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KFC’s Edible “Finger Lickin’ Good” Nail Polishes

KFC Hong Kong & McCormick create a limited run of chicken flavoured nail polishes

Promoted in this beat box-style video created by Ogilvy Hong Kong, KFC in Hong Kong have partnered with McCormick, the spice company that mixes their secret recipe, to create a limited run of edible “finger lickin’ good” nail polishes that come in the most popular flavours such as Original and Hot & Spicy. This marketing gimmick takes licking your fingers to a whole new level…WTF?!

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Catterbox Translates your Cat’s Meows

Catterbox the translating cat collar is definitely our product OTD

What if your cat could actually talk? Presenting Catterbox, an amazing cat collar innovation that translates the meows and sounds of your beloved feline into clear English words and sentences. The designers of the Catterbox have analysed hundreds of sound samples produced by cats to help the collar translate as accurately as possible for it seems cats do not ‘meow’ amongst each other, but only to communicate with humans. Hmmm slightly sceptical here but hey, whatever blows your hair back – if you’re the type who wants your cat to start ranting day and night, then this is definitely for you. Happy Friday, everyone! 🙂

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Tomba Lobos – Play Dough Faces

Tomba Lobos creates unique disfigured portraits using play dough

We love the work of photographer and graphic designer Tomba Lobos who has created an interesting set of portraits, disfiguring his models with a clever mix of flesh coloured play dough and digital retouching. A slightly unsettling yet original and unique series that explores the boundaries of classic photography and basic sculpting and digital versus analogue image manipulation.

Radiohead’s New Vid ‘Burn The Witch’

Radiohead's new stop-motion video pays homage to some classic films

Radiohead: We’re loving the animated video for Radiohead‘s new single “Burn the Witch” directed by Chris Hopewell and paying homage to a number of different but distinct films including The Wicker Man and The Prisoner as well as current cultural events such as Burning Man. Check it out – a very clever must watch 🙂

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Pogo’s M&Ms Ads Remix Celebrating 75 Years

Pogo remixes sounds from M&Ms' archives to celebrate 75 years

In honour of the 75th anniversary of M&Ms, Nick Bertke (aka Pogo) has created a remix using footage from M&Ms ads over the years. Love it – and now I want some! 🙂

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Adrienne Salinger – Teenage Bedrooms of the 90s

Adrienne Salinger documents bedrooms of American teens in the 1990s

Photographer Adrienne Salinger has documented the bedrooms of American teenagers in the 1990s, asking teens to pose surrounded by their personal possessions revealing the styles and trends that epitomised the era. Looking all too familiar really… 😉

Secret Wood’s Bespoke Wooden Rings

Secret Wood's beautiful dioramic rings are our product OTD

Created by design studio Secret Wood, these beautiful and unique wooden rings, that house dioramic scenes highlighting the beauty of nature, are created entirely by hand combining a mix of wood, resin, and beeswax. Every ring is completely handmade and bespoke, taking approximately four to five weeks to complete (with an expedited option) and can be ordered online. The end result is simply stunning – definitely our product of the day 🙂

Marc Lamey – The Beauty is Inside

Marc Lamey photographs insects in the mouth of his models

Entitled ‘The Beauty is Inside’, American photographer Marc Lamey features a colourful and real insect coming out of the mouth of each model, combining macro photography and fashion photography, in striking compositions that explore the concept of inner beauty. Fantastic work! 🙂

Forms in Nature: Understanding Our Universe

Forms in Nature is an animated film tribute to wonders of the natural world

Created by the designers from Chromosphere, Forms in Nature: Understanding Our Universe is a stunning animated short film paying tribute to the geometric shapes of nature, focusing on the most perfect and pure shape, the circle. An audiovisual meditation on mankind’s scientific achievements and the wonders of the natural world, this film celebrates how science deepens our connection to the universe with study and curiosity. This is amazing work! 🙂

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Things Organized Neatly

Things Organised Neatly is a series of images dedicated to the art of arranging

Things Organized Neatly is a mesmerising series of photographs dedicated to the art of arranging and all the artists who enjoy creating perfect arrangements with everyday objects, true sources of visual satisfaction. Created by Austin Radcliffe as a Tumblr project before becoming a book, Things Organized Neatly: The Art of Arranging the Everyday is currently available for purchase from Amazon. These images feed into the hint of OCD within us all – a need to create order and simplicity from an otherwise complicated and messy world.