Ron Mueck

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Ron Mueck masterfully toys with scale, and until you see his awkwardly massive human figure sculptures in person, it’s hard to fully comprehend just how beautifully creepy they are. The former puppet maker’s newly opened show is on view at London’s Hauser & Wirth gallery through 26 May 2012.

Crying Robot

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A promotional piece for the upcoming film Prometheus offers a peek at the futuristic vision of director Ridley Scott. The movie trailer is presented as a commercial for a fictional corporation, and features heartthrob Michael Fassbender as an android performing human tasks, proving the robot’s ability to mimic our actions and emotions—if not only at the surface level.

Vernacular Typography

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With cursive on its way out, in the digitally-obsessed future lettering may end up a single standard format. In an effort to protect and celebrate the beauty of regional signage, Molly Woodward created Vernacular Typography—a crowd-sourced, community-based program aimed at preserving vanishing typefaces around the world.