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Preternatural craftsmanship in a mobile phone

Lance — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:09:31 +0000

This is the Remontage Papillon (butterfly rewinding), a cell phone that is a hybrid of micromechanics and microelectronics. That's right, it is the world's first micromechanical phone. Touted as having "high emotional value" the Papillon is a result of three years of development by the four-year-old French company Celsiuis X VI II. With a starting price of $275,000, the Papillon is undoubtedly a prestige item. Watchismo has the full run down of the phone, which is set to debut next week.

Kids these days

Lance — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:35:46 +0000

Vectortuts interviewed illustrator Christian San Jose and featured some of his vibrant artwork. He may be only 20 years old, but this young artist already has a lot of work under his belt. He's worked for Nike Philippines, Coca-Cola Company Philippines, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, and Paramore. (Yes, that's right, those last three are names of bands you're too uncool to know.) Check San Jose out.

Tron pron

Lance — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:19:09 +0000

It's good to be a geek. For proof, I submit to you the Tron Legacy trailer. New desktop wallpaper anyone?

The Infomancer Michael Paukner raises facts from the dead

Lance — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:15:45 +0000

Designer Michael Paukner is an infographic wizard level 25. We've seen his work before, but thanks to to a Fubiz feature on him, our interests have been rekindled to a height bordering fanboy love. Not only is Paukner a splendid designer, but he strums all the strings of our nerd love by illustrating cool concepts of astronomy, cosmology, geometry, epistemology and many other cool topics. He's even kind enough to provide a free zipped download of iPhone compatible wallpapers of his artwork. If he were to sell his character (Infographic Wizard 25lv.) on Ebay, we would put up my house for it. Be sure to check out his online shop.

Raghava KK: Five lives of an artist

Lance — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:18:17 +0000

An incredible talk from this year's TED. "With endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has taken his life to new places, and how life experiences in turn have driven his multiple reincarnations as an artist -- from cartoonist to painter, media darling to social outcast, and son to father."

Sci-fi movie posters revisited

Lance — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:28:21 +0000

Illustrator Travis Pitts is a fan of vintage design and sci-fi. He's redone a few posters for some of his favorite movies and they look great. Click on and buy a few. Don't forget to check out his illustrations and his Flickr page, you'll probably recognize some of these splendid pieces floating around online.

Secret rings: “I’m up to something, but I have no idea what”

Lance — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:27:41 +0000

Thanks to Boing Boing for adding another item to our crave list. AJS, a jewelry-maker in Poland, sells secret society rings. These rings represent the Masons, the Knights Templar, and yes, the Boy Scouts. Now I need one of these before I can start in on Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol.

Embrace Life PSA

Lance — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:00:51 +0000

Thanks to Motiongrapher for calling attention to this great PSA for the Sussex Safer Road Partnership. Simple premise, big emotion.

Credit where credits are due

Lance — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:00:17 +0000

Some of the most amazing motion graphics out there are being viewed by millions of people worldwide through Hollywood movies. We're talking about title sequences and end credits. As you can see from some of our favorites below, creative motion graphics don't always come from animated movies. Thanks to The Art of the Title Sequence for having the best quality legal versions of the clips anywhere online. For quick viewing, I've also embedded lower quality video from other sites. For best quality viewing, I recommend clicking on the "480p" or "720p" links next to each title. Clicking on the title itself will take you to The Art of the Title Sequence which may also have credits and extras available.

Jules Verne book cover art redesigned

Lance — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:02:44 +0000

We had no intention of posting two book cover posts nearly back to back, but upon viewing designer Jim Tierney's work, there was no avoiding it. These redesigns of Jules Verne book covers were part of Tierney's thesis project for the University of the Arts. Visit Tierney's walkthrough of his process on Faceout Books for more images and insights.