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Inside Jon Stewart's Book, Earth: A Visitor's Guide To The Human Race.




Jon Stewart's newest book hit the stores yesterday. Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race is his highly anticipated follow-up to mega-hit America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction



The man behind the best-selling America (The Book), Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart asks: Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? Questions that have puzzled us since the dawn of time. But when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture -- all bound in a 256 page book with lots of color photos, graphs and charts.



With eye catching page designs by Pentagram, this definitive guide to our species is filled with Jon's trademark sense of humor. Nothing is sacred and everything is hilarious. From captions under images to the appendices, the book is filled with wit, sarcasm and style. Here's a look at many of the spreads, crops and images (not in actual order) from this fun and fabulous new trendy tome.





















BIRD IN HAND, A Ceiling Light Inspired By The Art Of Hand Shadows






This beautiful and unusual lamp by J.P.Meulendijks is based on, and is a tribute to, the universal art of hand shadows and hand puppetry. Playing with light and hand shadows was and is a centuries old past time long before electric light was invented.



"BIRD IN HAND" plays with this concept: All of the hands are positioned to look like a flock of birds, flying out in circles. The shadows cast on the wall looks like birds. This results in a very expressive, dynamic and striking looking lamp, with layers of humor and poetry hidden in the design.





"BIRD IN HAND" suspended light
design: J.P.Meulendijks, 2010
material: ECOLOTEK (a durable, fully compostable material composed of natural hemp-fibers, minerals and binder, developed by J.P.Meulendijks)
bulbs: 2x E27 LED-light-bulbs
dimensions: diameter: 1000 mm. height: 450 mm.
color: white satin finish
retail price: 1270,00 euro ($1,659.74 USD)
order here

all images courtesy of Plankton
special thanks to Materialicious and Mocoloco

The Hippest Halloween Costumes for 2010: Lady Gaga, Snooki, Star Wars, The Dude and More.




NOTE: Because this post is from 2010, the exact links may not work, but most of these Halloween Costumes - and many more are still available here.

Looking for a good adult ready-to-wear costume for this year's All Hallow's Eve? If you're opting for one that plays off popular culture, I've got some great ones for you.

There are a bunch of affordable (and some not so affordable) new costumes that have come out this year for the spooky Halloween holiday. Pop culture comes alive in the form of Lady Gaga, Jersey Shore's Snooki, Pauly D and The Situation, The Dude and Bowling Jesus from The Big Lebowski, Star Trek and of course, Star Wars.

There's no longer an excuse to be one of those people who cobbles together a lame version of a kitty cat or a pirate when costumes like these are available. But, the best costumes sell out quickly, so don't wait too long.

For Lady Gaga's Little Monsters
For both fans and wannabes, these Lady Gaga costumes rock -or should I say 'pop'? -and they are surprisingly affordable, too!


above left: Lady Gaga Black Sequin Dress Costume
above right: Lady Gaga Silver Sequin Dress Costume


above left: Lady Gaga 2009 VMA White Performance Costume
above right: Lady Gaga Star Dress Costume

above left: Lady Gaga Telephone American Flag Costume
above right: Lady Gaga Poker Face Blue Swimsuit Costume

Wigs, glasses and Gaga accessories for you Little Monsters are also available:


above left: Lady Gaga Poker Face Glasses and right: Lady Gaga Straight Wig with Bangs

above left: Lady Gaga Curly Blonde Wig above right: Lady Gaga Straight Wig with Bangs

above left: Lady Gaga Blonde/Yellow Two-Tone Wig above right: Lady Gaga Bow Clip Hair Accessory

Jersey Shore Costumes
Snooki and The Situation Halloween costumes are perfect for the couple who likes to tawlk with a Jersey accent:

above left: Jersey Shore Snooki Black Dress Costume
above right: Jersey Shore The Situation Deluxe Costume


above: Snooki Leopard Print dress, Snooki wig (complete with bump),
Not shown : Pauly D Deluxe Costume,

Big Lebowski Costumes
Abide.

above: Big Lebowski Dude Bowling Outfit Adult Basic Costume


above: Big Lebowski Dude Sunglasses and Big Lebowski Walter Sunglasses


above: Big Lebowski Jesus Purple Deluxe Adult Costume and Big Lebowski Jesus Bowling Bag


above:
Big Lebowski Jesus Blue Deluxe Adult Costume
Big Lebowski Jesus Bowling Glove
Big Lebowski Jesus Deluxe Wig and Moustache Set

For the Trekkies...
Star Trek Costumes:

above: Star Trek Movie Deluxe Captain Kirk Gold Shirt

above: Star Trek Movie Uniform Grand Heritage Blue Shirt


above: Star Trek Movie Spock Ears and Star Trek Movie Classic Spock Wig with Ears

For your Star Trek costumes, there are tons of wonderful masks, uniforms,replica phasers and tricorders as well as the classic red ensign shirts and more here.

Star Wars Costumes
These are the GOOD Star Wars costumes. No flammable Annakins or plastic boots here. Museum replicas of boots, capes, helmets, working light sabers, belts and more.


Obi Wan:

above: Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Cloak
above: Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi Boots
above: Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Lightsaber


above: Star Wars Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot Collector Helmet
not shown: Star Wars Luke Skywalker Jedi Cape

Annakin Skywalker:

above: Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Jedi Cloak
above: Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Jedi Belt with Accessories
above: Star Wars Anakin Skywalker Jedi Boots


And for the serious Sci-Fi costume afficionodos, these amazing replicas run about $899.00 each:

above: Star Wars Stormtrooper Supreme Edition Costume


above: Star Wars Boba Fett Supreme Edition Costume


above: Halo 3 Master Chief Supreme Edition Costume

Halloween Costumes like Steampunk, Batman, Harry Potter, Cheech & Chong and tons more hip Halloween costumes can be found here.

Urban Camouflage By Aaron Larney.




Recent graduate from Central Saint Martins with First Class Honours in BA Graphic Design, Aaron Larney has some fun projects in his portfolio.

His Urban Camouflage: Graffiti and Notice Board projects are photos in which the subject completely blends in with the backgrounds. Created along with the help of artists Matt Child and "Dosah", one features a complete boiler suit which is barely visible against the tagged outdoor wall and the other is a hooded jacket obscured by ads and editorials making it magically disappear into the notice board in front of which it stands.

Urban Camouflage: Graffiti




Urban Camouflage: Noticeboard



Aaron Larney

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