Thomas makes some fantastic art work using pulp fiction books, a sharp blade, and a camera. Though we hate seeing books mutilated, this time we don’t mind so much because the results may be more interesting and precious than the books themselves. It’s quite charming. He’s even published some of his work in a book, which will inevitably lead to inevitable meta-book-art.

[Thomas Allen]

If  you’re planning a wedding and arbitrarily picking out ugly colours for your bridesmaids’ dresses is too inaccurate and random for you, fret not. Pantone has released a wedding colour guide (specifically for 2010) to help you through this process. These aren’t your normal colours either. These are wedding colours so you know you’re on the right track. Don’t you dare try using them for a birthday or engagement party. If your wedding is in 2011 beware, you’ll be instantly dated a fashion dinosaur.

[Press Release]

Marion Bataille has produced a pretty fantastic looking book called ABC3D. Its a three dimensional pop-up book mixing papercraft, typography, graphic design, and fun. There is a preview video up of her own hand made proof of the book in action and the book itself is already available for ‘preorder’ though is out allegedly in October of 2008 from Roaring Book Press.

Evidently in 1947 Life magazine did this bit where they asked the celebrity cartoonists of the day to draw their famous creations while blindfolded. It is notable how many of them seem to have turned out like some kind of offset printing misalignment. What fun!

We all get bored at work. Often we find ourselves in a boring meeting tuning out and doodling on whatever scraps of paper we find in front of us. The American President is no different. A series of such doodles have been collected for your enlightenment. We only hope that such doodling isn’t at the expense of policy.