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We’re loving this work called Cartonlandia by LA-based artist, Ana Serrano. The level of detail is amazing, and the colours are adorable. Don’t you want to live in a world like this? Little colourful cardboard houses. From her site: Her work bears reference to those in low socio-economic positions, with particular interest in their customs [...]

You see, I love all things two wheeled. I love bicyles and I love motorcycles. And you’d think, a small engined bicycle would be perfect as a low/no emission transport for the modern urban person. Unfortunately such mopeds are decidedly ugly. Enter Ridley Motorcycles and their Vintage Bike range. They’ve made a series of beautiful [...]

Tristan linked us to these spectacular photos taken in North Korea and published on the Boston Globe website. These photos were all taken within the past six months – some taken from the borders, peering in, others provided by North Korea itself, and several generously shared by freelance photographer Eric Lafforgue, who recently spent some [...]

With each passing day the US election coverage gets ever more intense and more and more people get ever more frustated and just plain over it. It’s a bit ludicrous that for over half of the current president’s term there has been an ongoing campaign to pick his successor. And modern politics is hardly the [...]

How best to honour John McCain for his time spent as a POW? Something that does suitable justice to his sacrifice would be the obvious choice. And if it can claw back some of Obama’s cool ground, then so much the better. Well, for Orange County Choppers the obvious answer was a fully tricked out [...]

American Presidential elections throw up all sorts of bizarro stuff. From crazy assed attack ads to styling accessories, they’ve got it all, and with good reason. The country is split straight down the middle along an ideological split that posits the lunatic baby jeebus lovers on one side and a conglomeration of whacko  godless anti-capitalist [...]

These guys are handy if you’re in the LA area – Retro metal office furniture from RecycledDesk.Com It’s US$500 for a packages like the one above. While the site espouses the environmental angle going on about the atmosphere, saving whales and other cute cold requiring wildlife, which is all well and good, for me the [...]

Lest anyone accuse DEGOURGET of Obama favouritism* given the recent run of Obama gadgets and designs we’ve run here in the past, here’s a little bit of gadget action for the born again, book banning, foetus protectors amongst you. You can own your very own Sarah Palin Action Figure today thanks to the good folks [...]