Archive for November, 2011
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Poo-Powered Bicycle
We’re pretty sure you’ve never seen one of these before: A Poo-Powered motorcycle with a toilet bowl for a seat. Were we right, or what? The unusual motorcycle design, called the Toilet Bike Neo Project, was recently unveiled by leading Japanese toilet manufacturer, TOTO, in order to promote the company’s “Green Challenge” of reducing CO2 emissions in bathrooms by 50% over the next five years (what ...
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2lmx: The Luxury Watch Re-Thought
’2lmx’ luxury watch in platinum with black dial full view, anthracite titanium case with black dial full view, rose gold case with white dial custom order model: chocolate brown with gemstone insets diagram of watch mechanism Sexy Promo Video: Designed by watchmaker and former museum director arnaud tellier, the ’2lmx’ is the inaugural watch of a new geneva-based luxury watch manufacturer by the same name. A ...
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Badass Disney Starlet Tattoos
Tattoo artist, Timothy John Shumate, of DeviantARTist Telegrafix, whipped up these illustrations of cartoon characters with tattoos to give us a glimpse of what the characters might look like if they were ink-obsessed (and let’s face it, if you dealt with being in love with a mortal and your only way to seal your fate was to surrender your angelic singing voice to an evil octo-woman-creature, ...
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Custom Golf Carts For The Rich
You can be the coolest cat on the green with one of these custom golf carts from Luxury Carts. Each cart’s custom body style is bolted to a Club Car, EZ -Go, or Yamaha Chassis and work off the golf course as well (ideal for gated communities, retirement homes and country clubs). If you can’t find a ridiculously cool cart to call your own, don’t fret ...
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Two Roads To Courage: Whiskey And Brass Knuckles
A gentleman by the name of Tyler Riewer is fortunate to have the best friends on the planet. As a birthday gift, they created a custom suitcase fitted to hold a set of brass knuckles and a bottle of Bulleit Bourbon. The custom case features the words “Life is a daring adventure, or nothing,” on the exterior along with the phrase “sack up.” Inside, presumably an ...
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Darth Vader As Painted By Claude Monet
“Darth Vader With A Parasol” painted by David Barton over at LimpFish.com. This work is done mostly with photoshop, corel painter and a crayon. If you dig Starwars, check out these killer Lightsaber Chopsticks!
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Marauder: The Zombie Proof Truck
When the Zombie Apocalypse strikes, have no fear, you will be safe as long as you are a proud owner of a Marauder. The ten-ton military vehicle is indestructible. The beast of a vehicle was tested on the BBC’s show, Top Gear by Jeremy Clarkson’s co-presenter, Richard Hammond. During the show, Hammond conducted several tests to demonstrate the unfaltering strength of the Marauder. One of the ...
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Egg Carton Chandelier
Industrial Interactive Designer, Federico Otero, has created a fabulous chandelier called the ORIGEN out of the every day egg carton. The chandelier boasts excellent luminosity thanks to the varying thicknesses of the egg carton material, as well as it’s proximity to the light bulb. Otero is a Peruvian-based designer and is the recipient of numerous international design awards.
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This Bicycle Plays Vinyl Records
Merel Slootheer, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong are the brains behind this collaborative bicycle project, F/P/M – Feats Per Minute. With backgrounds in graphics, illustration and industrial design, the team aimed to transform a 30-year-old Alpina bicycle into something awesome – enter the Record-playing Bike. The unit features recycled parts from salvaged vertical record players, but the best part about this project is how ...
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Baby Buddha Shaped Fruit Moulds
Gao Xianzhang is a farmer from Hexia village in the Hebel province of Northern China spent six years developing baby-Buddha-shaped pears, and is now cashing in on selling his funny shaped fruit to the masses. In 2009, Gao Xianzhang harvested 10,000 pears and sold them for £5 each – a pretty penny for a novelty-shaped fruit. The fruits are formed into the shape of baby Buddhas ...
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Pixelated Oven Mitts
These computer-inspired oven mitts, called “Clicking Kitchen Grips”, are sure to be a big hit with computer geeks who like to cook. Designed by Anderson Horta, an up-and-coming product designer from Brazil, these “grab hand” icon gloves are designed to appear pixelated in order to stay as true to what the computer image would look like if it was scaled to human form. To inquire about ...
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Steam Mug Humidifier
If you are the kind of person who refills your coffee or tea mug with drinking water, you’re going to love this. This mug is used for consuming beverages just like any mug, but it does more… it’s actually a novelty humidifier that is perfect for any office space. Designed by Young-Suk Kim in order to make people more aware of how precious water is, this ...
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The Noah Disaster Shelter
The Japanese have done it again. This modern-looking bubble is a disaster shelter designed by Cosmo Power. The company’s president, Shoji Tanaka, is proud to introduce the floating spherical capsule to the world as a miniature “Noah’s Arc”, which is where the water-proof shelter gained its namesake, the “Noah”. The Noah is 1.2 meters (4 feet) in diameter and is made from enhanced fiberglass that is ...
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Coolest Deviled Egg Recipe Ever
Stop-motion videos are our favourites, so it’s no surprise we went nuts for this awesome Deviled Eggs tutorial video that uses the art in a fun way to convey a simple procedure. Kudos go out to Joshua Harding for the Photography work, Marta Harding for the Art Direction and Type, and John Rutter for the Music. jhardinggallery.com martaharding.com
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How To: Open A Beer Bottle With A Magazine
The next time you are stranded on a deserted island with nothing but a bottle of beer (or old-school glass bottle Coca Cola) and a magazine, fear not! There is a way to open your bottle capped beverage with nothing more than folded paper. Like to get at your alchohol with ease? Check out the never-ending wine glass!
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Alien Inspired Designer High-heel
Famous designer, Alexander McQueen, is known for pushing boundaries in the fashion world. Remember his 2010 spring collection featuring his newly designed 10-inch alien heels? They seem very clearly inspired by H.R. Giger’s film, “Alien”, and recently made their way back onto our radar. And yes, during the same collection release, the world was introduced to the hoof-heel – a shoe that Lady Gaga took to ...
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Ladies Circuit Board Shoes
Wearing awesome works of art on your feet can be fun, and these shoes designed by Steven Rodrig of pcpcreations are no exception. The shoes are made from PC mother boards, ribbon wire and other electronic components. Rodrig is from Hillsborough, New Jersey and is an artist who uses circuit boards from discarded computers (and other electronics) to make cool stuff, which not only means he ...
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Portraits Made From Wine Corks
Finally! A purpose for all those used wine bottle corks – and yes, there can be many, just ask artist Scott Gundersen – he has an entire studio full of used wine corks that are stacked one on top of another according to colour. After noticing that used wine corks have varying colours on the ends that were stuck inside a bottle of wine, Gundersen developed ...
