Entertainment

Blown-away Man / Steven Steigman + Maxell

Rarely has an advertising image been hailed as a pop culture icon. In that rarefied company of Marlboro Man and Benetto Pieta belongs this 1978 photograph by Steven Steigman, which would later be known as the Blown-away Man. The ad for Hitachi Maxell, the Japanese manufacture of stereos has since been parodied from Family Guy to P.Diddy, and to this day, has been recycled and reused by Maxell is its ad campaigns — via Iconic Photos

Science

Spectroscopic Discrimination of Shit from Shinola

The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research; by Thomas H. Painter, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES), University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Michael E Schaepman, Centre for Geo-Information, Wagenigen University, The Netherlands Wolf Schweizer, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland Jason Brazile, Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

We conducted an experiment to determine whether people can tell shit from Shinola.

Shinola is a brand of shoe polish once manufactured in the United States. Today we care about Shinola only because it is part of the slang expression doesn’t know shit from Shinola, meaning is completely ignorant. Shinola is posited for comparison with shit because the two substances have a similar dark brown color and smeary consistency.

The expression now has a special degree of irony. Most people truly do not know shit from Shinola — because they have never heard of Shinola — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Design

The Desk / Minna Magnusson

Has using laptops instead of desktop computers made us lazier, so we can’t even sit up straight while we’re working? It’s definitely true that many of us, given a choice, would choose to work in a recliner instead of at a conventional desk. The Desk by Minna Magnusson accommodates this trend in a practical way while also making a comment on it — via Dornob

Art, Design, History

Classic Car Graveyard in Sweden / Svein Nordrum

When American soldiers pulled out of Europe after World War II, they left hundreds of automobiles behind. Many were consigned to a scrapyard in the woods near Bastnas, Sweden. The brothers who ran the scrapyard abandoned it over twenty years ago, and since then moss has grown inside the cars and trees have grown up through them. Cleaning up the scrapyard is proving to be a difficult task, as birds and animals use the classic autos for nests. Photographer Svein Nordrum took a set of gorgeous and haunting pictures of the cars — via Neatorama

Photo: Svein Nordrum/Medavia.co.uk

Science, Wildlife

What the Fox Says / SciShow

Thanks to a couple of Norwegian musicians, a lot of people have become obsessed with one question: What does the fox say? It turns out that foxes say lots of different things depending on the situation, and if you think the song is weird, just wait ’til you hear the real thing — via Youtube

Art

Life Once Removed / Suzanes Heintz

Photographer Suzanes Heintz is a self-proclaimed spinster. As a single woman, she got fed up with the bombardment of questions about when she was going to get married. Tired of being pitied, she decided to confront this issue head on. She purchased two mannequins — one male and one female child — and the series Life Once Removed was born. Dressing up and posing with her fake family, she stages witty representations of the American Dream. Ski trips, vacations, and stereotypical romantic moments are all acted out by Heintz, and she sets the scene perfectly. These colourful images feel saturated, in both how they look and the emotional exuberance of the her expression and body language — via Beautiful/Decay Artist & Design

Wildlife

Lion Cubs / Reid Park Zoo

Lioness Kaya and her four cubs are doing well at Reid Park Zoo in Arizona. The cubs, three males and one female, are being cared for by their mum as well as keepers and veterinary staff. The cubs are gaining weight and had their most recent checkup on 3 February. At six weeks old, they’re still not quite big enough to come out on exhibit — via ZooBorns

Wildlife

Jonas / Bowmanville Zoo

This is how Bowmanville Zoo does it. We love our animals just like family. This is not a pet! Nor do we believe that exotic animals make good pets — via Youtube

Craft, Wildlife

Octopus Hair Fork / BronzeSmith

The Octopus Hair Fork is roughly 6” in length. Like all of my work, it is coated in a clear lacquer to preserve the finish. This one is a little heavier than the others at 1.5 oz, so best for people with thicker hair. Bulbous cephalopods — via Etsy