Archive for November, 2011
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Have Your D.N.A. Mapped Into Art
These awesome works of art are made out individual DNA portraits that have been printed and stretched onto canvas. DNA 11 was founded by Adrian Salamunovic and Zazim Ahmed, and is the company behind the truly unique works of art that aim to “capture the essence of a person”. The artwork is printed in the company’s own 3000 square foot studio. Interested? All you have to ...
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Crazy Vintage Workout Equipment
In the 1920s, there were no Bowflexes or vinyl-clad free weights to keep ladies and gents looking their best – instead, the workout equipment from “the old days” resembled medieval torture devices that, apparently, can only be used by health nuts dressed in full suits and frocks. Some of the vintage exercise equipment uses similar engineering as modern-day exercise equipment, such as resistance pulleys and suspended ...
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National Flags Made Out Of Food
At the last Sydney International Food Festival, the advertising agency WHYBIN/TBWA designed national flags out of food, but not just any ol’ edible items – only food items and ingredients that are native to the nation. That’s right: spaghetti with basil and tomatoes for Italy, Tuna sashimi on rice for Japan, etc. The assembly of the flags required some serious creativity at times (thank WHOAness for ...
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Insane Victorian Lego Houses
Lego artist Mike Doyle creates incredible Victorian mansions using no foreign materials, just pure tiny plastic bricks, including LEGO. His latest work, Victorian on Mud Heap, uses nearly 130,000 pieces and took 600 hours to complete. For me, this piece speaks to the inherent unpredictability of those things which we call our foundation. Like a little dollhouse, a seemingly secure home is plucked up and set ...
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Willie The Groundskeeper As Van Gogh
“Willie Van Groundskeeper” painted by David Barton over at LimpFish.com. This work is done mostly with photoshop, corel painter and a crayon. If you like David’s work, you’ll love his Darth Vader as painted by Claude Monet.
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Aromatherapy USB Sticks
Say ‘goodbye’ to the stale smell of your stink office and ‘hello’ to the fresh scent of aromatherapy essential oils. The AromaUSB is a USB fragrance dispenser that emits a pleasant aroma when plugged into a computer. The AromaUSB comes in different styles and colours (and can be custom printed) and of course, various perfumes. Need to feel relaxed? Opt for the “calming” fragrance, infused with ...
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The Hiroshima Lamp
Italian industrial designer, Luca Veneri, worked with 3D printing technologies in order to create this alluring table lamp that is shaped like a mushroom cloud explosion. The “Nuke Lamp” is available for purchase and is delivered in two parts – the 3D printed piece as well as the Lamp kit with bulb and stand. The lamp’s complex surfaces were created using real fluid dynamic stimulations BUY ...
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Reschen: The Sunken Clock Tower
In the western part of South Tyrol in Italy, approximately 2km (1mile) from the Austrian border is Lake Reschen (a.k.a. Lago de Resia in Italian) – the largest man-made lake in the province, with a capacity of 120 million cubic meters (or 97,000 ac-ft). The lake is kept alive by the Adige, Rojenbach and Karlibach rivers, and drained by the Adige river. In 1920, there were ...
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Stunning Circular Tower In Taiwan
What will they think of next? Innovation and creativity are definitely coursing through the veins of the team at Chicago-based architectural firm, STL Architects, and the proof is in the making. STL Architects has designed the concept behind the 320-meter-tall (1,049 feet) circular building that will call Taichung City in Taiwan its home. The structure is intended to be used as a hub for leisure and ...
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L.E.D. Slippers For Midnight Snackers
These seemingly simple slippers are actually genius if you consider just how painful it is to turn on the lights in a dark room when you’re still half asleep. Instead of stubbing your toe as you fumble through the dark, you can wear these LED-powered wool slippers that will illuminate 20-25 feet ahead of you in order to safely guide you to the toilet in the ...
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Blue Jay: 12 Year Old Music Prodigy
Jay “Bluejay” Greenberg, born December 13, 1991, New Haven, Connecticut, is an American composer who entered the Juilliard School in 2002. He came to the American media’s attention through the sponsorship of Juilliard instructor Samuel Zyman, who lauded Greenberg’s talent during a CBS News 60 Minutes broadcast on November 28, 2004, and again on November 26, 2006. “We are talking about a prodigy of the level ...
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The World’s Smallest SLR Camera
While tiny-format technology is usually reserved for spies, this miniature camera from Chinavision is a huge hit amongst young folk. The camera is disguised as a professional SLR camera, but is capable of recording video and audio, and also captures images just like a regular camera. Although there is no zoom capability, the camera records high quality 640 x 480 30FPS video, and comes with a ...
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CTV: The Motor-Cross Skateboard Tank
Allow us to introduce you to the DTV Shredder (the Dual Tracked Vehicle Shredder) – a freaky combination of tank, skateboard and motocross bike designed and privately funded by Canadians, Benjamin Gulack and Ryan Fairhead in 2009. The DTV Shredder vehicles remind us of segways, but there’s no way you will look like a lazy bot-riding loser on these babies (sorry, Segway-riders). These babies are meant ...
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World Leaders Kissing Each Other
A new campaign from Benetton recalls the brand’s controversial heyday. A series of posters features world leaders with lips locked to launch the UNHATE project. Benetton, says the accompanying press material, is inviting “the leaders and citizens of the world to combat the ‘culture of hatred’”. The UNHATE campaign is the first initiative from a new Benetton foundation of the same name, launched by Alessandro Benetton, ...
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Insane James Vanderbeek Photo
James Vanderbeek photographed by David LaChapelle. David LaChapelle, born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous style. LaChapelle’s work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. Ingrid Sischy, long-time editor of Interview magazine, has said there are ...
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The Self Stirring Coffee Mug
Here’s one for all you coffee-crazed lazy bones: a Self-stirring mug that does all the work while you do nothing but reap the rewards. The video pretty much explains all there is to this product, but in case you’re too lazy to watch (and let’s face it, you likely are if this self-stirring mug interests you) here’s what happens: a quiet 4,000 RPM motor results in ...
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The World’s Wickedest Tree House
This awesome piece of residential architecture in the woods of Portland, Oregon was designed by architect Robert Harvey Oshatz for a client who wanted a unique, modern house that is inspired by music. Oshatz’s design features flowing, rhythmic forms and took seven years worth of drawings and construction. The project was completed in 2004, but is every bit as fresh and original as far as residences ...
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Catvertising: What Can A Cat Do For Your Business?
To stay on top of the ever-changing advertising landscape, john st. has opened the world’s first cat video division. With production, filming and seeding all in-house. Ask yourself, what can cat videos do for your business? The video was made by john st., an advertsiing video located in Toronto.
