Dept. of Random

Salon interviews Jessica Helfand on her Scrapbooks book here (via Scrap Smack). September 12, 2008 Consumed on scrapbooking then and now, here. April 4, 2004 Consumed on “Memory Maker” scrapbook-culture-inspired bracelets here.

Wow, I don’t know how I’m so late on this but I see that Nic Harcourt has left KCRW, where he was music director for ten years. Here’s a Consumed about KCRW’s online efforts, from January 23, 2005. Back in around 2003, I wrote about various KCRW DJs, including Harcourt, dabbling in the music-direction business, particularly for commercials, for a magazine that no longer exists. So no link on that.

Animal says ESPO “created a line of yellow raincoats with imagery devised to represent a ‘metaphor for protection,’ many of which were reportedly ‘given to and worn by actual prostitutes’ as part of an exhibit the former vandal created for French fast crowd boutique Colette to highlight World Aids Day.” October 30, 2005 Consumed on ESPO (and yellow raincoats!) here.

Coolhunting says Barackist art popular at Art Basel: “Throughout Miami, Mr. Obama was seemingly everywhere, as works featuring his likeness were given prominence by exhibitors.” Andrew Andrew posts an Obamart gallery of images they saw at the Miami art-a-thon. [ALSO: Looks like Giant Robot‘s next cover story is “Street Art + Obama.” Consumed on Obama as muse from April 13, 2008 is here.

CNN.com reports on Polaroid fans coping as the film disappears. (Via Design Observer.) March 18, 2008 Consumed on Polaroid’s journey from the mass to the fringe is here.

PSFK interviews Abe Burmeister about his Outlier cycling apparel brand (noted earlier), here.

Uniwatch impresario Paul Lukas’ ESPN.com column highlights the new No Mas “Finisher Bags” (picture here). Expansive Murketing.com Q&A with No Mas here and here.