Illustration roundup

Adam Koford created a monstrous unicorn for BoingBoing.







Augmented reality Valentine's Day cup at Starbucks. Via.






Henri's Walk to Paris is a children's book by Saul Bass reissued for $12 at Amazon.




Comin' at Ya! movie poster by Jay Shaw going on sale Wednesday at Mondo.

*Buy Mondo posters at eBay.

Shrink-wrapped home

Chrysalis by Troy Gua for the Mad Homes project.

Fat Monkey by Florentijn Hofman

Fat Monkey by Florentijn Hofman.

Vending machine turned into a monster

Mark Jacobs and Mette Hornung Rankin turned a vending machine into the Goodie Monster and sent out invites to celebrate.



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Link roundup

1. Wild article about strife at the Occupy people in downtown Los Angeles:

The young man who was leading the informal group yelled: "This is the People’s Forum! There are no committees, there are no rules, everyone gets to speak. Get in a circle! GET IN A CIRCLE!" A majority of the crowd abided, although they were openly chastised when the circle took on non-circle shapes.

2. Relatedly, Gabe Delahaye has written two posts on Michael Moore and the weird way he's talked about his own wealth this week.

3. "Hunter Fine and Aaron Glazer have been installing miniature 'bed bug hotels' at New York City lodging locations known to be infested with bed bugs to warn potential tenants."

4. Storm's mohawk was intended to just be a joke by the artist, who was sure a different new hairstyle would be chosen.

Augmented reality advertisements for Volkswagen

Augmented reality billboards and bus shelters for Volkswagen. You can download the companion app at iTunes.

Augmented reality ad for Lynx bodyspray

Clever augmented reality ad for Lynx bodyspray - - stand on the sign, look at the screen, and watch a busty angel interact with you. Via.

*Buy Lynx bodyspray at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Matt Kindt's next comic "Super Natural" will feature "the paranormal, and stars the ghosts of Houdini, Amelia Earhart and even a character from Super Spy, among others."

2. Augmented reality candy:

At SFC Open Research Forum 2010, Keio University's Yasuaki Kakehi Laboratory exhibited TagCandy, where the sensations produced by candy are varied using augmented reality. By sucking an ordinary candy inserted into the device, users can experience fizzy soda or crisp apple sensations, or even things such as the sensation of fireworks, that can't be achieved in reality.

Via.

3. Nice retrospective of Sucklord's toys. Via.

*Buy Pocky at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Matt Kindt's next comic "Super Natural" will feature "the paranormal, and stars the ghosts of Houdini, Amelia Earhart and even a character from Super Spy, among others."

2. Augmented reality candy:

At SFC Open Research Forum 2010, Keio University's Yasuaki Kakehi Laboratory exhibited TagCandy, where the sensations produced by candy are varied using augmented reality. By sucking an ordinary candy inserted into the device, users can experience fizzy soda or crisp apple sensations, or even things such as the sensation of fireworks, that can't be achieved in reality.

Via.

3. Nice retrospective of Sucklord's toys. Via.

*Buy Pocky at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. The adorable Star Wars posters by Chris Bishop that I previously posted are now on sale.

2. Hunters in Oregon regularly shoot the "insulators on Google's electricity distribution poles. It's so problematic Google's moving their fibers underground."

3. It may only work in Australia, but s Plane Finder AR is an incredible-sounding iPhone augmented reality app - - point it at a plane flying above, and it'll tell the plane's destination and other information.

Augmented reality t-shirt plays rock, paper, scissors for you

The latest issue of t-shirt magazine T-Post (which sends out a new t-shirt every six weeks) is an augmented reality shirt designed by Marc Stromberg. As the video shows, put it in front of a webcam, and your chest will extrude a rock, paper, scissors-playing arm. Via.

*Previously: Edward Scissorhands sucks at rock, paper, scissors.

*Buy webcams at Amazon.

Augmented reality shooter

Interesting idea for a video game - - you aim your smartphone at a cityscape and then you shoot the zombies that seemingly start walking about. It's called "ARhrrrr." Via.

*Previously: New puzzles at the Bioshock ARG site.

*Buy iPhones at eBay.