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Walking Bike

It looks way unconventional, but this clever Walking Bike by Max Night “kicks” at an impressive pace. The enterprising designer outfitted an ordinary bike with eight pairs of sneakers for his pal at Intersection magazine, and it truly does run — albeit at a jogger-with-a-cramp speed. And a word to potential bikejackers: making off with the wheels on this one are likely to earn more on eBay than at the used bike store. Watch the foot pedaling action here. Via: Josh Spear

Street Art At It's Best #2

Absolutely Class!

Origin Unknown

Seen In The Suburbs Of Adelaide, South Australia

Via Wooster Collective

Seen On The Streets Of Johannesburg

Seen On The Streets Of Oslo

Banksy Returns With "One Nation Under CCTV"

Plantable greeting-cards embedded with seeds

Etsy seller Recycled Ideas makes greeting cards with embedded seeds; once you've read and appreciated the message, you can plant the card and watch it sprout. Love the earth? Me too! My passion for primates led me to study them and in doing so, I learned of their precarious position on earth. So many are endangered because their habitat is being destroyed everyday. That's why I make green gifts - like plantable paper. Link (via Craft) See also: Business card that sprouts

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Pieter Hugo: The Hyena and Other Men

Pieter Hugo is a South Africa-based photographer who is on the up and up. Recent accolades include Pieter’s inclusion in ReGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, 2005-2025 (an exhibition identifying 50 young photographers who will be considered great by 2025), first prize in the Portraits section of the 2006 World Press Photo competition, and a selection as the Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art 2007, with an exhibition touring South Africa until July 2008. His most recent monograph, The Hyena & Other Men includes some striking photos Pieter took in and around Abuja, Nigeria during the past several years of some locals ‘taming the beasts,’ if you will; it would be an understatement to say that it offers an impressive and candid look into Nigerian culture. I’m not sure how many readers we have in South Africa at this point, but if you’re around and about Cape Town this week, head over to the BIBLIOTEQ bookstore on Kloof St. this Thursday, March 6th at 6 pm to meet Pieter at his launch and signing event.

Kitsune Noir: The Desktop Wallpaper Project

Many people these days work without walls as boundaries. Instead of toiling away in a cubicle all day, their laptop is the only consistent element of their personal workspace. One of the only negatives about not working in a cubicle is not being able to decorate it your liking, unless your favorite wi-fi hotspot doesn't mind you hanging up original prints next to the coffee maker. Well, what if you got a sweet wallpaper design for your computer? Would that satisfy your need to decorate? We recommend checking out The Desktop Wallpaper Project at Kitsune Noir. The project is the brainchild of the site's founder Bobby, who thought it would be a great idea to contact his favorite artists and ask them to create wallpapers exclusively for the site that readers can download to their desktop, iPhone or PSP for free. So far sixty artists are involved including Tim Biskup, Mcbess, and IMAKETHINGS. The site will showcase a new wallpaper design every Wednesday until artists stop contributing...hopefully never. Via Josh Spear