|the huge painting rises|

Go big or go home, right? (photo)

In college I often struggled with painting in my art courses, especially watercolor. As a perfectionist, it's difficult for me to let go of that and start brushing anxiety-free. Sometimes you can salvage mistakes, but it's a far cry from a quick Command-Z on my Mac. When I saw this article about painters who replicate movie posters on the side of a huge building, I gasped at the sheer magnitude of the work. While the scale does allow for a certain degree of blemishes since viewers will be very far away from it, I can't imagine working on such small portions of the painting at a time without being able to see the whole thing. Quite remarkable.

|desk-it|

I love Post-it notes, but I frequently use many at once and start to lose track of them. But what about a desk whose top is an entire Post-it?! Click here for the full article from DesignTAXI.

|how refreshing|

A Brazilian ad agency developed this genius—and literal—demonstration of how "refreshing" Sprite can be. Click here for the full article from DesignTAXI!

|photoshop fail|

One way to remove a blemish is to lose the whole thing. Check out this Photoshop failure from the pages of Vogue. I suppose it could have been worse, like flopping a photo with text or changing a model's ethnicity (yes, those have both been done).

|getting burned|

A brand-new DVD designed to look like... a burned DVD? Check out this very clever—and appropriate—idea for the American Girl with the Dragon Tattoo film release. It will likely cause some confusion, but I think it's worth the risk.