Installation by Martin Creed in Vancouver’s Chinatown neighborhood.

[Via]

I spent a good hour last night browsing SpY’s website drooling over the brilliant photographs and concepts shot in various urban settings, including New York City. Here are a few of my favorites.

Flickr user pbump snapped this photo.

A couple burnt out lights on the sign of Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, NYC produced this bit of unintended comedy.

Coolio (remember him?) went from gangsta’s paradise to the chef’s kitchen. He’s got a brand new cookbook “Cookin’ with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price” that aims to introduce a new cuisine, what he calls “Ghetto Cuisine.”

$10.88 here.

Toki Woki’s mesmerizing “scroll clock.”

[Thanks Ro!]

Via New York Magazine’s latest featuring their 2009 gift giving guide, including this list of terrible gifts:

1. “A Christmas ornament dated five years ago. It said, like, ‘Merry Christmas 1997,’ and it was 2002.” — Marty Allen, 31, artist
2. “My mom gave me a blue thong one year. I was 14!” — Amy Trainor
3. “My wife got a grandfather clock for ‘us.’ I don’t like anything that puts me on a schedule.” — Barry Cutright, 53, dentist
4. “A knitted bikini bottom made out of green yarn—from my boyfriend’s friend.” — Jessica Cole, 26
5. “A ‘grow-a-frog kit’ with tadpoles that were dead.” — Lucinda Ballard, 23, communications assistant

What’s the worst you’ve ever received?