A graphic designer from Iowa, Rua Arnold likes searching for vintage finds, knitting, watching tv and spending time with her husband and pet rabbit. She does freelance graphic design under the company name of Brain Industries. Here she posts items that inspires or makes her laugh, along with snippets of personal writing and photos. Tumblr (3.0; @brainindustries)http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktld3pNA7Z1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I NEED this helmet. The brand name is even my nickname. So what if it’s over $1000, right? :P Maybe I could find someone to paint polka dots on my helmet. [via <a href="http://ohjoy.blogs.com/my_weblog/2009/11/cutest-helmet-ever.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2FOtkg+%28Oh+Joy%21%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Oh Joy!</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255058430http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255058430Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:01 -0600<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlcsy969o1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Apple accessory packaging, featuring images of the accessories at real sizes. Definitely WYSIWYG. Designed by Apple Graphic Design. [via <a href="http://lovelypackage.com/apple-accessories/" target="_blank">Lovely Package</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255050103http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255050103Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:12:34 -0600<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlcn5S7ES1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Czech Tourist Map [via <a href="http://grainedit.com/2009/11/23/czech-tourist-map/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GrainEdit+%28Grain+Edit%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">grain edit</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255045447http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255045447Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0600<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlci6KQvs1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ik Men Mijn Eigen Brein II (I Drive My Own Brain II) by Jan Fabre [via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/8241/medicine-and-art-imagining-a-future-for-life-and-love.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255041343http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255041343Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:06:05 -0600<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlce3YbNM1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Autopsy theatre, from <i>Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals</i> by Christopher Payne. [via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/17/view/8258/christopher-payne-asylum-inside-the-closed-world-of-state-mental-hospitals.html" target="_blank">Designboom</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255037894http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255037894Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:03:38 -0600<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlc4wgnqN1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>[via <a href="http://80magazine.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/alvin-lustig-perspektiven-perspectives/" target="_blank">80</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255030180http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255030180Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:58:08 -0600<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlbfzwehU1qz8ojwo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cakeface.tumblr.com/post/255010331/albert-exergian-popular-tv-shows-hundertmark" target="_blank">cakeface</a>:<a href="http://hundertmarkblog.de/albert-exergian-popular-tv-shows/" target="_blank">ALBERT EXERGIAN: POPULAR TV SHOWS | HUNDERTMARK</a></p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255024805http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/255024805Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:54:06 -0600<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktl93xMoXC1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/254947375http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/254947375Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:52:45 -0600<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjaeoXmgX1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By Gavin Martin Associates: a rabbit made from carrots! [via <a href="http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/11/rabbit-made-out-of-carrots.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Swissmiss+%28swissmiss%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">swissmiss</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253570294http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253570294Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:25:35 -0600<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjaayGiYs1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Designed by Sam Soulek [via <a href="http://streetanatomy.com/2009/11/22/beers-journey-through-your-body/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+streetanatomy%2FOQuC+%28Street+Anatomy%29&utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_blank">Street Anatomy</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253568078http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253568078Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:23:22 -0600<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktja463hXG1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Colorless Coke can concept design by Ryan Yoon and Harc Lee. So gorgeous. I really wish this was in production. [via <a href="http://lovelypackage.com/colourless-coke-can/" target="_blank">Lovely Package</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253563864http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253563864Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:19:17 -0600<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktj9vtJ3Ia1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Great skull/shelf installation by James Hopkins [via <a href="http://www.changethethought.com/james-hopkins/" target="_blank">Changethethought</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253558698http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253558698Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:16 -0600<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktj9so90Fd1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Designed by StudioKxx [via <a href="http://www.changethethought.com/studiokxx-updates/" target="_blank">Changethethought</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253556811http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253556811Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:12:24 -0600<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktj9qtm0Em1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Designed by We Make Design [via <a href="http://www.changethethought.com/we-make-design/" target="_blank">Changethethought</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253555657http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253555657Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:17 -0600<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktj83ujKHK1qz9b0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My secret? I wish this was me, but I’d never have the nerve to actually do it. [via <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SwiCepGZyvI/AAAAAAAAKac/kQcJcKuqgWo/s1600/watchoutcanada.jpg" target="_blank">PostSecret</a>]</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253519119http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253519119Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:54 -0600<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kteyfj0cjO1qzp2x4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dailybunny.org/post/250882861/via" target="_blank">dailybunny</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannekesfotos/383624598/" target="_blank">Via</a></p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253487669http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253487669Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:06:27 -0600<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt40boxvBD1qzdvhio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/250977694/the-recollections-of-one-michael-chambers-with" target="_blank">oldhollywood</a>: “The recollections of one Michael Chambers, with appropriate flashbacks and soliloquy. Or more simply stated, the evolution of man, the cycle of going from dust to dessert, the metamorphosis from being the ruler of a planet to an ingredient in someone’s soup. It’s tonight’s “bill of fare,” from the Twilight Zone.” -<b>Rod Serling</b>, “To Serve Man”, <i>The Twilight Zone</i> (online <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtInaXXzqlA" target="_blank">here</a>)<i><br/></i></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p>—</p> <p>Reblogged for my dad. He made a reference to this episode when we were waiting outside yesterday in a never-ending line for H1N1 shots and noticed that people were going in the building by the hundreds and we didn’t see a single one come out…joking that it wasn’t really for flu shots, they were really just amassing us to <i>serve</i> us.</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253479920http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253479920Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:59:21 -0600<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktgptdkkR51qzq64bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://seanblog.tumblr.com/post/251891281/tub-o-chicken" target="_blank">seanblog</a>:Tub O’ CHICKEN</p>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253383486http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253383486Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:24:56 -0600<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kthew0PoIf1qa41hgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://waxinandmilkin.com/post/252344908/this-is-how-you-score-roommates-people-design" target="_blank">waxandmilk</a>:This is how you score roommates people. Design nerds, at least. via <a href="http://typographie.tumblr.com/post/252336086/id-live-with-this-person" target="_blank">typographie</a></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253375952http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253375952Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:17:16 -0600<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktinzqZxPq1qzph89o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://pwnator.tumblr.com/post/253147512/rocketjumper-gorg-designyak" target="_blank">pwnator</a>:<a href="http://rocketjumper.tumblr.com/post/253136305/gorg-designyak" target="_blank">rocketjumper</a>:<a href="http://gorg.tumblr.com/post/253107099/designyak" target="_blank">gorg</a>:<a href="http://designyak.typepad.co.uk/design_yak/" target="_blank">DesignYak</a></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253340913http://brainindustries.tumblr.com/post/253340913Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:42:18 -0600