Archive for May, 2012
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An Artistic Anatomical Dissection Of Celebrities
The works of art by Dr. Frank Scali totally took us by storm (and yes, gasped WHOA! in the most sacrilegious of ways). Dr. Scali is a professional dissector of human cadavers. Creepy, yes, but utterly amazing at the same time. Dr. Scali is best known for his contribution to the 1st edition of Gray’s Anatomy Dissector, and has taken his enthusiasm for human anatomy and ...
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Behold The Back To The Future Lego DeLorean
Behold one of the most fabulous Lego-constructed objects ever…a Lego-made DeLorean from Back to The Future. Awesome. Legohaulic works with Team BTTF – a group founded by Masashi Togmai that makes awesome Back To The Future-related stuff out of Lego for LEGO CUUSOO and donates part of the proceeds of sold items to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. LEGO CUUSOO is a site ...
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5 Amazing Products For Absinthe Lovers
BUY SOAP NOW BUY MINTS NOW BUY LIP BALM NOW BUY GUM BALLS NOW BUY FLOSS NOW Behold, the green fairy! Absinthe is the strong, herb-infused alcoholic beverage popular with creative types (oh, those authors and artists) in the late 19th century and early 20th century to inspire new ideas. Absinthe is said to induce hallucinations that usually come in the form of the Green Fairy ...
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7 Gravity Defying Art Installations
German-based artist, Cornelia Konrads, works with natural materials and suspended wires in order to create amazing installations featuring gravity-defying works of art. The sense of weightlessness and ephemerality in her work has gained Konrads a fair amount of exposure. Her stacked logs, branches, suspended snow balls and beautifully arranged branches that form a doorway to a clearing are truly unique works of art. Plus, did we ...
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Art Portraits Of Cat Butts
We don’t know what it is about Etsy vendor JennasRedRhino’s photos of cat butts that make us smile, but the pictures of kitty cat derrieres makes us chuckle time and time again. We also don’t know where to feature these works of art in one’s house…is this bathroom-style art? Living room art? Certainly not dining room art…at least we don’t think so, but who are we ...
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Bottle Lid Pencil Sharpener Concept
Chinese designer Yuchen Liu has come up with the concept for the Bottle Cap Sharpener – a pencil sharpener that is built-in to a standard-sized bottle cap that screws onto the top of most plastic or glass bottles. When sharpening the pencil, all the shavings are collected in the vessel of the bottle, reducing the mess that comes with pencil shards and lead bits. This type ...
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Haute Couture Balloon Dresses
Japanese artist, Rie Hosokai designs amazing high fashion gowns made entirely out of balloons. The dresses have a beautiful sense of movement and flow, while the sleek nature of the stretched latex balloon lends itself to a texture that is reminiscent of vinyl or plastic, but painfully delicate. One false move and POP! We love the models flaunting the beautiful works by Hosokai (probably because the ...
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In China: Dogs Dyed To Resemble Other Animals
A dog doesn’t have to look like just a dog anymore thanks to the latest rage of dyeing pets to resemble wild animals in China. The Chow Chow dog makes for a great-looking panda bear when dyed white and black, while other pups are dyed to resemble other exotic beasts, like tigers. We have no idea why this has become a fad, and hope that the ...
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Monkey Fart Scented Incense Sticks
We have no idea why anyone would want to inject their home with the putrid smell of monkey flatulence, but apparently there have been 7 admirers on Etsy of this item, and that is about 1 more admirer than we expected. Etsy shop, MyDelightfulScent claims that the incense sticks smell like fresh banana, juicy grapefruit, kiwi, bubblegum and strawberries (with a soft hint of vanilla) – ...
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The Nude Censor Bath Towel
The Carmichael Collective has developed the concept for the Censorship Towel and we are loving it. First, a bit of background on Carmichael Collective – an ongoing project from Carmichael Lynch, a creative company based in Minneapolis, USA. Everything the collective does is for fun, they develop creative works ranging in size, scope and medium, and it’s all good news for the design world. Sadly, this ...
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The Blood Splatter Pillow
We love novelty pillows, don’t you? Thanks to Etsy vendor, DesignsbyNisus, the blood splatter pillow is now on our radar. For a reasonable price, you can give the gift of playful illusion. The blood splatter pillow is make of cotton/poly mix velvet and 100% polyester stuffing. We aren’t sure what else to say about this item, but we’re pretty sure the photos speak for themselves. Besides, ...
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Guinness Record For Playing Card Sculptures
The current record holder for card-stacking goes to architect Bryan Berg for his incredible reproduction of the taller house of freestanding playing cards in 1992. Commissions have come Berg’s way for him to break his own record, and with much success, he now has an impressive repertoire of building models constructed using nothing more than playing cards (and maybe some adhesive?). Berg, also known as the ...
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Human Organs Made From Glass
North Wales-based artist, Jessica Lloyd-Jones has created a beautifully surreal collection of blown glass organs illuminated with neon lights. The purpose behind these works is to bring to light (no pun intended) how energy is used by the human body. Neon specialists worked with Lloyd-Jones to help her reach the desired illumination, while blown-glass artists helped her turn her vision into reality. Questioning the boundary between ...
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Sleek Solar Powered Sun Lounger Design
Architecture students at MIT have designed and developed the Soft Rocker – a solar powered outdoor rocking lounger where you can relax and charge your electronics the green way. Led by professor Sheila Kennedy, the rocker uses the human power of balance to create an interactive solar tracking system that utilizes a 12 ampere hour battery storing the solar energy harvested during sunlight hours – this ...
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Famous Celebrities In Old Renaissance Paintings
Ever wonder what Brad Pitt or Amy Winehouse would look like in Victorian garb? Consider yourself lucky thanks to Worth1000.com, celebrities have been transplanted into Renaissance paintings for the competition “Modern Renaissance” and “Celebrity Time Travel”. We love Jennifer Aniston as a milk maid, and Drew Barrymore as a radiant farm hand. Marilyn Manson as a dapper gentleman, however, doesn’t quite seem to fit quite as ...
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Mini Motorbikes Made From Watch Parts
This post goes out to all lovers of two-wheels (well, maybe not bicycle enthusiasts, but you get the point). Ukrainian artist Dmitriy Khristenko has created intricate mini models of motorcycles using wrist watch parts. Khristenko disassembles the watches, shapes each part using a grindstone and glues components together by hand – a painstaking process that calls for 40-50 hours per unit to complete. We love the ...
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Sushi Robot Churns Out 300 Pieces An Hour
Suzumo developed the world’s first sushi-roll-making machine back in the 80′s, and is ready to mass market the SushiBot to restaurants and hungry households around the world. Of course, the machine requires human intervention in order to churn out it’s 300 pieces an hour, but the process appears to be much less labour intensive that it would be for a human. The SushiBot was unveiled at ...
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Architectural Sculptures Made From Paper
USA-based artist, Christina Lihan, has a talent for transforming flat, boring sheets of paper into incredible sculptural works of art. His paper relief sculptures are mounted in shadow boxes and range from 2″ to 6″ deep. Famous architectural buildings, like the Taj Mahal, White House, Eiffel Tower and more are commemorated in her works, and it’s no surprise seeing as how she was formally trained as ...
