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Excess Culture

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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
by Frank Warren
Staff Pick
In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (read more)

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Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities
by John M. Carrera
Staff Pick
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Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong
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Backyard Ballistics
by William Gurstelle
Staff Pick
As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more)

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1000 Extra Ordinary Objects
by Colors Magazine
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Every culture on this earth is united by one thing (and it's not a desire for world peace): the manufacture and desire to possess useless crap. The editors of Colors magazine have scoured all ends of this stupid planet to document 1000 examples of... (read more)

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Branding and Design in Cigarette Packaging
by Michael Thibodeau
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I'm not a smoker, but I'm a sucker for vintage packaging design (see also... (read more)

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Strongman: Vintage Photos of a Masculine Icon
by Robert Mainardi
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