Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee ( Spanish : Juan Valdez bebe café de Costa Rica ) is a slogan , implying that Juan Valdez , a fictional character created by the Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (Fedcafé), drinks coffee from Costa Rica . In Costa Rica, the slogan is popular on bumper stickers . [ 1 ] The slogan prompted a lawsuit for the first time in 2006, when Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia sued Café Britt following a t-shirt dispute. [ edit ] History The origins of the slogan are unclear. Juan Valdez has appeared in advertisements for Colombian coffee since 1959. Apparently the message about Juan Valdez as a drinker of Costa Rican coffee was attributed to José Duval, a New York based actor, who was the first Juan Valdez. [ 2 ] [ edit ] Legal disputes In 2006, The Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia received an injunction preventing the Costa Rican company Café Britt from selling t-shirts with the slogan. [ edit ] References
Bangable Dudes in History The Dish Electric Literature's Recommended Reading 20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected. DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language. New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. The following words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but it’s easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation. Words are from Erin McKean’s two-volume series: Weird and Wonderful Words and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. 1. Verb trans. – “To confuse, jumble” – First of all this word is just fun to say in its various forms. 2. 3. Verb trans. – “To scrape together; to gather together from various sources” – I’m sure this wasn’t the original meaning of the word, but when I read the definition I immediately thought of copy-pasting. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Rooms Illustrated Using Their Descriptive Words Modern Mantra is a highly unusual series of 18 drawings from Swedish artist Thomas Broomé. Using Indian ink on white paper he creates home interiors completely from written words describing the objects he draws. In this way the words simultaneously describe what they visually depict. In the case of his piece called Bedroom, the flowing sheet covering the bed is built up of repeating versions of the work “BED,” while the pillows are similarly created using only the word “PILLOW.” See Also Cramped Hong Kong Apartments from Above Broomé’s drawings could be described as bringing out the ‘spirit’ of each word and showing it in reality – as if simply speaking the word itself brought the object into being. Broomé’s execution of each piece is brilliantly realized.
Little Free Library, A Tiny Library on Stilts in Manhattan This curious cylinder on stilts is a Little Free Library located at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral School in Manhattan. The library has portholes built into its walls so visitors can peek in (or out). via designboom The 10 Best LCD Soundsystem Songs It’s kind of a stretch to connect James Murphy’s most recent dismissal of an LCD Soundsystem reunion with the release of “ Get Lucky “, which happened within a few days of each other, but it’s still worth noting. After all, it has now been seven years since Murphy waited “seven years and fifteen days” (another reference from a self-consciously referential band, this time to German trance outfit Groove Coverage’s “7 Years and 50 Days” from the year before) to play Daft Punk at his house party. Even if Murphy says, once and for all, that his band will not be returning to keep partying with the guests — “the band are just friends and we make things together and eat food together, and STILL ALL GO OUT AND DO THINGS, just not all together as LCD” — we’re still living in the house that LCD Soundsystem built. Murphy’s Facebook post a year later makes it clear that he still seems to think so. 10. “45:33″ (From 45:33 , 2006) 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. “Someone Great” is a bit of a sleeper hit. 1.
Intriguing Family Portraits Feature Treasured Objects Grandma Ilva, Mario's wife Generally when a person hears the phrase 'family portrait,' images of happy, smiling faces come to mind. However, when photographer Camilla Catrambone considered this concept, she had a different idea for how to portray her family. In her series Portraits of My Family , rather than arranging a group of people on the family room sofa, Catrambone collected a variety of each individual's belongings. She then arranged the small group of treasured items into symmetrical, organized compositions that describe each individual based on the material things that they find special. When viewing the important objects, viewers learn so many interesting facts about Catrambone's mother, her grandmother, and two grandfathers. Grandpa Mario, Ilva's husband Grandma Ilva Grandpa Antonio Nanny Renata Mother Mother (2) Camilla Catrambone on Behance via [ PetaPixel ]
Object of Desire - Céline S/S13 Painted-toe Shoes Art & Culture — June 5, 2013 — In this column, creatives cleverly reinterpret AnOther's most desired objects of the season Isabelle Wenzel, Objectification, With Céline Shoes And Vase, 2013 © Isabelle Wenzel Phoebe Philio is certainly the hands down winner of the funny footwear award this season. For our latest Object of Desire, AnOther invited German photographer Isabelle Wenzel to showcase the Céline painted shoes. Text by Laura Bradley Isabelle Wenzel, Objectification, With Céline Shoes And Vase, 2013 © Isabelle Wenzel
Stupid Calculation Nº 1: Monophone — Stupid Calculations THE DIRTY WORK Let’s start with the number of iPhones out in the world. Apple’s financials show that 352,292,000 have sold since day one through the most recent quarter. Sparing a potentially huge pain in the ass, every pre-iPhone 5 model conveniently has the same display size. So we automatically know that everything sold before iPhone 5 launched on 9/21/2012 had a 3.5” diagonal screen. 85,219,000 x .60 = 51,131,400 iPhone 5 85,219,000 x .40 = 34,087,600 all other models So we add 34,087,600 the 271,073,000 for a total of 305,160,600 older models. Next up, we need to figure out the average size of an iPhone screen. 305,160,600 older models x 5.65 square inches=1,724,157,390² inches 51,131,400 iPhone 5’s x 6.83 square inches= 349,227,462² inches TOTAL 2,073,384,852 square inches (14,398,506 sq ft or 330.54 acres or 0.516 square miles) Super, we’ve got the area. What are the dimensions of rectangle with an area of 14.98 million sq ft given a ratio of 16:9?
Stupid Calculations: Monophone ANIMAL presents Stupid Calculations, a new series where practical statistics get rendered into utterly useless ones. Look forward to such topics as orange peels, whales, high-priced escorts, elevators, swimming pools, and tears of joy. Who among you haven’t wondered how many dried tears it would take to fill a salt shaker or how long it would take to sip an Olympic-sized pool through a straw? Doubtless, you’re similarly inclined to have contemplated the size of the screen that could be made if the displays were ripped out of every iPhone ever sold and combined into a single colossus. The eye-glazing calculations are laid out below for those who appreciate the dirty work but, skipping ahead, the Kubrick-inspired monophone would stretch 5,059 feet into the sky and have a base measuring 2,846 feet across (Central Park is 2,640 feet wide). But perhaps you’re more into road trips than glass erections. THE DIRTY WORK Let’s start with the number of iPhones out in the world.
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