Archive for the 'Pictures' Category

From Tree Huggers
In an age where we have electric everything, we forget that things were not always so easy. This Oregon woman thought that pedalling her sewing machine was not an efficient use of her energy, so she “devised a plan whereby her sewing machine pedal could be made to do the work of several [...]

From BoingBoing

Daniel says “If anyone ever asks you for the definition of irony, you can show them this photo I took about a mile from my apartment.”
Photo by BoingBoing.

From Concierge
I long ago gave up traveling with bananas, even though they’re one of my favorite fruits, because they never survived the journey all that well. Apparently I’m not the only one, because someone else with a much more entrepreneurial spirit decided to invent the Banana Bunker.

This nifty device, which I just discovered over at [...]

From Hemmy
An advertisement by Jung von Matt/Alster for watchmaker IWC. Bus straps have been fashioned from images of IWC’s Big Pilot’s Watch to allow bus travellers near the airport to try before they buy at Berlin, Germany. 16 more advertisements after the jump.

Photo by Hemmy.

Photo by The Rocketeer.

From Metro
These neon signs for Red Zones are so cool that I hope they are real installations and not print ads.
Photo by Billboardem.

From Metro
Here’s an amazing street installation by Mark Jenkins. That is, it’s art. See, we are not all about blatant commercialism here at Billboardom. Although it wouldn’t hurt if the headless guy’s clothes were branded.
Photo by Billboardem.

From Metro
Guinness created these special cans that it distributed around bars to promote responsible drinking. Blame Canada.
Photo by Billboardem.

From The Smoking Gun
“Britney Spears is threatening legal action against a Florida radio station that used a bald-headed photo of the pop star on billboards that appear to call her sanity into question.”
Photo by Smoking Gun.