While some people drink alcohol for the taste, most consume it for the affect it has on the human mind and body. In other words, people like getting tipsy, so it’s no surprise there is a market for the “Get Drunk Faster” drinking glass – a set of beautiful hand-blown glassware from Swaziland, Africa, that are shaped with rounded bases and will wobbly over and spill ...
Artist Tim Tadder is responsible for these hilarious photos that capture the perfect moment in time when a water balloon explodes on a person’s head – except Tadder has figured out a way to depict the water explosions as funny water wigs. Tadder is a visual communicator and photographer who has worked on award-winning campaigns for top consumer brands including Adidas, Budweiser, Coke Zero, Craftsman, Gatorade ...
Mixed media artist John Kahn has come up with the World’s Largest Scrabble Game Board (not to be confused with the World’s Largest Game of Scrabble that was played in Wembley Stadium). Nearly five times larger than the original Scrabble game board, this jumbo-sized game spans over 49 square feet and there are only nine available for purchase. The board itself is made out of Russian ...
Target stores have announced that they are releasing 1.2 million special edition Campbell soup cans that honour artist Andy Warhol on the 50th anniversary of his infamous 1962 Campbells Soup Cans piece. Warhol is known for his print work, his most famous works include the colourful works of Marilyn Monroe, repeated images of Elvis Presley, and, of course, his reproduction of the original Campbells tomato soup ...
Italian artists Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco have used a total of 6,500 CDs in order to create mosaic works of art of seven musical icons using the artists’ own CDs. The project is called “Piracy” and depicts famous artists laying dead, killed by the “virus of piracy” (well…video killed the radio star, but the internet killed the music, film and digital industry, but that’s ...
Artist Mathijs Sterrenburg is our hero today. Why, you ask? Because he came up with this awesome toaster that is made from a refurbished Nintendo NES console. This Netherlands-based artist is known in the DeviantART community as MyBurningEyes, but in this case we had to hunt down his real name so official props could be shared. Sadly, this item is not real – but the well-done ...
Photographer Ray Massey has captured these beautiful painted hands that depict unlikely subject matter through the use of human hands and body paint. Massey is known for his publication works, both personal and commercial. In this case, the hands were painted by body painter Annie Ralli (not Massey himself), and used for an ad campaign for Ecclesiastical insurance company for the “You’re In Good Hands” campaign ...
Remember some of the illustrations we’ve shared that depict Disney princesses as pin-up-style tattoos and lingerie models? Well, this interpretation of Disney damsels is the best one yet! Austrlian-based DeviantARTist ~joshwmc has finally shown the ladies in a new light as badass street fighters. Say goodbye to the lacy g-strings, the frilly booty shorts and the coy smiles – these Disney princesses pack a punch! Rapunzel, ...
The word on the street, in case you haven’t heard, is that Istagram rocks. However, we’re sad that we can’t save or print our instagram pics as easily as some other digital files, so when we heard about the Instacube, we were super happy. The Instacube is virtually a digital frame, but cooler. The Instacube aims to “liberate Instagram photos from your smart device but feeding ...
Crazy cat ladies everywhere, there’s a new product on the market you will love! Korean designer Seungi Mun has come up with the concept for a sofa that features an integrated cat tunnel so you and your furry friends can relax together. The designer shares the inspiration behind the built-in cat-friendly play structure on his official website, stating that “…many kinds of pets are already recognized ...
For once we’re glad a product is still in the conceptual stage. The AIRE is a breath-powered face mask that charges an iPhone developed by Joao Paulo Lammoglia in July 2011. Tiny wind turbines within the mask rely on the power of one’s breath to generate electricity that is then sent to any iOS-powered device. Apparently, the designer of this product has no shame in asking ...
LEGO mastermind, Calin (as noted on his official Flickr site under the username of _Tiler) has created an awesome series of LEGO greatness. Behold, your favourite vehicles from Batman films, including the Batmobile, Bane’s Truck, The Batwing (aka The Bat), the Batpod and the Tumbler from the latest Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises”, part of the Dark Knight Trilogy. These vehicle replicas were built entirely ...
Laying down interlock tiles (a.k.a brick paving) is a long and tedious process, or should we say “was” a long and tedious process?! Dutch company Vanku BV has released the Tiger-Stone – a six meter wide paving machine that can finish medium-to-large paved areas in hours. The end result is that stones are immediately locked tightly together, all that’s left is the grouting phase. The Tiger-Stone ...
German photographer, Markus Reugels, is known for his high-speed macro photography works of art, and this collection of water droplets is no exception. The collection, entitled “Refractions”, features real life water droplets that are photographed at perfect moments in time as they fall in front of backgrounds with notable imagery. Reugel’s ability to capture the “refractions” (aka inverted reflections) in the water droplets calls for a ...
Another goodie from J&D Foods is here, but this time, instead of bacon-themed, the deliciousness takes the form of Sriracha “Rooster Sauce” hot sauce. For those of you who live under a rock, Sriracha is a type of hot sauce named after the coastal city of Si Racha in the Chonburi province of Thailand where it was first produced for dishes served at local seafood restaurants. ...
Hakone, Kanagawa is home to the most popular spa centre in all of Japan for a period of 12 days every year. What makes this outdoor hot springs and spa resort so popular, you ask? Well, the sheer ridiculousness of it all, of course. Leave it to the Japanese to exaggerate spa-based practices to the point where they are quite comical (and efficacy of treatments become ...
Tokyo-based artist Natsumi Hayashi has been photographing herself for a long time, but her photos are not like most other self-portraits. Hayashi has made a name for herself as the levitating girl, and for good reason. Her perfectly timed self-portraits feature her cute self seemingly floating slightly above the ground. Hayashi shares the secret to her levitating photos on her website and blog, and while she ...
If you’re after a luxury watch with British origins, you don’t have all that many to choose from but, fortunately, the Brits have got one of the best in the business on their books in the shape of Bremont watches. And one area in particular in which Bremont are market leaders is in terms of their limited edition timepieces – such as the incredible HMS Victory ...