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Sm{art}: Jennifer Strunge's Cotton Monsters are Frighteningly Cool

Art and Design post by Deb Jannerson on June 8, 2011 - 12:12pm; tagged green, sm{art}, toys.

"smart" in all lowercase letters, with "sm" in orange and "art" in pink.

A large, roundish pale pink creature with long tentacles, also pink, extending in all directions. The creature is nearly covered with eyeballs with irises in all different colors, many of which are shades of green, blue or orange.

As soon as I chanced upon Cotton Monster, I felt like I'd been waiting all my life for toys, art, and eyeballs to intersect.

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The Biotic Woman: My Enviro-Oscars Roundup

Movies post by Brittany Shoot on March 9, 2010 - 9:00am; tagged Academy Award, Avatar, education, environmentalism, green, I am so super sick of James Cameron, Oscars, sustainability, Suzy Amis, The Biotic Woman, Women and Hollywood, Women in Design.
Even before I did my stint in a graduate film program, I was a pretty big fan of the Academy Awards. Though I’ve gotten increasingly less glamorous in my old age, I still enjoy the consistency of the red carpet style. But in terms of the environmental effects of the Academy Awards, I can only shake my head. The crazy electrical bills? The grotesque waste? The blood diamonds paraded around on loan from celebrity jewelers? All aspects I can do without. However, there were a few bright spots in terms of eco-powered celeb moments.
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