Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Ikea-Guillotine

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Tired of expensive Guillotines? Now you can buy a Sokkomb, Ikea’s newest guillotine product! Product description:

SOKKOMB is a new low-cost product designed specifically for all those citizens who are so interested in Do-It-Yourself Justice.

Are you full of energy? Have you lots of things to do and too little time to do them? Are you increasingly annoyed by all those criminals, immigrants and petty people who should just be got rid of?

Your dynamic, active rhythm demands quick, summary justice and you are the person to do it, but too often you just don’t have the time and your family is increasingly in danger.

Then you are the person we thought of when we designed “Sokkomb”, an easily-assembled guillotine for the whole family, the practical solution, quick and clean, perfect for all your security needs.

By assembling Sokkomb in the comfort of your own living room, you can relax safe in the knowledge that the punishment will fit the crime. So you can finally be your own boss in your own house.

SOKKOMB is made from the best solid pine and comes equipped with a sturdy blade in stainless steel. It is light and versatile and is guaranteed effective for up to 100 executions a day.

And here’s a video showing a Sokkomb set up in an Ikea parking lot:

via rebel art (thanks noah!)

Down With This Sort Of Thing

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Spotted at a London protest. (Perhaps a reference to this TV show sketch.)

Smoking Building

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Jim Darling made a couple of modifications to a factory building in Beacon, NY. He explains:

Walking up close to one of my favorite buildings in town, I noticed the collapsed tunnel that goes under the old factory. The door and window coverings made for a nice pair of eyes. To paint the right eye I balanced on some rusty pipes that stick out from the ground. Once the eyes were finished, the building asked me for a smoke and so I gave him one.

via wooster

Tom Hanks Trash Can

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A clever prankster turned “THANKS” into “T.HANKS” at a New York pizza joint. Spotted by Jake.

3D Street Art

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German artist Edgar Mueller creates 3D street art that looks incredible if you’re standing in the right spot. Here’s a time lapse video of one of his work The Crevasse:

Yes Men 101

If you’re not familiar with the always awesome political pranksters The Yes Men, this video will get you up to speed. It’s a talk they gave at Poptech in 2006.

via wooster

3D Mural Walls

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Artist John Pugh creates amazing 3D murals on the sides of buildings.

See more.

via PSFK

Using Legos to Repair Building Cracks

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German artist Jan Vormann has been filling up cracks created in German buildings during World War II with Legos.

via Laughing Squid

Take a Deep Breath and Smile

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Some pranksters have hacked the signage in some London tube cars. See Wooster for more photos.

Accurate Plant Labels

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Posterchild recently added some accurate plant labels to abandoned planter boxes in Toronto. He writes:

What are we sowing? What have we planted? It seems like we forget unless it’s labeled.

This is an attempt to highlight the “obvious-yet-invisible”, to encourage/shame municipal authorities into doing some real gardening with their many derelict planter boxes.

It is also meant to inspire Guerrilla Gardeners to take action of their own!!

See more photos.