Duff Beer, the fictional beer brand featured on animated television series The Simpsons, has been made a reality in the United Kingdom. The Legendary Duff Beer is available in bottles or cans and currently can be purchased to ship to delivery locations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Legendary Duff Beer is a premium German pilsner that poses a crisp, light refreshing taste along with iconic packaging. The product has certainly fulfilled it’s namesake in becoming a modern day legend, developing a cult following across the world.

Vigourous quality measures and a fine art of blending science together with precise brewing practices has allowed Brewmasters Gebeaut’s time honoured brewing traditions and state of the art techniques to shine through and ensure the legendary duff beer arrives to you with the perfect balance of flavour and refreshment.

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from Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com/the-legendary-duff-beer-the-simpsons-fictional-beer-made-a-reality/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29

Architect John Locke is converting phone booths in New York City into pop-up libraries complete with custom bookshelves and small selections of books. Locke explains the project in this interview with The Atlantic Cities.

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Beili Liu, assistant professor in studio art, has won 3rd place in the second annual ArtPrize competition. Held each year in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the competition is open to artists from around the country and awards over $450,000 to the winners, who are decided by public vote. Lure/Wave, Grand Rapids, Liu’s installation of red thread and sewing needles based on an ancient Chinese legend about soul mates, was installed in the UICA-Fulton Gallery. Congratulations Beili!

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90 Seconds: Beili Liu – Brian Kelly at ArtPrize

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UICA Interview: Beili Liu

And interestingly, Liu’s piece also served as the backdrop for a marriage proposal. Inspired by the work, and with permission from Liu and UICA, Josh Tyron was granted special access to the installation, where he proposed to his girlfriend, Kathy. His friends captured it all on video.

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from Department of Art and Art History http://blogs.utexas.edu/utaah/2010/10/12/assistant-professor-beili-liu-wins-3rd-place-in-artprize/

Inspired by reel-to-reel tape machines, microfilm, cine-film projectors and arcade games, Chronotape is a tangible timeline for family history research designed by Peter Bennett and developed as part of the PATINA project, within the Bristol Interaction & Graphics group

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