>> A case for more barefooted walking. “North Americans have the most advanced shoes in the world, yet 90 percent of us still develop problems? We’ve long assumed this means we need better shoes. Maybe it means we don’t need shoes at all.” In addition to simulating barefootedness, the VivoBarefoot shoes are eco-friendly too, BTW.

>> One Day Poem Pavilion. A tent-like structure as a page of sorts, mixing traditional Korean poetry with solar-powered experiential typography. “The time-based nature of the poem–and the visitor’s time-based encounters with it–allow viewers to have different experiences either seeing a stanza of the poem or getting the whole poem. All of these possible experiences are equally valuable and have meanings unique to the individual.”

>> If smurfs are 3 apples tall, how do the live in ’shrooms? A smurftastic post with equally smurftastic comments: “my first thought was perhaps they meant crab apples? they’re much smaller.” (via kottke)

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