I was one of the lucky few (okay, there were about a hundred of us) who squeezed into the Daryl Roth Theatre last week for the opening night of Fuerzabruta — the incredible new show from the creators of De La Guarda. I’ll spare any long analysis of the show, but will say I didn’t like it as much as their previous work. With that said, it’s still worth going to as there isn’t a show in NYC (let alone the world) that keeps you on your feet for 65 minutes laughing, dancing, and experiencing so many unique and interesting visuals (not to mention an awesomely thumping soundtrack). Bring comfortable shoes and clothes you aren’t afraid of getting a little wet — (stick towards the sides if you’re afraid of water). It’s a fantastic experience. Find a pretty date, and grab your tickets here!

Birds do it, Bees Do it, Monkeys up in trees do it, heck even you and me do it. Everyone Poops, but at least we humans have the decency to flush our fecal matter down through a complex series of pipes and drains where only the unfortunate employees of the sewage treatment plants have to deal with it. Yes, poo is not a problem most people like to have on their minds…or their shoes. However, there are some savage puppy owners who refuse to scoop the poop. Heaven knows there’s nothing more aesthetically unpleasing to both the optic and olfactory senses than multiple morsels of doggie doo on the street for all to see and smell. Fortunately, the Sprinkle Brigade, is on the case. These connoisseurs of crap have a knack for turning the most disgusting dung into delightfully irreverent images. Whether transforming turds into ticking time bombs or just simply sprinkling some jimmies on top their handiwork is always good for a laugh. Remember, the next time you pass a pungent poop, don’t pick it up; do your duty and contact the Sprinkle Brigade.

It’s a sad series of events that lead to the following problem: Someone sees charm in an old house; sees the need to move in; sees the need for energy; notices a lack of electrical outlets; sees electrical cords all over their floor. However, it’s a happy series of events that lead to the following solution: Someone — more specifically, Karl Zahn — sees connection between wires and baseboards; creates easy system for routing wires; turns baseboards into sneaky hiding place; makes old house safe for accident-prone, expensive-electronics-carrying residents once more.

Basically, The Picket Fence sticks to your baseboards, the wires hide between the walls and the fence, and the world is right again. Nice work, Karl. Charm is charming, once again.

Designer Sean Yoo’s Opus Shelving recently made its way to the open arms of Design Within Reach, where its indoor/outdoor flexibility and lightweight building materials are making the piece’s sexy sensibility even more desirable. Inspired by ancient Roman wall-building techniques and similar structural elements found in nature, the Opus shelving system makes use of 100% recyclable polyproplene (the same material used in motorcycle helmets) to aid in stack-ability and durability. This combination make the Opus easily adaptable as a bookcase, a room divider, or anything else you might choose to create out of easy-to-move building blocks. I was thinking four of these assembled in the shape of a square could make a nice kid-pen (assuming the sections for books are filled in with cement), but that’s just one idea. Check it out here, then see if you can get out of there without buying anything else…

I don’t spend nearly enough time looking around Etsy. Whenever I do stop by to peruse, I find amazing, almost one-of-a-kind buys. I just forget to look. But that will change shortly. Yesterday someone directed me to Etsy’s color site, a fantastic color-based interaction that allows you to shop all of Etsy’s stock by…color.

The site is addictingly fun to interact with; as you scroll over the colors, they pop up, leaving a ripple-like trail of color behind your mouse pointer. Click on a color, and it grabs everything Etsy that matches. When you’re done, toss those items off the page and keep on browsing. This page is sure to make for hours of wasted time at work — but then again, what site doesn’t? — and is sure to be a point of reference for future EtsyFound posts right here.

Otra Design makes me wanna do step aerobics. This could be subconscious, as I’m actually pretty certain that my mom had a Jane Fonda video in which the transitions from “warm-up” to “fat-blasting” looked a lot like the transitions used on this Swedish designer’s new site. Regardless, Otra’s portfolio is giving me endorphins — and as it turns out, I’m not the only one who’s been (subconsciously or otherwise) associating the designer with fast-paced movement. Otra (Jozias Dawson by birth) has been snatched up to bring speedy clients’ (like Scion and Lexus) microsites to life. He’s also has done some great work for Nike, and plays hard with personal 3D projects that tend to wrap up quite nicely (like the one pictured). A few words of advice before you click over: turn down your computer’s sound and stick your own brand of techno in your ears. I’m not saying they’re bad tunes, I’m just saying you should… ease yourself into it. You know, so you don’t pull any muscles on that step.

You could speculate on a bevy of reasons, from a new age of conservatism to a shrinking audience in face of a digital alternative, for what Nation Magazine Cover Archive sees as a decline in quality print magazine covers as endeared titles are disappearing. They’re doing something about it, by archiving the covers from their favorite magazines as exemplars of the extraordinary, to remind us all that cover art indeed once upon a time was just that — art. From a list of about 20 publications, they showcase Dazed and Confused Japan for its edgy photography, Thrasher for pioneering the DIY look in publishing and old issues of Esquire, which surprisingly used to be a lot more imaginative compared to today (”Shame,” the website berates). Mad and Harper’s Bazaar also are there. While you’re at the site, check out the beginning Index covers, which stood uninterrupted by annoying cover slugs — a pretty ballsy move at the time that apparently didn’t affect its rise. Seems like you can judge something by only looking at its cover…