“between the 1930 – 40’s cars and large electric refrigerators
have increased the size of food shopping trips.
but they couldn’t’ve done it alone without a third invention
– without the shopping cart!”
shopping cart history
bold statement
(originally uploaded by samideluxe)
d*notes | michael surtees
Happy “6 month blog milestone-day” Michael!
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kate lemay | illustrations
Check out Kate Lemay’s stunning Illustrations over at Agoodson.com
fresh direct and tomatoes
The other day, while shopping on FreshDirect, I was chuckling – the tomato rollvers are highy amusing.
the wal-mart you don’t know
“A gallon-sized jar of whole pickles is something to behold. The jar is the size of a small aquarium. The fat green pickles, floating in swampy juice, look reptilian, their shapes exaggerated by the glass. It weighs 12 pounds, too big to carry with one hand. The gallon jar of pickles is a display of abundance and excess; it is entrancing, and also vaguely unsettling. This is the product that Wal-Mart fell in love with: Vlasic’s gallon jar of pickles.
Wal-Mart priced it at $2.97–a year’s supply of pickles for less than $3! “They were using it as a ‘statement’ item,” says Pat Hunn, who calls himself the “mad scientist” of Vlasic’s gallon jar. “Wal-Mart was putting it before consumers, saying, This represents what Wal-Mart’s about. You can buy a stinkin’ gallon of pickles for $2.97. And it’s the nation’s number-one brand.”…”
full article on FastCompany
marriage bureau
Gary and I went to pick up our marriage license this morning. It felt like a scene out of an old-school movie. I was highly entertained…
pete’s animal drawing gallery
My fabulous ‘long distance roomate’ BB uploaded a new set to her flickr account: “Pete’s Animal Drawing Gallery”. Check it out, it’s hilarious, even if you don’t know Pete or any of the Hans Dodge Guys.
“Pete, a co-worker, has made animal drawings for his cubicle neighbors for the last year or so. Every new one has brought immeasurable happiness to our little work family. Pete’s leaving us now, so we gathered and critiqued the entire collection. “
dylan sisson | illustrator
Amazing illustration work by Dylan Sisson.
squidfinger | patterns
squidfinger – an amazing resource for background patterns that won’t make a webdesigner crinch.
commuter cars
No, it’s not your browser, it’s the real image. Here, see yourself, Commuter Car of the future. (Sorry, but I couldn’t help but chuckle!)
wonderfully absurd
(via saunabiber)
collection-appareils
Collection-Appareils is paradise for Photo-Buffs!
tomasz walenta
Tomasz Walenta – great work! (If only his site wouldn’t open full screen!)
cabengo | colección cisneros
I LOVE Cabengo’s aesthetics. Check out the site they’ve created (a while back) for venezuela-based Fundación Cisneros – a distinguished collection of modern and contemporary art from Latin America. Simply Beautiful.
The designers of Cabengo are high up on my list of ‘people I would love to have a coffee with’.
meaning of ‘troth’
My name is Tina Roth, so my email at work is troth@…
I was just browsing our Visual Thesaurus and what do I find?
How appropriate to come across this 2 weeks before my wedding.
what not to do….
… when shooting spontaneous photos at studio.
out of words
My obsession with chickens has to stop.
I dreamt I was laying an egg.
//
I am out of words.
heaven-6th ring | type on jewelry
“…And even as a second ray is wont to issue from the first, and mount upwards again, …thus of her action, infused through the eyes into my imagination, mine was made, and I fixed my eyes on the sun beyond our wont…I did not endure it long, nor so little that I did not see it sparkle…
– The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri,
Canto I of Paradiso, translated by Charles S. Singleton.
I wish there was more jewelry out there that incorporates type.
I *love* this one, if only they’d offer it in silver as well…
Found on MossOnline
coco chanel
“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.”
– Coco Chanel