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Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz’s Travellers are exquisitely created snow-domes that have then been beautifully photographed. Just wish there were more to look at. [via]

Totem’s very impressive graffiti. [via]

Chris Bourke’s lino prints mix skating, religion, tattoo culture and now the world of UK burlesque girls. Fantastic stuff. [via]

I can’t imagine that I’ll see anything much better on the internet this year as the Box of Clouds. Kim Laughton has taken a cheap little photo-viewer keyring, packed it with images of the sky, taken off the back-light and housed it in this cute little tin. When you feel like you need some nice clouds (and I do often as I work in a place with no windows at all) you just flip the lid, hold it up to a light and you have slide-show of sky goodness. Genius.

The Tin is another beauty. Some idea but this time the viewer is packed behind along with “watch parts, insect wings etc” (to create a 3D effect) and a slide-show is played through a peep-hole. Love it.

Also, take a look though Kim Laughton journal and her Flickr page. There’s loads of fantastic photos that she’s taken. [Cheers to Thomas for sending the link]

There are 1000 photos in The London Police Flickr Pool. That means that over the 35 months of its life, the Flickr community have added an average of approximately 1 photo per day and I think it’s made this pool one of the best street art groups on Flickr.

Joo Youn’s Polite Umbrella has a neat little handle that allows you to mould the footprint of the umbrella to suit your surroundings. “Users can easily adjust their umbrellas anytime by pulling a handle so that they can protect themselves from harsh winds or bumping into others.”[Cheers Thomas]

Crash Bonsai - Toy cars crashed into lovely bonsai trees! [via]

The amazing wooden masterpieces of Michael Rea. And here’s an interview. [Cheers Thomas]

Take one famous artist, have him paint one of his pieces on the street and watch it being ignored by 96% of of the passing public. Now that’s a very disappointing statistic for so many reasons don’t you think?