amen

my family refers to the holidays as the "hollerdays."

coordinating a giant {italian} family can be stressful.

patience can be tested.

in reality

things are not always ho ho ho.

perhaps this will bring

hee hee hee.

from interesting particulars via supermarket.

hungry eyes

i had a lovely birthday dinner at inyo with my squeeze.

the presentation, as always, was beautiful.

and the sushi, delicious.

i thought sushi never looked so good.

then i saw this watercolor from miss capricho

{the name is a nod to a pair of treasured vintage 60's bridal shoes}.

so fresh in its own.

many more a treasure can be found at misscapricho.

stuff your pets.

don't worry, hannibal lecter didn't break into the zoo.

from a series about natural history museums by richard barnes.

what a great place for a sleepover.

strung up by substudio

these numbers are concrete.

house numbers made out of house.

perfectly porous.

poured by swissmiss

lead tea.

warm like a simple pencil drawing makes you feel.

by bailey doesn't bark. nice.

stirred up by swissmiss

robots keep you cool.

14 feet tall...

22 feet tall

this is why i love the internet.

michael salter makes ridiculously kick-ass robots out of styrofoam.

massive, intricate emotive robots.

i want one large enough to sit on my garage.

then birds and squirrels can make nests in him.

gianted by spankystokes

paris has great lines.

studio k does it again.

this time through addition instead of subtraction.

really amazing.

and this one is still for sale. you better run.

at a cellular level.

one of my favorites... brendan monroe.

at the richard heller gallery.

go see the full slideshow

roots.

genealogy charts that don't suck.

by jen o'neill.

mapped at design sponge

my what big head you have.

eric testroete created a larger version of himself for halloween.

modeled in 3D and then papercrafted together.

so damn cool. and beautiful pictures.

glued at gizmodo.

a grand helmet.

no really, these are a grand each. from les ateliers ruby.

but killer if you ride a vespa and live in italy.

go have fun designing one here.

bonked at the coolhunter

curious.

patricia piccinini might be an alien.

or at least has been visited by a few.

these are her works.

and i like them.

poked at hi-fructose

wildlife rumble.

kevin taylor is the mastermind behind these masterpieces.

absolutely love them.

visited by sezio