An award-winning fashion designer to the stars who is accused of sexually assaulting 18 young models in California has been charged with assaulting nine more women in New York, prosecutors said on Wednesday. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

A plan by three Hudson children to pick up trash Monday along the St. Croix River turned into a much bigger event than they or their parents expected. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

Viktor Schreckengost, an artist and prolific industrial designer whose ubiquitous works ranged from familiar toys and White House porcelain to innovative trucks and even lawn mowers, has died. He was 101.

*post link goes to his website, here is the obit picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Together with designer Kenneth Cole, Jon Bon Jovi will debut a limited line of coats during Fashion Week. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

A local council in London is paying plainclothes officers £30,000 pounds ($60,000) a year to track down homeowners who take out their trash at the wrong time. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An interactive story centered around a piece of white trash. MATURE LANGUAGE picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Designer Toys are collectible work of art made in limited quantities, usually by designers or graphic artists. These incredibly cool designer toys featured in this article were made by some of the most popular manufacturers. picked by axxon2008 4 months ago

A car crash in West Yarmouth led police to the discovery of a filthy car filled to the brim with trash and rubbish. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A couple picking up trash along a roadside found a winning scratch-off lottery ticket that led them to a $1,000 jackpot. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This guy is making money off of others peoples trash picked by mgalpert 2 years ago

Two students saw the giant mess left when everyone moved out of the dorm. They figured out it was really a mountain of opportunity. Which campus will be the next one to turn the end-of-year dorm refuse into charity dollars? picked by hisidea 1 year ago

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch designer who combined mathematics, art and the impossible to striking effect.

He wasn't shy about drawing a bird either.

(see also Mersh's post of the official site from 10 months back) picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

Why does "Brave New World" pop into my head when I read this? picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

The thinnest lightest laptop ever too thin and too light for its own good? Or maybe he just thought it was trash... picked by blurmore 7 months ago

Claiborne died Tuesday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital after suffering from cancer for a number of years. picked by punthe 1 year ago

Interesting site full of amazing artsy toys. I can't get enough of these... Well actually I can, given the prices. But they're still pretty sweet. picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Enterprising opportunists have realised that rich pickings sit weekly on curbsides across America in the form of rubbish already sorted for recycling. If they get there before the collection trucks then they can plunder and pillage then sell their green booty on to recyclers. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

A civic-minded clean-up effort in Ohio turned up a military rocket-launcher someone apparently had stashed behind a telephone pole. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Increasing British women are seeking state-funded cosmetic surgery on their genitals. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Officials are discontinuing the use of trash bags featuring the county's logo -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s face -- after deeming them innapropriate. The move opens a window into the tricky decisions the county has to make more than two years after becoming the first government to adopt King's face as an emblem. picked by suebe 1 month ago