This funky kettle wrapped in plants by warmpeaches gives new meaning to the term “herbal tea”.

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Every now and then I see something that makes me say, “Holy cow, someone actually made that?!”. This letterpress poster by Studio on Fire is one of those things. The quote is a Chinese proverb that says “You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.”

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French artist Armelle Caron takes maps of cities and reorganizes the individual blocks into ordered rows. The process transforms a chaotic city into a unrecognizable, but systematic assemblage of shapes. I’ll be honest, the sizes of the images below don’t do the designs justice. Check out Armelle’s website to see larger versions of even more cities, or click on the city names below to see the full size images.

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It’s been a long day. I’m finally getting around to posting and it’ll be time for bed soon, but I’m craving a gyro. I guess this typographic gyro by David Schwen will have to suffice.

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This creepy, yet awesome, skull made out of McDonald’s french fries has been circulating around the web recently. I haven’t been able to figure who originally created it but I thought it was worth sharing. Guess this is how you have fun at McDonald’s once you’re too old for Happy Meals.

Update: This was made by Christopher Chiappa.

(Via Oliva Locher)

Tor Weeks created this great poster for ArtCrank SF.

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This Piet Mondrian-inspired quilt from Reddit user de_stijl (actually he says his girlfriend made it) is such a good idea. I’m surprised I haven’t seen something like this before. Although I’m not exactly up to date with what’s hot in the quilting community so maybe I shouldn’t be so shocked. Be that as it may, I still think this is pretty brilliant.

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(Via Reddit)