The humble Post-It Note – life as we know it would come to an abrupt end without these excellent little squares of paper. Most people write notes on them, but a few knowledgeable artists and stationery scientists do all sorts of wonderful things with them.
The following art installation (for want of a better term – is it “street art”?) is currently on display in New York.


Of course, there’s the classic Super Mario Post-It Note work:


Even The King digs Post-It Notes:

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Cheeky Dutchman Gijs Gieskes is now shipping his homemade Gameboy bricks worldwide at €31,30 a pop with free worldwide shipping.



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Unsold copies of notorious pop mongrel Robbie Williams‘ latest album Rudebox are to be recycled and used to surface roads in China.
On the one hand, I pity Robbie; he’s received a resounding thumbs down from the public, who’ve chosen not to invest his latest creative endeavour. However, one must give credit to EMI for their clever (and very PR-worthy!) recycling initiative.

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BLDGBLOG has posted an interview with urban explorer Michael Cook featuring some remarkable photos of Canada’s sewage system.


Fans of sewage and drains could do worse than take a look beneath the streets of Tokyo – the other-worldy view is reminiscent of computer games such as Half Life.


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