Food Babies

At first glance, these might look a lot like the ultrasounds you've seen popping up where your friends' Facebook profile pictures used to be. The miracle of birth is interesting, sure, but these are actually way cooler. At Insides Insides, a blogger with access to an MRI machine had the brilliant idea to use it on your average fruits and vegetables— with awesome, hypnotizing results. Seriously, I want to get a drink with the guy who thought to do this and pick his brain. Click here to see the alien fruits and veggies in action. Thanks to Very Short List for sharing. ••••

Up There

This is a beautiful documentary about painting advertisements on the side of buildings.

UP THERE from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

I am ashamed to admit that I had no idea this was an art still practiced. Watch the whole thing... ••••

APPLES!

This is wild.••••

New Zealand Book Council

Take a look at this amazing animated short film for the New Zealand Book Council. Gorgeous! ••••

What if?

Today, I saw a beautiful (but sad) commercial for the South African investment firm Allen Gray. The concept: James Dean lives a long and prosperous live. The tagline: Given more time, imagine the possibilities. 

Cinematic advertising at its best.  ••••

Happy Friday!

Sesame Street - How Crayons Are Made. I will love this. Always and Forever. ••••

No need to refresh, it's just fresh.

My love for Mr. West is no secret. I didn't expect this song to be released as a single, or even have a video but this thing is really original. According to his website, there is another video coming out soon that employs the same technique so he had to get it out there. Don't adjust your screen, those compression artifacts are the whole visual language of the video. I don't know who Kanye surrounds himself with, but he always seems to be at the forefront of cutting edge design, art and fashion that becomes mainstream months later. Soon everyone will be rocking a mini-mullet, praising Hedi Slimane and collaborating with Takashi Murakami. Not a bad crowd. Let me know what you think...I am ready. ••••