Jello Time

Jello Time. Simple and fun.

Via Swissmiss.

Feet First: Finish Line Doormat

I recently committed to a longish commute. While my drive is quite nice and scenic, sometimes I do feel like I am racing to the finish line.

From Fred:

Congratulations -— you’ve made it through another day!
And our new 18” x 30” vinyl-backed natural coir Finish Line
doormat is there to welcome you home.

Design: Ken Goldman

Ephemera Tuesday: Ice Cream Cone Cakes

Ice Cream Cone Cakes found by Paula Wirth.

How it's Made: Frozen Fish

Buns and Guns Restaurant

From haha.nu:

The menu: Grenade and Kalashnikov (burger and fries), Magnum sandwiches (chicken) and lots of other guerilla weaponary like RPGs, M16s and tactical combos. And guess where is this? In the heart of the Hizbolah-controlled section of Beirut. So, would you have a fast food there?

Oh Geez.

Akiko Ito: Salt and Pepper Maracas

It would be easy to get carried away with these Salt and Pepper Maracas.

Ephemera Tuesday: Ice Cream, Personified

An entire website devoted to ice cream cone characters.

Previously on Old Glutton
*Suicide Food

Thanks Slashfood.

Icon Notepad

Designed by Atypyk Paris, 2008. Available in the Design Museum Shop.

Chopped Chicken Liver Pate

So gross. More horrific food from the 1970s foods here.

Kana Kana Kana Kana

1908's Soviet-era Estonian meat commercial.

Via the always wonderfulBoing Boing.

Ephemera Tuesday: Mid-Century Illustrated

Summer food ephemera from the mid-century illustrated group on Flickr.

Description for FORTUNELLO:

Detail from an ad for Alemagna's ice-creams from the July 14 1956 issue of the italian magazine Visto. The character on this ice-cream sandwich is Fortunello, Happy Hooligan, the classic character from the comics by Frederick Burr.

Sherwood Forlee: Speak-er

These would be great for my desk at work. That is, of course, if they sound good.

No Posting This Week

I moved recently. I need a week to catch up. Stay tuned. I will be back next week. In the meantime, you can explore previous posts in these categories:

*playful concepts
*ephemera
*videos
*affordable art
*typography
*photography
*wtf