Ad art

Just had a satisfying, if unresolved, conversation with A.W. about whether advertising is art.

This campaign for surf label Insight is, at the very least, super good advertising.

Via Design You Trust.

Profile

No reason to these, I just love them.

Via my new favorite tumblr page, aubzillatron.

Michael van Straaten

Amazing woodwork by Michael van Straaten.

Images from Wight Gallery.

Rachel Beach

Optical illusions by Rachel Beach via Daily Serving.

Drips

I love how perfect these become once you burn them.

At I Love Uma via Apartment Therapy.

Shop Day scores 2

Got six art-related books (two by Rosalind Krauss), also at Blogger Shop Day.

Pics from "Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond."

Shop Day scores 1

New old things from Blogger Shop Day 2.
Sparkle shoes, mini dress.
UPDATE: Also, this necklace from the Renegade Craft Fair.

Crystal art

By Roger Hiorns and Carlee Hernandez via You Have Been Here Sometime.

PETA

Bryanboy just reposted these images from the August 2008 Vogue Paris.

I'm in complete awe of their bravery.

Made me think of this study about class warfare via The Awl. 

AJ Fosik

The amazing work of AJ Fosik via The Constant Gatherer via Fecal Face and Jonathan Levine Gallery.

Vintage splatterware

From etsy seller aquabead.
Imagine a whole table set in this pattern.

Charred house

Via mariesvintage.

UPDATE: Also, this bracelet of used brass bullet casings by botticelli's niece.

Shigeki Fujishiro

Beautiful mobiles of hinoki wood by Shigeki Fujishiro.

Pine needle baskets

Beyond charming, tiny palm-sized pine needle baskets.

Via plasticablog (they're made by her mom!)