Architect Barbie Gets A Dream House

Posted By David Miller - Thursday, August 11, 2011


Earlier this year, Mattel released Architect Barbie – the newest in their careerwoman "I Can Be..." series, where Barbie takes on a number of guises, from actress to computer engineer to veterinarian.  ..


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One Thousand Cranes

Posted By Jenny Pratt - Wednesday, August 10, 2011


Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through the story of attempting to fold a thousand origami cranes before her death, a wish that has been memorialised in popular culture. ..


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All Consuming

Posted By Jenny Pratt - Friday, August 05, 2011


If we have any real power as individuals, it's as consumers. Every time we shop we make choices that have an impact on the environment and send important and powerful signals to manufacturers and retailers. ..


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A Splash of Colour

Posted By Michael Schepis - Friday, August 05, 2011

Françoise Nielly’s amazing colourful portraits are definitely an eye opener. Even more wonderful is her her confident approach and strong hand as she wields her painting knife shaped like a miniature garden trowel or spatula and makes painting look as easy as cake frosting. She paints her vivid, passionate canvases — some as large as 195 x 62 centimetres from the black and white photos, further proof of her incredible ability to interpret light, shadow, hue and tone by applying brilliant colors and daring strokes. ..


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Angry Birds Now Chewable

Posted By David Miller - Wednesday, August 03, 2011

If you are an Angry Birds fan it may shock you to know that they have "sold out" and are now being used to promote Anti-flatulence. The ads are for Gastrovet Antiacid - Antiflatulent, 20 chewable tablets, For Oral Consumption (what else would it be for if not oral...I don't think I want to know and I'm going to resist fart jokes and puns about giving you the s*#ts). ..


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