Mad Quickies 4.11

I’ve just recovered from my chocolate-covered zombie coma in time to bring you the Wednesday Quickies!

• Possibly the coolest thing you’ll see today: female astronaut portraits. {via Anne}
• Is Lisa Presley telling off Scientology? {via Surly Amy}
• This week’s best tumblr find: Henrik Drescher’s Work Spaces. Found via a pictorial on artists’ spaces.
• Omigosh you guys! Mad Art’s Ryan is quoted in this essay at The Mary Sue. {via Surly Amy}
• Boris Artzybasheff’s art kicked Axis ass. And there were weird, steely robots involved.
• Simply brilliant: minimalist posters explain philosophical concepts. {via Victor}

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clothing, key guns, a Kidd and a kid…

• Type nerds: You can now order the full Emigre catalog plus additional specimens for three bucks or download a PDF for free.
• Marian Call tweets about an impromptu candy Serenity. {via Steve D}
• Synesthetic crayons. {via Cloe}
• Historical key guns. What now? {via Ryan}
• Best t-shirt of the week. {via Maria}
• From the gorgeous to the trippy vertical gardens, plantscrapers and edible restaurants.

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Chip Kidd on Book Design
{via Anne}
Grudgingly wearing a wireless mic, Kidd starts out his TED talk with the observation that “the stationary mic is the sensible shoe of public address”. If that’s amusing to you—or if you are a fan of his wokr—then you’re in for a treat.

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Caine’s Arcade
-from the page-
A 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store is about to have the best day of his life.

We dare you to watch this without getting a little verklempt!

Caine’s Scholarship Fund.

found at Colossal

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Featured image is by Boris Artzybasheff.

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