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Light Cube sucks juice from Sun to glow up your inte

sara — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:08:55 EST

“Light Cube" by Korean designer Joo Wan-Jin is a mood lamp that recharges itself during the day to glow up your interiors nightime. The reason why it recharges just daytime is that it’s solar powered. Designed with the aim to hint people toward contributing the environmental problem, the Light Cube charges the portable electronic devices like hand phone, MP3 all using the solar energy efficiently.

4 Vote(s)

a4Invaded Spacea4 by Adam Richardson

MikeGusto — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:07 EST

Photographer Adam Richardson and his latest project called ‘Invaded Space’ add an humor and irony to the concept of war. By super-imposing the iconic C64 figures onto war photography, the actual fight gets a new character. Adam Richardson is from Manchester, England, where he works as a photographer, graphic designer and art director.

2 Vote(s)

A Bit Cross

Stilsucht — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:02 EST

With its combination of symbolical and practical strength, it’s hard to think of a situation where this pendant would not have you covered. The bits sizes are based on actual screwing bits, including an IKEA standard tool and can be used for light jobs.

4 Vote(s)

Rotterdam Market Hall by MVRDV

Vernonmac — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:03:03 EST

Construction has begun on a combined residential project and market hall in Rotterdam.

2 Vote(s)

Otaku Magazine Vol. 6: The End of the World

otakumag — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:50:08 EST

We are glad to announce the launch of the new Otaku Magazine issue, which has the theme “THE END OF THE WORLD" and encompasses various themes, from Godzilla and Gundam, to otaku survival methods.

2 Vote(s)

Herms 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock

Vernonmac — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:23:44 EST

As vaguely pointless but nonetheless desirable knick-nacks go, the Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock has to rank pretty high up on the list. A 1kg ball of magnifying-effect optical crystal, white gold and a total of 231 parts, the Spiral Boule is wound by twisting the two halves, while a single button on the base switches it into time-setting mode.

2 Vote(s)

Tim Burtona4s MoMA Retrospective: Sneak Peek

brainpicker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:34 EST

Tim Burton is among the great designer-storytellers of our day. A MoMA retrospective of his work opens this Sunday – here's a sneak peek, including an amazing short film promoting the exhibition, which Burton himself directed.

3 Vote(s)

Melted Alarm clock embedded in the bed

sara — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:33:24 EST

Now this one has to be the coolest alarm clock ever. You don’t have to go and buy this and your furnishing from the different stores. Go out to buy the bed and you get the alarm clock with it. Naah, not as a separate complimentary gift instead, embedded in the bed itself. Haptic, touch sensitive alarm with speakers and controls all embedded within your bed! Endowed with three control icons that let you set your radio frequency, alarm time, the ‘Melted Alarm clock’ is the brainchild of Florian Schärfer and is surely a masterpiece.

4 Vote(s)

Amy Poehler portrait by Chad Griffith

asalacuse — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:37 EST

This playful Amy Poehler photographic portrait by Chad Griffith, published by the Village Voice in 2008, is now available to the public via Hideout Gallery in limited edition, photographer hand-signed print format. Enjoy!

2 Vote(s)

Milky way: Alarm clock with sexy curves

sara — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:33 EST

The Milky Way by Henrik Amberla is one inimitably cool alarm clock that besides waking you up reflects your classy taste. Designed in Konstfack, this designer piece of time piece reflects duality and unity of the sleep/wake cycle besides illustrating a turning motion that triggers a snooze function. Stylishly elegant decor item sitting haughtily on your bedside table is simply eye-catching for it has sexy shape and curves that makes it a must buy!

4 Vote(s)

Photography by Marco Grob

phogph — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:40:22 EST

Award-winning photographer Marco Grob is making his mark in advertising and editorial circles with his high-impact fashion and portrait imagery.

3 Vote(s)

Nonsequential Narratives: Hypertextual Books

brainpicker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:53 EST

Christian Swinehart creates ambitious atomic-level storytelling visualizations of Choose Your Own Adventure books

3 Vote(s)

Typographic Scarfs

Stilsucht — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:02:13 EST

Typographic Scarfs from Little Factory really rock.

6 Vote(s)

Singapore Fashion Designer, Nicole Wong

Culturepush — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:31:01 EST

skins ‘n’ bones designer, Nicole Wong is currently finishing her Degree in Fashion Design at the Raffles Design Institute.

Earlier this month, Nicole debuted her Bliss in Abyss capsule collection at Parco’s newly introduced Fashion Incubator Project. “I was watching the Lord of The Rings, when I saw the Dark Riders. I thought they looked really cool, and I was wondering what they would look like in real life. Though, my inspiration was based only loosely around those characters, the design philosophy behind my collection is edgy, dark and thought provoking. I like to explore the often unconventional and oblong styles, and apply them to my designs. I wanted to show a darker side to fashion. I stuck to a rather dark color palette, and a more destroyed, unconventional look, which is why I named it “Bliss in Abyss". Bliss in Abyss" literally means finding a sort of comfort and satisfaction in a darker, more mysterious light. It was a play on silhouette, as you can see from the layers and the hard edges, as well as the structure, how it’s carefully given the destroyed, yet unique look."

2 Vote(s)

Color Changing Umbrellas by Squid London

laurasweet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:12:36 EST

Squid London has designed four fabulous umbrellas printed with special inks that change color when exposed to water. The London Skyline, Bird Squit, Paint Drips and Clouds are both fun and functional!

5 Vote(s)

Hansel and Gretel Remade For Vogue - Dec 09

mymodernmet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:03:03 EST

If anyone can bring a fairy tale to life, there is no doubt in my mind that it would be Annie Leibowitz. Using elaborate sets and costumes, she recreates the story of Hansel and Gretel. The spread, titled Little Girl & Boy Lost, appears in the December 2009 issue of Vogue.

3 Vote(s)

Character Design by Nicolas Lesaffre

MikeGusto — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:35:59 EST

Illustrator and designer Nicolas Lesaffre is a great example of how crazy character design is getting these days. The French artist presents a huge collection of characters he has worked on over time; it would seem there is no limit to the range of his imagination.

4 Vote(s)

Ctrl.Alt.Shift.

brainpicker — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:19:08 EST

Innovative UK social initiative Blurring the boundaries between activism, advertisement, and art

3 Vote(s)

Rolzy y Radio-FM PVC :: minimalismo y sencillez

elurko — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:04:08 EST

Los holandeses del estudio Lijmbach Leeuw & Vormgeving son los responsables de estas dos radios simples y curiosas.

4 Vote(s)

John Fluevog Mirella Boots in Yummy Yellow

missrogue — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:38:38 EST

These are the most fantastic color of boots I've ever seen and I love the quality and design of John Fluevog shoes.

4 Vote(s)

Yellow Yancy Robot Sculpture Polymer Clay

HerArtSheLoves — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:35:19 EST

Yancy is a stiff little fellow, made of red and yellow with firm springy metal. He's not as agile as the other fellows, but is quite mellow.

4 Vote(s)

Save The Planet With Cute Underwear

laurasweet — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:52:13 EST

PACT organic undies by Yves Behar are great looking, 100 % organic undergarments for men and women that support 3 non-profit causes by donating 10% of their sales to save the forests, the oceans and the minds of young talents.

2 Vote(s)

Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made

brainpicker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:05:50 EST

A gorgeously designed carved-out mega-tome making Kubrick's work on "Napoleon" available to the world for the first time

4 Vote(s)

Ed Emberley's Make a World: The Film

brainpicker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:05:39 EST

Independent documentary about the life & magic of iconic illustrator Ed Emberley

2 Vote(s)

Creative Photography by Adrian Samson

phogph — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:05:35 EST

Adrian Samson is creative photographer, who based in London and shooting global advertising campaigns, and working on personal projects.

3 Vote(s)

Cardboard Sculptures by Chris Gilmour

Sucasa — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:13:16 EST

This life-size sculpture is made entirely of cardboard by artist Chris Gilmour.

6 Vote(s)

Mandelbulb

damoncool — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:20:11 EST

Our story starts with a guy named Rudy Rucker, an American mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction author (and in fact one of the founders of the cyberpunk science-fiction movement). Around 20 years ago, along with other approaches, he first imagined the concept behind the potential 3D Mandelbulb (barring a small mistake in the formula, which nevertheless still can produce very interesting results - see later), and also wrote a short story about the 3D Mandelbrot in 1987 entitled "As Above, So Below"

3 Vote(s)

Pimp Pacman Car

Rolandd — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:05:17 EST

A pimped out version Pacman Car that is colorful and customized for retro gaming fans.

3 Vote(s)

Cocoon cookie tin makes sure you stay in touch with

sara — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:57:56 EST

Ingenious people at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, University of technology have come up with something that’s gonna take the storage designing to whole new levels and help you keep in touch with your loved ones. Hailed Cocoon, its an interactive cookie tin that’s a part of the project ‘My cup of Tea’ started with the aim to make a food storage device for aged singles. Coocon is a food storage device that performs different tasks besides storing that too proficiently.

2 Vote(s)

Mini DV case as Apple iPhone cradle

minimalsites — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:57:07 EST

Use Mini DV case as Apple Iphone Cradle. What a simple and great idea.

9 Vote(s)

Litl is an innovative new web computer, or webbook,

factoryjoe — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:53:29 EST

Small, portable, and equally at home on a kitchen countertop or a living-room coffee table, the webbook is designed for families with multiple users who like to keep in touch and socialize. Litl is always connected to the web (with access to Wi-Fi) and flips upright like an easel for TV-like viewing of photos and video. It has no hard drive, files or applications of its own, but instead runs on the “cloud," using web-based applications like webmail, Google, Flickr and Facebook.

4 Vote(s)

weRobot Letter Press Print with 51 Celebrity Robots

chopshopstore — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:35:38 EST

You can now get Chop Shop’s best-selling 51 robots on something other than a tshirt. Details in the original artwork are now visible that are simply not reproducible on a tshirt and have never been seen on any previous incarnation. A limited run of 200 copies are now available and will be numbered as they go out the door.

8 Vote(s)

Gregory Green Robot Sculpture

HerArtSheLoves — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:14:54 EST

He's one lean green robot machine! Polymer Clay & Coiled Wire create an adorable sculpture.

3 Vote(s)

Rebecca Ward

Pixiome — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:14:35 EST

The in situ installations in indoor spaces such sculptures graphics hands of Rebecca Ward, who has already conquered his hometown of Austin, Texas, always produce a spectacular effect. With his whole meters of tape woven and interwoven, Rebecca, aged only 26 years using existing architectural lines: beams, angles ... each parcel that is made is a dialogue between the line and space.

3 Vote(s)

Creepy Zombie chair!

sara — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:05:18 EST

Sneak a peek at the chair pictured above and I’m very much sure that y’all know what’s its name. Yups, the Zombie chair! Designed by Hongtao Zhou, this chair sitting in your living room might look creepy but something extra ordinary. Doesn’t the drippy effect give some monster blood impression? Oozing sawdust and the carnage just adds to the overall inimitability of the chair. Guys, make sure you get this home only if your family members are strong at heart. Not for the faint hearted!

3 Vote(s)

Tablebench/Benchtable

Stilsucht — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:04:56 EST

This table is a bench. This bench is a table. Nice idea from 2 young germany students.

3 Vote(s)

Geeky budget stealth mode t-shirt

RubyRedTees — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:55:36 EST

Not many people can afford a multi million dollar crime fighting machine, but how about the next best thing? Set yourself to stealth scanner mode and start practicing the hum noise! The t-shirt for the 80s geek.

2 Vote(s)

Nicolas Mols Photo Manipulation

MikeGusto — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:55:30 EST

Based in Berlin, Germany, Nicolas Molès presents his latest photographic project called ‘Expressions’, which is a great collection of provocative photo-manipulation images featuring British celebrities. For some reason the bizarre collection has a yellow bath duck as its central theme.

2 Vote(s)

Mavizen TTX02 Electric Race Bike Does 130 MPH

earthshift — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:55:10 EST

The new Mavizen TTX02 electric motorcycle is designed as an alternative energy race bike. Featuring twin Agni electric motors, it has an output of roughly 100 horsepower and provides quite a bit of torque. Three lithium-ion battery packs serve as the power source. The cost is estimate at roughly $40,000.

2 Vote(s)

5 Shapes, 3520 Artworks

brainpicker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:23 EST

How a collaboration between graffiti artist Momo & Y-3 is a perfect metaphor for the nature of creativity

3 Vote(s)