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What was the best way that you were welcomed — if at all — to a new job? Let’s assume that it didn’t involve having a candy-dispensing copy of your head made.
Ad agency, Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners, knows how to welcome new hires — recently turning a few into Pez Dispensers. Creative Director/Art Director Ron Villacarillo and Associate Creative Director/Copywriter Ben Levy can now sit at their new desks, while dispensing candy from their plastic head into their real one.
If there’s going to be a tentacled monster peeking out of your teacup… it might as well be The Great Old One, Cthulhu.
The Cthulhu Teacup was created by Michael Palmer of Voodoo Delicious. Available in a variety of squid-like creatures, the ceramic and resin sculptures can be used to add some flair to your home, or to freak out your tea-time guests. Check them out here.
[link, via Boing Boing]
Kiwi fruits seem innocent enough… so little and fuzzy. However, all it takes is to reveal a little of their sweet green flesh, and the unassuming fruit reveals a secret identity.
As shown to us by Anthony Chidiac, I Revealed The Secret Identity Of Scheming Kiwi Fruits peels back the layers — transforming kiwis into minimalist versions of famous figures, such as Spider-Man, Hannibal, and Chuck Norris.
Check out more below and here.
[via Bored Panda]
Regardless of your political affiliation, or how you feel about billionaire real estate moguls, you cannot deny that Donald Trump is often a strange shade of orange.
Artist Lauren Garfinkel agrees, and has taken advantage of Trump’s unfortunate hue, by sculpting him from a circus peanut. The Donald Trump Circus Peanut is only part of Lauren’s Edible Government project — but it’s surely the one that’ll make the most headlines. Just like that silly orange guy.
[link, via Food and Wine]
We’ve certainly seen our share of coffee art lately. However, Indonesian artist Ghidaq al-Nizar is using his morning brew in all of its forms.
Whether it’s in liquid form, or using just-brewed beans, Ghidaq creates beautiful paintings and sculptures, not wasting any part of the brewing process. The project is appropriately tagged #zerowastecoffee, and you can see more of the project at Coffeetopia on Instagram.
[link, via Mental Floss]