Monday, August 31, 2009
Stencil Skaters
In his latest project, Singapore-based street artist TR853-1 aka Trase-1 uses stenciled skateboarders with great success. In this series it’s all about location, location, location. By incorporating the stencil skaters into their environment/surroundings the little guys take on a gravity-defying life of their own.
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Mountain Bike Indoor course
The newest addition to a haven for cyclists for the winter. Ray's MTB is the hot spot for mountain biking and BMX riding, in Cleveland. Check out the wild new stuff for this season.
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LEGO V8 Engine
This LEGO V8 Engine looks very impressive but that’s what I would expect for 4 months of work. Is there anything that you can’t make with LEGO?
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Glorious Excess (Dies) - Mike Shinoda- 08.30.09
Just checked out the preview of Mike Shinoda’s Glorious Excess (Dies) show at the Japanese American National Museum, the follow up to his Glorious Excess (Born) show last year. It’s stunning ~ a definite must see ~ and what’s nice is that besides the fact that the work is technically beautiful and a fun mix of skulls, urban art, “vanitas”, mixed media wallpapering with gossip rags, a casket and silver skeleton, video and more… the way it all comes together as a thought provoking look at the life (and death) of celebrity through paparazzi and the consumption engine behind it all is fascinating ~ especially coming from Shinoda who is most known for Linkin Park and Fort Minor, and he is also an Art Center trained graphic artist and illustrator. Take a look at the images on the next page to get a feel for the flow from excessive living to implosion to death to ascension… and if you make it to the actual show, the video that ties the whole show together is definitely worth sitting in on! (Love that he actually filmed what it was like being on the “star home” bus tours - and captured the world of the paparazzi from the red carpet perspective) - Take a look at the pics on the next page! Some really stunning pieces!
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SUrfboards Made By an Former Mac Designer
Jaimal Yogis is an award-winning journalist and the author of Saltwater Buddha. Here he takes a ride on the strangely shaped surfboard by ex-Apple designer Thomas Meyerhoffer on SF's Ocean Beach.
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art and copy film
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ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time
ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time
Full Scale LEGO House
UK television presenter James May and a group of volunteers have been building a two-story Lego house. The life-size house has over two million bricks, a staircase, toilet and shower. May is planning to live in the structure for a few days after it is completed.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
The Panless Pancake Machine
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The ChefStack machine is designed to provide years of profitable service with minimal maintenance. The device consumes a low amount of power and even has an energy saving mode during low-use hours. Whether used in a convenience store, coffee shop, cafeteria or health care facility, the ChefStack machine is designed to provide profitable and reliable service every day it is in service. ChefStack provides:
Sha-Do light fixture covers
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Sha-Do light covers project a pattern on the ceiling.Its a great way to add personality to a room.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
JB-200 Freedom Bluetooth Stereo Headphones
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"So snug I move, jump, dance around & they still stay put. I cleaned my whole home, received calls, been jogging, on NYC trains...no one could tell. Fit well & comfortable, do anything without them interfering."
Radiris Diaz, Hardware Geeks USA
Contortionist Folding Bike Rolls Up Smaller Than a Wheel Gallery
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There’s a reason you don’t see too many people toting around folding bikes; many have small wheels that make for an uncomfortable ride, and the ones that don’t tend to be too clunky when folded up. Enter the Contortionist, a sleek folding bike that uses full-size 26 inch wheels. Designed by Dominic Hargreaves, a student at the Royal College of Art in London, the bike contains pivots in its frame and a lockable universal joint in the front fork that let it roll up to an ultra-compact size that fits within the width of its wheels!
The Contortionist features an aluminum frame, chunky mountain bike tires, and a unique design where the front and rear wheels are slightly misaligned to make folding easier. Once the bike is folded up, the wheels rotate so that it can be easily wheeled along. In designing the bike Dominic Hargreaves decided to eschew messy chains altogether and opt for an internal hydraulic system that uses oil pumped through tubes in the frame to spin the back wheel.
The design was shortlisted for a James Dyson Award, and could go on sale for as little as $675, since all of the bike’s pieces can be mass produced in a normal bike factory. Hargreaves is already in talks with potential production partners. If he wins the $17,000 Dyson award, this slick folding bike may be on the market soon!
Nikon Coolpix S1000pj
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This Nikon Coolpix S1000pj works like a conventional 12.1 megapixel camera with a 2.7 inch LCD viewscreen, but that's where the similarity ends. Its projector can play back pictures and video at a relatively big 40-inch
Halo (Light Tagger)
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halo is a handy light specially dedicated to light-writting. Graffiti artists can conserve their own gesture they have with an aerosol spray. It is possible to change the color and the brightness of the led to change the graffiti’s styles. If the light doesn’t have enough battery, the user must shake it to have energy again.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sheetseat ultra thin folding chairs
Sheetseat designed by Ufuk Keskin. Poduced from a sheet of plywood and can be folded back to it's flat form with only 3/4" thickness. It was exhibited at IDSA's Equilateral duringNew York Design Week.
"Produced by cutting a sheet of plywood, the chair can be folded flat with 3/4" thickness. Easy production and minimal assemled volume saves labor & energy for production and transportation."Website link
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Amazing New Tires
Tweel is an innovative tire design created by Michelin. The tire uses no air and therefore cannot burst or become flat.
Instead, Tweel’s base is connected to shock-absorbing polyurethane spokes which are used to support the outer rim.
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Instead, Tweel’s base is connected to shock-absorbing polyurethane spokes which are used to support the outer rim.
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Beautiful masonry at a Swiss winery, done by bricklaying robots.
These brick walls are infill for a regular concrete frame, but the pattern of the brick is anything but regular; circular "bubbles" appear from a distance, while up close the varying directions and shadows of the brick appears random.Website
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
WINE BOTTLE ACCESSORY KIT
Chromed metal tools in ABS plastic case and plastic Wine bottle shaped wine tool kit with combo corkscrew/bottle opener, drip stop ring, stopper, foil cutter, combo pourer/stopper.
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20 Beautiful Video Motion Pieces
A show reel is the motion picture equivalent of an artist’s portfolio. It is typically used as a tool to promote an artist’s skill, talent and experience in a selected field, such as acting, directing, cinematography, editing, special effects, animation, video games or another graphic-related field. It is conventional in the film industry to have one, and it is the main tool by which an artist promotes her or his own work.
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Petaminx Dodecahedral puzzle will drive you insane
You know those geniuses that can solve a Rubiks cube in like 20 seconds? This puzzle would drive even them insane. The Petaminx is a handmade puzzle by puzzle maker Jason Smith. It sort of resembles the Rubik’s cube.
It just happens to have twice as many sides and many more pieces to align. In all there are 975 parts and 1,212 stickers. It took mere 75 hours to build and that included the molding process and the placing each of those stickers by hand.
I’d be interested to see just how many Rubiks Cube geeks could actually solve this thing.
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It just happens to have twice as many sides and many more pieces to align. In all there are 975 parts and 1,212 stickers. It took mere 75 hours to build and that included the molding process and the placing each of those stickers by hand.
I’d be interested to see just how many Rubiks Cube geeks could actually solve this thing.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Funky Fresh Staircase
http://www.design42day.com/index.php?mod=blog_dettaglio&ID=674&__armani_on_5th_avenue&C=architecture
Poster Boy hits up the MOMA subway Exibit
http://animalnewyork.com/news/2009/02/poster-boy-commissioned-to-enh.php
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Modern Proverbs by Nikki Farquharson
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/modern-proverbs-by-nikki
Airplain turned into Hostel
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/11/reclaimed-jumbo-jet-hotel-in-stockholm/
Dancing Japanees Biker Gang
http://www.booooooom.com/2009/02/11/peter-bjorn-and-john-nothing-to-worry-about-music-video/
color changing Umbrella
Changes color with water
http://limitedhype.com/2009/02/squid-london-hydrochromatic-ink-umbrella/
http://limitedhype.com/2009/02/squid-london-hydrochromatic-ink-umbrella/
WHO IS JACK SCHITT ?
WHO IS JACK SCHITT ?
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We
find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack
Schitt!' Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in
an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer
magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They
had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple
produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull
Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a
high school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt
divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids
were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was
then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son
with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the
other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable
throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in
a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced
the Schitt-Happens
nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He
recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa
Schitt. Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can
correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt
For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We
find ourselves at a loss when someone says, 'You don't know Jack
Schitt!' Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in
an intellectual way.
Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer
magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They
had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple
produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull
Schitt, and the twins Deep Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents' objections, Deep Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a
high school dropout. After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt
divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and because her kids
were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was
then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son
with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the
other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable
throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in
a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced
the Schitt-Happens
nuptials. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Horse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He
recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa
Schitt. Now when someone says, 'You don't know Jack Schitt,' you can
correct them.
Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Sketch books For the wannabe Grafitti Artist (art)
http://www.thinkofthe.com/products/walls_notebook.php
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ultimate kitchen Celler for wine
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/wine/trapdoor-in-the-kitchen-floor-spiral-wine-cellars-074465?image_id=14691
Parking Spots
http://weburbanist.com/2009/01/22/creative-innovative-and-hilarious-parking-solutions/
3D Ikea Catalog Cover
http://lasblogenpunto.blogspot.com/2009/01/el-catalogo-3d-de-ikea-el-protagonista.html
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Wizard People Dear Readers
http://www.creasedcomics.com/wpdr.php
An Alternative to harry potter movies
An Alternative to harry potter movies
Thursday, January 8, 2009
gay orthodox R&B singer
http://www.viceland.com/int/v15n10/htdocs/gay-orthodox-199.php
http://www.arigold.com/
http://www.arigold.com/
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
new documentary by the guys who did Helvetica
http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/objectified-trailer-quicktime/
ace hardware sign
http://consumerist.com/5123592/ace-hardware-is-tired-of-people-asking-for-double-ended-male-adapters
Monday, January 5, 2009
Hocus Pocus - J’attend (music video)
http://www.alaportee.com/clip-hocus-pocus-jattend/
Great visuals
Great visuals
Really cool skateboard design
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?portfolio_id=1862312&individual_id=207368&keywords=loren&c=1&
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