Detritus Archive

  • World-famous industrialist and philanthropist turned into an inflatable doll, stuck into a river

    World-famous industrialist and philanthropist turned into an inflatable doll, stuck into a river

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the Allegheny, Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and founder of Carnegie Mellon (my alma mater) goes and screws it all up. This giant head is currently floating amid the feces and detritus ensconced in that mighty river and was created by artist Stephen Antonson. He designed the head by taking old pictures along with images of a 3D bust of Carnegie to a fabricator who then painstakingly built up the noggin.

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  • Are you a citizen of the Roc Nation? Well, then your passport is these Skullcandy headphones

    Are you a citizen of the Roc Nation? Well, then your passport is these Skullcandy headphones

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Skullcandy has officially announced the availability of their Roc Nation Aviator headphones, the only headphones officially sanction by Jay Z. Jay Z is a rapper who raps about, among other things, his 99 problems, New York, and detritus under your ear. The headphones actually look quite cool and they’re completely portable. You also have a mic [...]

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  • StealthArmor now available for your Apple iPad

    StealthArmor now available for your Apple iPad

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Let's face it, as our mobile computing devices get smaller and smaller, they get more fragile. To protect our precious gadgets, we wrap them in cushiony cases to protect them from a devastating fall to the ground. But these cases increase the bulk, reducing the convenience of the small form factor. One new option for iPhone -- and now iPad -- owners is Fusion of Idea's StealthArmor.

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  • Michael Jackson’s sad, sad toy barn

    Michael Jackson’s sad, sad toy barn

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | No Comments
    These panoramas show the remains of MJ’s secret toy lair complete with C3-P0, Batman, and Darth Vader dolls along with some bikes, some Bruce Lee stuff, and a few lumpen Power Rangers. This is the detritus of an overgrown kid with attention disorder. It jumps from cool thing to cool thing and even includes an arcade [...]

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