announced that their sleek and stylish mobile handset ("cellphone", for us peons) will go on sale in Japan. Though it shares the restrained look of other PRADA phones sold worldwide, the Japanese version boasts extra features that take full advantage of the nation's next-generation mobile infrastructure.

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Exciting Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub from Evergreen


Exciting Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub from Evergreen

Evergreen's Emergency Exit Logo USB Hub offers 4 ports to satisfy all your USB connectivity needs - incoming, outgoing or on the run! Plus, it's green. Really green.

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Insects and Old Wristwatches Make a Beautiful Couple


No bugs about it! Mike Libby is an artist that creates works of art using insects and antique watch parts.

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Vye Mini-v S41... Very Little Laptop with Very Big Features


Vye Mini-v S41 Laptop Computer With Super Multi DVD Drive

Want to make a MacBook Air owner jealous? Just plunk the new Vye Mini-v S41 laptop on your, er, laptop. Then open the Super Multi DVD Drive and listen for the audible gasp...

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Make Perfect Ice Cubes With A $1300 Ice Cube Mold


In Japan, the perfection of the cocktail is akin to France's obsession with perfecting the souffle. The skilled and creative bartenders in the Ginza area of Tokyo compete like crazies to perfect their mixed drinks, and everything from the material of the cocktail shaker to the style of the shake is in play. Now, from Taisin Trend Shop, comes an ice mold that makes the perfect sphere for your cocktail.

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For Cats Who Just Won't Let You Work: The Kitt-In Box®


If your cat lays across your keyboard or in front of your computer screen, unphased by the fact that you are working, gosh darn it!, then you will agree about the coolness of the Kitt-In Box, a perch specifically designed for the desk cat.

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Wear Your Dearly Departed Pet as a Diamond Ring


Your Deceased Pet As A Diamond Ring or Pendant

It's the ultimate Pet Rock. A Japanese company specializing in crafting memorials to passed-on pets can transform your faithful furry friend into a true jewel of denial - a glittering diamond ring or pendant.

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Solar Powered Outdoor Workspace


Believe it or not, many people love their jobs, but it's the location of where they must do their job that can make the job unpleasant. Cubicles, claustrophobic offices, dark libraries, rooms with no windows and dull lighting, next to dried up plants, or surrounded by stale air can drive the sanest worker insane. A little daylight, fresh air, and greenery would do wonders to a workers mentality and perhaps even increase work productivity. What if there was a way to combine work, fresh air and sunshine?

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Solar Powered Plane Lands Once Every Five Years?


U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), part of the U.S. Department of Defense will see to the development of an aircraft that will need to land but once every five years. Yes, only once every 5 years! The project is called Project Vulture!

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Bizarre Breast Puddings From Japan


Breast Puddings From Japan Come in Boob Shaped Cups

From the "Only In Japan" file comes Sweet Breast Pudding - twin rounded mounds of jiggling, milk-flavored pudding topped with a cherry or vanilla "nipple". Even stranger (if that's possible), this sensual, sexual snack features girls from various Japanese cities like Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. Collect the whole set!

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Hold Me, Hug Me, Touch Me... The HeartBeans Coffee Grinder


You are not, by far, the only one who can't survive without your morning coffee. But is your love of that bring-me-into-the-world-of- the-living cup of coffee strong enough to power a coffee grinder with your heart?

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Coffin Couches Take Resting to New Levels


Next time you want to take a load off, how about stretching out on a casket that has been converted into a couch?

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Hello Kitty Laptop, the Cuter Computer


Hello Kitty Laptop, the Cuter Computer

With the new 'Hello Kitty EPSON wide note' laptop computer, Sanrio's queen of cute continues her relentless conquest of the computing world. The feature-packed model offers two color schemes to appeal to Hello Kitty fans of all ages.

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Hey, Where'd You Go? Art You Can Disappear Into


Desiree Palmen is an artist that can really get lost in her work - literally. She creates bizarre artwork of invisible people.

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The Art of Selling Naked - 10 Brilliant Playboy Ads From Around the World


Playboy is a global brand that entertains men around the world with boobs and blondes. You may think that it does not take much advertising creativity to sell photos of naked women. You would be wrong. Here's 10 Great Playboy Ads that Show the Art of Selling Naked:

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10 Brilliantly Creative Business Cards Ideas


Market yourself for success! And what better way to do it then with a distinctive business card? These following ten business cards brilliantly send a clear creative message about the product or service being offered:

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It's a Dog's Life with Pedigree Ads


For Pedigree, it's all about the dogs—and appealing to dog owners. For Pedigree's advertising firm it's all about "Disruption."

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Pedaled Phone Calls (Llamadas Pedaleadas)


Have you ever seen a bicycle vendor selling ice cream, popsicles, corn on the cob, hotdogs, etc? If you haven't, the vendors are usually riding a three-wheeled bike with a cargo box in the front filled with their products. Inspired by these bikes and Nicaraguan's need to make phone calls, Brian Forde created Llamadas Pedaleadas.

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