This lovely collection over at Buzzfeed made me chuckle — a difficult feat on a Monday morning.
See the rest of them on the original post on Buzzfeed.
27 Middle-Class Problems
Matchstick Men
German artist Wolfgang Stiller created the ‘Matchstickmen’ using head molds that he had laying around his studio. The giant matchsticks created of thick pieces of lumber are standing or lying in the room. The faces are all different and meant to look as if they simply emerged in the wood after burning each flammable tip.
(via iGNANT)
A Million Times
Swedish Design Studio Human since 1982 combined 288 analogue clocks to create this installation of shifting monochrome patterns, forming letters and numbers. This piece is called ‘A Million Times’ for Victor Hunt Designart and features 576 motors which can be controlled via a customized software on an iPad. The two arms of the clocks are slowly dancing around the center revealing hidden figuratives. Together they create a giant display for digital time expression which is a follow-up to the studios smaller clock works. Born in 1982 Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff founded their studio in 2008 and are now working and living in Stockholm. Their claim is to arouse curiosity by creating material hints of how the world might be.
(via iGNANT)
Underpantones
Personally, I think it’s a good idea they didn’t decide to name the product: PMS Underwear. From the manufacturer web site:
“Suddenly, the Pantone brand is everywhere. Overuse? Maybe. But, as they say, if you can’t beat ‘em… so, over a few beers, we decided to add to the products on offer. Ladies and gentlemen, for him and for her, we present underpantones (and, of course, pantytones)! If we had our way it’s what every well-dressed designer would be wearing.”
(via Gret)
Things Come Apart
Things Come Apart is an expansion of the original Disassembly Series, by Todd McLellan. This new set of images explores retro to modern daily items that have, are, or will be in our everyday lives. The book “Things Come Apart” published by Thames & Hudson will be available May. Read more
Delete All Mail on iOS 6+
It always frustrated me that you have to delete POP3 messages individually on iOS 6+. If you have IMAP set-up for your accounts, they’ll automatically delete with each deleted message on your PC or other devices, however,POP3 doesn’t sync in the same way that IMAP does.
Naturally, Google implemented the easy and obvious option of deleting all mail on your phone with the click of a button. Apple, however, is a company that consistently thinks they know what’s best for you. Deleting emails individually is a surefire way to ensure you’re not accidentally deleting an email you need or haven’t yet read, spam included. I think of this as Apple’s version of eating your vegetables.
After much searching and tinkering, however, I’d nailed down the process of clearing my inboxes at the end of the night, an arduous task that used to involve 100+ clicks while sitting on the train-ride home. This process has reduced the number of clicks substantially to just five.
Note that I’ve added an additional step to clear the badge from the home screen mail icon, which taunts of phantom messages if this step is excluded.
- Click the Mail icon and go to “All Inboxes”
- Press the “Edit” button and select the first message.
- Hold down “Mark” and, with it still depressed, deselect the first message.
- Release the “Mark” button and click “Mark as Read”
- Click the “Edit” button and select the first message.
- Hold down “Move” and, with it still depressed, deselect the first message.
- Release the “Move” button and click the Trash folder.
That’s it, you’re done!
Update: 04/01/2013: Well, it truly is April Fool’s Day. Apparently, using the above method, the emails are deleted from the inbox and moved to the trash until you switch mailboxes and return to the “All Inboxes” folder, where they mysteriously return. Bah, Apple. You’ve done it again. Either way, you can still use the above method to “Mark as Read” all messages, removing the badge from your home screen mail icon. But, you’ll still see the “read” messages in the list when visiting “All Inboxes” and the folder size will continue to grow until you manually delete the messages one-by-one. Frustrating, innit?
Adults Photoshopped Like Toddlers
A few weeks back, I came across this article on Mashable and shared it with my friend, Zeh. I thought Cristian Girotto, the guy responsible, was pretty talented and wondered if I could do it. Zeh’s response was that we could probably figure it out, but it would take a ton of time. And so, I challenged him. Zeh, being Zeh, naturally accepted. We swapped photos and got to work.
He was right. It took a ton of time. And I don’t think the product is close to the quality of Mr. Girotto’s work. But here’s my version of Young Zeh. Needless to say, I’m excited (and a bit frightened) to see how Zeh’s toddler photo of me comes out.
Some of Cristian’s work is below, for your amusement. Read more