"With her spray paint and black marker pen, she is out to hijabize advertising. . . . And don’t forget, she acts upon her own free will. She is not involved in any lobby or movement be it political, religious or to do with advertising. In fact, [Princess Hijab] is an insomniac-punk. She is the leader of an artistic fight, nothing else."Via viacomit.
Princess Hijab
Pop-up store
Design weaknesses: pop art (esp. in 1980s Warhol colors) and memento mori.
This pop-up store by Studio Toogood is making a strong case for the former.
Via Moco loco.
Icon
Judith Butler just got $1.5 million to fund an institute for "Thinking Critically About War."
Image via Hendrik Speck.
Mushrooms
J.H.'s story about finding mushrooms growing out of the floorboards reminded me of this project: Cultivating shiitakes in abandoned subway tunnels. Via bldgblog.
Also: Ridiculous mushroom necklace from Atlantis Home.
Sarah Sze
A smart kid's theory of the universe, made out of trash.
I love the work of Sarah Sze.
Via archiblaster.
Crochet




I'm totally creeped out by Joana Vasconcelos crochet-covered religious figurines.
Love the crab, though.
Via lovely textiles.
I've got a photo of a Martin Creed "Everything is Going to Be Alright" above the fridge.
There's a new one in Vancouver, apparently.
Top image via Ouno, all others via Martin Creed.
Also: "Half the Air in a Given Space" (2001)
Pencils
Pencils all made of different woods. The decimal at the end is the specific gravity -- anything greater than 1 sinks in water.
By Colleen Woods from the superlative blog penciltalk.
David Nash
I used to ride by a charred David Nash sculpture everyday on the bus, down LSD.
I wish I'd gotten off to touch it.
Images via artnet.
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