Kodachrome Thursday: Christopher Boffoli

Seattle's Christopher Boffoli spent three years meticulously creating these scenes from "the daily grind of life" using only tiny plastic figurines and supplies from the grocery store (Mail Online). Entitled "Disparity," the series sure brings a new light to the phrase "it's a small world after all" and reminds us that art can be found in the mundane. Either that or it horrifyingly brings people's food phobias to life, justifying their fears that, indeed, those tiny organisms they've imagined are not just setting up camp in their food but also having quite a big 'ole time doing it.

As Boffoli puts it, "I have always been interested in size disparity and a juxtaposition of scales between people and things ever since I owned a tiny model train world as a kid."

Found via Fubiz

Design Spotlight: ADG and Their Music City Cicada Invasion

Recently at Nashville's Donut Den, I was introduced to the Anderson Design Group's witty Cicada Invasion design and memorabilia (magnets, bumper stickers), and I was searching for a good reason to post them on the blog, as I am a sucker for great graphic design and anything that makes me laugh.

Well, days later, I found a big, beagle belly full of reasons: my dog Millie. You see, like most beagles, Millie has an overeating problem, and I came back from just a few days spent in Murray, KY only to find that her stomach had inflated to a hilariously alarming size. I assumed she was being spoiled with people food, but my Mom said she hadn't even really fed Millie. Then we noticed she even stopped begging for our food.


Well, the other day, we found the culprit: CICADAS. Everyday, Millie comes back miserable, slothful, and, well, flatulent after 3 hours of gorging in the wilderness. This led us to google the problem and we found out that apparently Cicadas are the equivalent of doggie Doritos. You can't just have one. Or perhaps, more fitting: doggie Pringles. Once you pop, you can stop...until, well, Millie's belly pops. So, I know I can survive the Music City Cicada invasion with only a little side effects like Cicadas being stuck to my Nikes:

But the question is, will Millie survive?

You can buy the memorabilia at the Donut Den in Nashville, visit the Cicada Invasion Survival Guide, or find more of Anderson Design Group's great Nashville hatch-print graphic design on their flickr. For example here are some of my Nashville favs:

Sapling Press

These are too good. Visit their site for more.

Discovered via Urban Outfitter's blog.