Wow. Portuguese street artist Vhils makes this incredible art by digging into plaster and brick and they are so scarily realistic. Now, the marketer in me is immediately thinking “why isn’t anyone sponsoring this guy?” followed immediately by… “who would be the ideal sponsor?”  Converse sponsored that tattoo artist from Mexico which was a pretty bold / great move. 
Vhils reminds me of that quote about Michelangelo saying that his sculptures were already in the stone and he just carved the stone to let them out.
What about …

My landlord would hate me if I used these on the walls but I love this look so much that I’m considering digging out my lease to remember just how much I put down in security deposit.
I almost never get it back anyway – this year already we’ve accidentally torn the refrigerator handle off and our porch screen door is off (I think someone walked through it?)  Anyway, I just can’t look at those blank white walls for too long before I one Saturday I’m having a glass of wine …

To say I’ve been anxiously awaiting summer would be a mild understatement but when I stumbled across the retro photos of Jena Ardell, I spent about 20 blissful minutes on her site.  She photographs lots of beach scenes but my favorites are the lovely little beach bungalows that you can almost imagine yourself in. 

This is where Wayne Coyne, Flaming Lips singer, lives.  How awesome is this house?  (hat tip: Black Eiffel)  It’s actually a lot less odd then I thought it would be.  The first song I ever heard them put out was Vaseline…. remember that one?

I thought I had been everywhere in Madison since I’ve been here almost 3 years and winters here will have you scouring every cranny of this city looking for something new but I did it, I found something new.  The Love and Hate Art Show at Club Inferno had everything I needed to get my art fix.  An artist that was a Zach Galifianakis look-a-like who paints a disturbing family portrait over and over, Betty Page Posters, and a big box of scissors that people seemed instinctively to want to …

I decided to cut out of work early yesterday and take myself to the movies.  I’d been wanting to see A Single Man for a while but yesterday just seemed like a good day to steal some time for myself.  Plus I’ve been wanting to eat popcorn every day lately.The house that the main character lives in is absolutely stunning.  I wanted to memorize it and copy it exactly.  It’s pure 60′s LA goodness.The wardrobe (being directed by Tom Ford) is excellent.  The best part is that a lot of …

Rhett and Link are a comedic team from North Carolina (one of my Craiglist stalking cities) and they make all kinds of videos.  I hadn’t seen them until this T-Shirt War video and I think it’s a pretty funny idea.  You can also buy the shirts so it’s also one of the more successful product placement ventures I’ve seen in a while.I am really interested to see how product placement in our programming continues to evolve but anyone thinking of doing it – watch videos like these for inspiration.  Don’t …

 
Aren’t these the greatest blinds?  They are made by SurfaceView which has tons of really cool image blinds but I sort of have that “I could make this” feeling with them.  Remember that stencil book I got?  Could I use it to make something like this?

As I get ready for another round of travel (San Diego and SXSW) I’ve got my eye out for cool travel gear.  This site has travel sizes of really nice beauty products that all make it through security check points.   Guys, they have men’s stuff as well.This also works great for those of us who like to try a product before we buy a whole tub o’ whatever.

I am not a user of “de-stressing” items at work… because they totally don’t work for me.  I don’t want to squeeze a soft ball, I would much rather throw said ball at things (yeah, that’s why I don’t have them).  Here’s a vending machine that crashes a dish for a few quarters.