Australian art student Nicholas Manion [Queensland College of Art, Brisbane]Â hit upon a clever idea: delicately cut paper currency forming the skyline of major cities. His one-of-a-kind notes bring a contemporary visual connection to their country of origin, in addition to images of statesmen, local languages and artistic styles. Money makes the world go round […]
Nostalgia Sells
Posted in general on Jul 1st, 2008 Comments Off on Nostalgia Sells
We make it a point in our house to shut off the TV and put the iPod in its recharger caddy once a week to sit down and gather around an old fashioned board game. Last week it was Battleship played on an old Radio Shack electronic-rip on the board game . It has a […]
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