Crazy Paper Thing

HERE’S A YOUTUBE VIDEO on a crazy and fun paper thing to make. Give it a try if you like stuff like this. You might try stiffer paper than regular computer paper. Good luck.

Tro-lo-lo-lo-lo... Russia Has Talent!

OK, I HAVE A NEW KICK—A NEW DRUG—AND I AM HOOKED. THE DRUG IS EDWARD HILL. I am a new fan. Hill even has a FB fan page here.

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking maybe your favorite singer has been lip syncing too. Madonna? Pink? Ha! You REALLY THINK that Carrie Underwood or Susan Boyle actually SING their own songs? Waaa-haa-haa! Edward Hill knew years ago that making the effort to actually really sing was a huge waste of time and energy. Take a look at this and you’ll be a fan too. You’ll be slipping to YouTube during the workday, staying up late for another hit.

Once the Edward Hill drug is in your veins, you’ll want more. You know you will.

What Designers Want to Say

AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, THIS LITTLE BLUE ROBOT EXPRESSES WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY. Life is so much easier as a robot.

Fun With Helium

IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT HOAX ABOUT THE 6-YEAR OLD CHILD WHO WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE GONE ALOFT IN A HELIUM BALLOON, I found this on YouTube. It appears to be real, and looks fun. I guess the risk is, just how high might one go? This could depend on your weight, size of pants and ability of the pants to expand and hold more helium. For me, I’ll stick to making my voice sound like Donald Duck the next time a tank of helium shows up at a party.

Bending Space

(Above) No, this isn’t photoshop. French artist Georges Rousse paints interiors to create the illusion you see in these photos.

(Above) This is fab!

IN DURHAM, N.C., GEORGES ROUSSE WORKED A MONTH ON THE PROJECT you see in this video. With over 200 enthusiastic volunteers, the project energized the Raleigh-Durham arts community. Check out the video of the project.

2001: A Space Monstrosity

THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS I ALMOST CRAPPED MYSELF LAUGHING. Created by high school students for a performance, listen for the herd of stampeding elephants at the 0:54 point.

Via Design Observer.

Skilled Hands

SPOTTED THIS ON YouTube. It reminds me of something I heard once. A person walks into a gallery and looks at a beautiful, simple line drawing by an obviously accomplished artist. The artist was standing nearby when the woman walked up and asked “how long did it take you to draw that? It’s just three lines!” The artist answered: “About thirty years.”

For this skilled craftsman/artist, imagine the lifetime of practice and hard work it took him to be able to make a pot as perfect as you see here in only two minutes.

1970s Finnish Version of “YMCA”

I HAVE BEEN SAVING THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, waiting for the right time to spring it on you all. Well, here it is. A video from YouTube sent to me by a friend.

I figured that since it’s Saturday morning, that proverbial day in American culture when sleepy-headed kids drag into the TV room for cartoons, that you ought to have a little funny too.

Saturday morning cartoons—except kids, this is real. This video wasn’t made to be funny. It wasn’t made to be absolutely frickin’ hilarious! It was a SERIOUS Finnish version of the innocuous song YMCA, made in the 1970s.

Now, we all have a visual to go along with the worst song you like to sing. You’ll get over it. Some repress it quickly, and sadly, for some it will take weeks or even months. But you’ll eventually commit this to your repressed memory, like the nightmare it is. Only psychoanalysis (or writing a daily blog) will ever bring it out again.