Time and innovation consistently reduce famous equipment to quaint relics and landfill elements. Some brands are reborn as technology advances. Some are acquired and some simply die. Underwood, Smith Corona, Olivetti and Remington are some of the most remembered forgotten names in typewriters. Now found under inches of dust, most of these machines are destined for history’s trash heap. A lucky few will undergo a robot-rebirth at the hands of artist Jeremy Mayer.

Via Murketing.

New York based photographer Erik Boker's recent series Product Dissections puts a smile on Biology class. Instead of formaldehyde soaked amphibians and invertebrates, Boker slices, dices and pins down reluctant toothpaste tubes. Breath-freshening pastes never looked so internal.

Via Shape and Colour.

Our modern world may be powered by oil, but mankind does all the work. A recent spot by Ambience Publicis in Mumbai makes machines out of us all.

Twenty 120 is back with another collection of 20 120 second shorts. Featuring hamburger flybys, everyday truth and lies, moonlanding conspiracies and the littlest matryoshka doll that cried wolfie. Via Quipsologies.

Spanish photographer Javier Tles does a lot of commercial work "for them," as he calls advertising agencies, but he also explores photography on a personal level in themed collections. Shy Cars and Side B are some of his ongoing projects ("for me.") Via Rojo.

Euro RSCG Sydney's recent print campaign for a hand-sanitizer features five severed forearms in a public-transportation setting. Unsettling. Via Adland.

The Cannes International Advertising Festival wound up last Saturday. Check out the winners here. And what's an ad festival without controversy or monkeys?

There is nothing like a nice thick slice of Spam. Advertising Age takes a look at the staying power of this unforgettably pink, canned-meat treat.

An articulate headless-chicken prepares for a backyard grilling in this seemingly pro-vegetarian spot for BBQs Galore. Via Advertolog.

Media Consulta’s spot for the European Union is aimed at potential science students. At a rather stingy party for the Elements, a multi-valence hot-shot gets all the action. Via Adverbox and Creativity.