Tiny mosque

Fire hydrant turned into a mosque by Slinkachu. A collection of Slinkachu's work is $10 at Amazon.

Trapped people by Dan Witz

Watch as Dan Witz places images of trapped people around town:



His work will be on display at Carmichael Gallery tomorrow night.

Link roundup

1. Fast Company:

In the latest installment of Butterfly Effect, we examine China's cheap knockoff cell phones. After being forced out of China and India, Chinese counterfeiters brought their product to the Middle East, where the sudden availability of information had unintended consequences for the region--and for China itself.

2. Ben Wilson paints chewing gum.

3. Map of undersea cables from 1901. Via.

*Buy vintage maps at Amazon.

Link roundup

1. Mike Maihack posted some cute convention sketches.

2. Really impressive trompe l'oeil chasm. And also at Laughing Squid, check out what happened when artists bought out a corner store's inventory and repackaged the mundane goods for sale as art pieces.

3. FYI, Super Punch and Toycutter are now optimized for mobile devices. (And speaking of my blog design, those Google +1 buttons on posts seem to be awfully unpopular.)

UPDATE: Ah, I see the buttons work.

Royal de Luxe has placed a giant frozen dog in front of the Cathedral of Nantes

Royal de Luxe has placed a giant dog in a block of ice in front of the Cathedral of Nantes. It's melting and presumably a harbinger for this show.

Link roundup

1. Light-up papercraft castle in the clouds. Via.

2. A description of what happened at the Find the Future event at the New York Public Library.

3. New tiny sculpture by Slinkachu, who also has a book and poster on sale.