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Burger Fiction has compiled an extensive supercut of pre-execution one-liners taken from a wide range of popular films. Some of these last words are quite long. Others amount to little more than a word or two. Prepare to see a lot of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Clint Eastwood.

This morning while I was browsing the web, I bumped into these story-driven illustrations by Feifei Ruan . They're unsettling, surreal, dark, dreamy, and I was deeply mesmerized. I read her bio and found out that she was born and raised in Shenzhen, China. She entered the New York School of Visual Arts in 2013, and is now living in Brooklyn as a visual storyteller. Her work ranges from illustration to graphic design and can be seen in magazines, product designs, and apps. To learn more about Feifei, be sure to check out her recent interview with Neocha .

These days, breweries are experimenting with unique mixes of flavors to get noticed. There's a beer that actually has collagen as an active ingredient; an IPA created with squid ink; and a pizza beer — an ale brewed with oregano, tomato, basil and garlic. But would you drink something that's made from vaginal bacteria?  A Polish company has set up a crowdfunding campaign in the hopes that people will give them money so that they can produce beer from the lactic acid bacteria swimming inside of Czech model Alexandra Brendlova. Warsaw-based Order of Yoni —"Yoni" being a Sanskrit word for "vagina" — says the beverage has "no vaginal smell or taste", but it has been "flavored with instincts" and brewed with Alexandra's "lure" and "grace". Unfortunately, the people behind this Indiegogo campaign aren't finding much luck just yet. As of this writing, the campaign had raised only 95 euros, with 24 days left.

Gilbert Legrand doesn't see the world like the rest of us. You see a scrubbing brush, he sees an Apache chief. You see a a pair of scissors, he sees smooching lovers. The French artist's imagination is so wild and unrestricted that he can turn the most ordinary objects into unexpected sources of delight. I just spent half an hour lurking on his website, and you should, too.

Using layers of oil paint, Istanbul-based artist  Nur Gürel transforms skinny models featured in fashion magazines into plus-size works of art. The pictures in these publications, the Turkish painter explains, are just as "manipulated" as her creations. The only difference is that we take the Photoshopped images at face-value, while Nur's works are more visibly altered. Below are some painted reinterpretations from her ongoing Toy With Proportions series, which I discovered through Feature Shoot . Follow  Nur Gürel on Instagram for more.

Future clothes could clean themselves, thanks to a group of Australian scientists. All you'll have to do is hang them outside under the sun and presto, clean laundry.  Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne have developed what they call "self-cleaning textiles," which contain metallic nanostructures capable of degrading organic matter when exposed to light. Experiments showed that deliberately placed stains vanished within minutes. There's still more work to do before we can say goodbye to laundry day, though. The researchers still have to test the textiles with organic compounds to determine how quickly they can handle common stains like ketchup or baby poo, and they also have to find a way to make the new fabrics affordable enough to end up in your closet.

Nothing spices up a boring meeting in a conference room like sitting on this beautiful chair by Barcelona design firm Bel & Bel . Called the Scooter Chair , the furniture is crafted out of recycled '80s Vespas. Every numbered piece includes a certificate of authenticity and comes with a reclining feature, functioning taillights, and a hydraulic piston that lets you adjust the height.  More than 200 of these limited edition chairs have been sold worldwide, and if you're interested in getting one, prepare your wallets because they're really expensive. Virgin Hotel has its own model priced at $22K. [h/t: InsideHook ]

Oscar Oiwa 's recent piece is a 360 degree drawing set inside a 40-foot inflatable vinyl dome. Drawn in black permanent marker, Oiwa Island 2 depicts the picturesque Setouchi landscape. It's really huge, and onlookers become part of the trippy monochromatic graphics once they enter the circular space. Oscar is a Brazilian-born Japanese artist who splits his time between New York, Tokyo and Sao Paulo. He has had numerous exhibits around the globe and his works are in multiple collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, the Phoenix Museum of Art, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and many more.   [h/t: Spoon & Tamago ]

Chinese artist Liu Wei has often turned unconventional materials into remarkable pieces of art. One of my favorites is Love It! Bite It! – a fictional city that includes the "tastiest bits" of Western Civilization, including the Coliseum and the Guggenheim, made entirely of dog chews.  His large-scale rawhide sculptures are currently on view in Doha as part of of an exhibition curated by artist Cai Guo-Qiang . The show, which runs through July 16, features 15 Chinese creatives and examines their contributions to the international canon of contemporary art. Here are some snaps from the exhibit via designboom :

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I've never seen Glas before and I'm absolutely delighted that Aeon Magazine uploaded the short doc on its Vimeo channel . Directed by Bert Haanstra, the 10-minute film about glass making won an Oscar for Best Short Documentary in 1959. "[ Glas ] contrasts the production of hand made crystal from the Royal Leerdam Glass Factory with automated bottle making machines in the Netherlands. An industrial film with a bebop heart, its lyrical use of light and sound still looks and sounds fabulous, nearly 60 years after it was made."

This series of photographs by Shaughn Crawford and John DuBois gives us a glimpse into the lives of two California 'nuns' who grow weed in their garage for various pot-laced health products. We see the Sisters of the Valley cultivating, harvesting and preparing cannabidiol tinctures, salves, and other goods in their Merced house. What's interesting is they only make their medicine according to moon cycles in accordance with ancient knowledge and traditions.  Although Sister Kate and her apprentice, Sister Darcy, wear habits, the women are not Catholics. They don't follow any sort of traditional religion, but rather see themselves as a spiritual sisterhood devoted to healing the sick — with pot. "We spend no time on bended knee, but when we make our medicine it's a prayerful environment. It's a prayerful time," Sister Kate said . [h/t: booooooom ]

I'm so dad of a little girl. Look at me posting about toys and kids apps more frequently now. Anyway, I really love this Star Trek Enterprise plaything. It's made of 100% wood and features characters from The Next Generation . It's smooth, built to last, and perfect for little hands. I'm not just sure if it's still available for purchase on Etsy. [h/t: Tor ]

Scottish artist Nick Smith , known for his Pantone mosaics, recently unveiled his latest work at London's Lawrence Alkin Gallery . Called Paramour , the erotic images look like they've been heavily pixilated, almost like 8-bit art. If you look at them up close, you'll only see the Pantone color swatches, but if you step back—or zoom out—you'll see the NSFW pieces. "Marking 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Paramour employs Nick Smith's signature 'colour-chip' methodology, combining modern nudes with excerpts from the Bards' sonnets and plays. As well as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Venus and Adonis , the works feature racy text from poetry and prose by DH Lawrence, John Cleland, EM Berens and Sarah Walters. Exploring lust, love and appreciation of the female form, Paramour brings classic literature to the modern conscience, telling stories of illicit love through evocative imagery." [h/t: WideWalls ]

The video for The Magician , the latest single from singer-songwriter Andy Shauf, looks just like it's a lost psychedelic film from the 1970s. Directed by Winston Hacking, the four-minute video transports you into a kaleidoscope of morphing cut-and-paste visuals and surreal scenes. It's low budget, but impressive nonetheless.

These are seriously patient, impressive work. I discovered Sean Paul Alexander through Flickr about four years ago and was immediately blown away by his drawings. Armed with only Micron pens, Stonehenge paper sheets and pencils, he creates magnificent images that remind me of the beautiful illustrations found on totem poles.  Sean hasn't updated his Flickr page since 2012. I don't know if he has other social media accounts or if he's still active in the art scene. But it doesn't matter: his work will live on in my mind. Check out this old interview  to know more about the artist.