No doubt inspired by the unfriending frenzy brought on by people thoughtlessly friending others on Facebook, the term “unfriend” has just been coined the 2009 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. Other words which were up for the prestigious award were sexting (sending sexual photos via cellphone), funemployment (doing stupid stuff [...]
Artist Walter Wick stacked 117 objects on top of a single Lego piece for the Kids Gallery of the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. Wick took about a week to perfect the balancing act and in the end used small wind-up toys to knock down the tower.
James and Karla Murray unveiled this neat panorama of 66th Street station along the 1 Line in an upcoming project with Prestel Publishing and the MTA. From this image alone, it looks like I’ll be very much into the project and the book (assuming that there is a book lined up). I can’t wait to [...]
Photographer Tim Grimshaw has some great black and white images featured on PDN today. Head on over there to check them out.
Consumerist posted this nice short video of the demolition of a smokestack in Drexel, PA. The demolition took place on the morning of November 15, 2009 near the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
Title says it all (I just wish there was a bit more information — ie: what type of bird, where this was filmed, how they estimated that number, etc.). Thanks Elin!
