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trunk of classic cars turned into sofas

something for all you couch potatoes out there.





thanks tydsed.

zadie smith's husband knows how to write

yes he does. nick laird won £10,000 betty trask award for his novel utterly monkey.



read more.

upholster your furniture with pictures of your own choice

Cloth takes cutting edge print technology and allows the addition of any image, photograph, pattern or design to be added onto a range of contemporary products.
The unique Cloth system has virtually no limitations, allowing any pattern to be printed onto any surface, producing entirely bespoke items.



(thanks boing)

the rolling stones are annoying.

says robert crumb. here.



(thanks flog)

the cup you want

Select your drink choice and explain how you like it by twisting the stainless steel bands.
Choose from Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Herb Tea, Latte, Cappuccino, Mocha or Decaf on the top band - Then black, white, cream, lemon, soya milk, ginger or whipped cream on the middle band - then the number of sugars you want (from 0 to 3), sweetener, honey or syrup on the bottom.

The perfect way to ensure that the tea-boy (or girl) gets it right every time!



(thanks cool hunter)

r.i.p. jean roba

the belgian cartoon artist jean roba, who created boule et bill, died this week at the age of 75.

chris ware is a pianist

chris ware, one of our favourite comic artists, also seems to be a fine ragtime painist.



(via boing boing)

top 100 living songwriters

paste magazine published a top 100 of living songwriters.

1. Bob Dylan
2. Neil Young
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Waits/Brennan
5. Paul McCartney
6. Leonard Cohen
7. Brian Wilson
8. Elvis Costello
9. Joni Mitchell
10. Prince
11. Randy Newman
12. Jagger/Richards
13. Paul Simon
14. Stevie Wonder
15. Willie Nelson
16. David Bowie
17. Holland/Dozier/Holland
18. U2
19. Patty Griffin
20. Van Morrison
21. Lou Reed
22. Lucinda Williams
23. John/Taupin
24. Jeff Tweedy
25. Chuck Berry
26. R.E.M.
27. Radiohead
28. Robbie Robertson
29. Tom Petty
30. John Prine
31. Carole King
32. Leiber/Stoller
33. Pete Townshend
34. John Fogerty
35. Steve Earle
36. Beck
37. Smokey Robinson
38. Kris Kristofferson
39. Led Zeppelin
40. Bacharach/David
41. Ray Davies
42. Loretta Lynn
43. Ryan Adams
44. Al Green
45. Jackson Browne
46. David Byrne
47. Sufjan Stevens
48. Welch/Rawlings
49. Cat Stevens
50. Public Enemy
51. Penn/Oldham
52. Paul Westerberg
53. James Taylor
54. Aimee Mann
55. Dolly Parton
56. James Brown
57. Morrissey
58. Sly Stone
59. Jack White
60. Jimmy Webb
61. John Hiatt
62. Sting
63. Richard Thompson
64. Andy Partridge
65. Bill Mallonee
66. Charles Thompson
67. Conor Oberst
68. Allen Toussaint
69. Merle Haggard
70. Alex Chilton
71. Vic Chesnutt
72. Michael Jackson
73. Julie Miller
74. Over the Rhine
75. Ron Sexsmith
76. Will Oldham
77. Bruce Cockburn
78. Robert Pollard
79. Stephen Malkmus
80. Pink Floyd
81. The Flaming Lips
82. John Darnielle
83. Fleetwood Mac
84. They Might Be Giants
85. David Bazan
86. Sam Beam
87. Lyle Lovett
88. Parliament
89. Victoria Williams
90. Nick Cave
91. Drive-By Truckers
92. Alejandro Escovedo
93. Joseph Arthur
94. Sam Phillips
95. Patti Smith
96. Jimmy Cliff
97. Josh Ritter
98. Jay Farrar
99. Outkast
100. T Bone Burnett

fun tissue boxes: everyone wants to have loads of green snot

be a bit creative with your tissue boxes.











thanks tydsed.

turn your apple g4 into a mailbox

they aren't any good anyhow.

from boing boing:
"A Flickr user caught a pic of this Apple G4 tower that's been converted to a roadside mailbox in Auckland, NZ -- great use for an old, iconic tower!" Link

suicide is art

well.. according to morrissey.

from contactmusic:
British rocker MORRISSEY considered suicide "many times" because he saw the devastating act as "an art form". The HOW SOON IS NOW? star claims many of his artistic heroes have killed themselves, and this inspired his morbid outlook. He says, "It occurred to me that most of the people in the arts that I ever admired always came to that conclusion about their own lives. "I considered it to be something of an art form and to be a very respectful decision about having maximum control. "I never considered it to be cowardly or running away or giving up. "I considered it to be a very admirable thing to do, a very difficult thing to do, a very brave thing to do."

euhm... yeah.

coming up: dork #11. will you be #12?

comic readers beware! the new dork!

from comicsworthreading:
"The last issue of Dork was four years ago, but I’m sure #11 (Amaze Ink/Slave Labor, $2.95, JUN06 2814) will be worth the wait. Evan Dorkin excels at humor, insight, and all-around great cartooning."

from four realities:
"Presented in the much-maligned and unfashionable 'pamphlet' format, Dork #11 features over 200 fun strips and single-panel gags within its panel-drenched, ink-soaked pages. Some humorous in effect, others, well, we're not so sure. But who cares? Containing more diverting bathroom reading bang for your buck than any other comic, Dork #11 is the funnybook bargain of the year! Unless, of course, it isn't."

the incredible bookman

from anyamountofbooks:

"The Bookman is a bookshelf in the shape of a man and is a highly decorative piece of furniture as well as a sculpture.

Designed by East Anglian artist Kazmierz Szmauz who also designed the CDMan, the DVDMan and Videoman. However, as booksellers we regard Bookman as his highest achievement. The Bookman holds about 100 books and looks most splendid when they are leatherbound books which we can also supply.



He measures 70 inches high by 45 inches wide and is made from Mahogany, although other woods can be used. Shelves are best adapted to books beneath 8 inches in height. These measurements are for Bookman 1, the Bookman we can readily produce. Please contact us for details of Bookman 2 and Bookman 3.

Bookman 1 can be ordered and collected from our shop or shipped at cost to anywhere in the world. Please allow a few weeks as each Bookman is individually built on demand. Please get in touch for shipping details. Bookman 1 is £1200 ($1700.)

Each Bookman is signed by the artist."

read more / order here.
via tydsed.

we also wrote about two other bookshelves (the armchair library and the alphabet cupboard) here.

paul auster wins prince of asturias award

paul auster, one of our favourite writers, has received the 2006 prince of asturias award for letters. the spanish prize is worth € 50,000.

the jury explained: "The jury has decided to bestow the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters on Paul Auster for the transformation in literature that he has wrought by blending the best of American and European traditions, for the innovation he has brought to narrative style in the cinema, and for integrating a number of devices used by the cinema into literature.
Auster has managed to appeal to young readers by exploring new perspectives of reality and by providing an aesthetically pleasing, invaluable account of the problems faced by the individual and by social groups in our times."
read more here.

1000 paintings for sale

swiss artist sala made 1000 paintings of the first 1000 numbers. the selling price of each painting is depending on which painting you want, and how many paintings already are sold.
see how it's calculated here.



thanks boing boing.

the beauty of amateur soccer

hans van der meer is a dutch photographer who visited a lot of amateur soccer games all over europe for his latest project european fields, the landscape of lower league football. the result is a stunning series. take a look on his website, or go visit his exhibition at fotografie forum international in frankfurt (germany) june 6th - july 16th 2006. there's also a book, here.

it's not a painter, it's a machine!

you want a fancy wall painting, but don't know how to do it? check out these:

sabrina raaf's grower:



from her website: "Grower is a small 'rover' vehicle which navigates around the periphery of a room. It hugs the room’s walls and responds to the carbon dioxide levels in the air by actually drawing varying heights of 'grass' on the walls in green ink. The Grower robot senses the carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the air via a small digital CO2 sensor. This sensor is mounted high on a wall of the exhibition space and sends data wirelessly to the robot. The number of people in an exhibit space breathing in oxygen and exhaling CO2 has an immediate effect on the sensor."
read more here.

another art machine is leonel moura's action painting robot. see the robot at work here. see his works here.



(thanks appelogen)

nike + ipod make you sweat / also cool while watching tv

from ilounge:
"Nike recently introduced its first iPod-specific accessory. The Nike Sport Armband, designed to hold an iPod nano during exercising or other activity, is made with lightweight Nike Pro Compression fabric and Dri-FIT material and is machine washable. The $40 armband is available in two color combinations (gray/orange and black/gray) and two sizes (small/medium and medium/large). Nike is also marketing the case to iPod shuffle owners."

become the godfather of the diadem

belgium is looking for a new godfather of the diadem. do you think you handle this responsibility?
until today peter van asbroeck, a famous belgian actor, has been the godfather of the diadem. the fashion item was introduced by beckham and ronaldinho, and was picked up quickly by fashionable men all over the world.
in belgium, peter van asbroeck became the godfather of the diadem, promoting the item in soap series and tv shows he appeared in, and using it in everyday life.
yesterday mister van asbroeck decided it was time for a change and ask his hairdresser to cut his hair. short.
belgian radio station studio brussel is now looking for a new godfather of the diadem, which will be presented on may 30th, the first official "day of the diadem".
if you think you have everything to become the new godfather of the diadem, apply here (attention: speaking dutch might come in handy).
here's a picture of mister van asbroeck before he visited the hairdresser: