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Lomokino: A Cool New Vintage Video Camera
Have you heard of the LomoKino? If you have, surely you share our excitement over this adorable movie camera…if you haven’t, prepare yourself for the introduction to one of the first 21st century movie cameras that is completely analogue. Let’s face it, the old-school appearance of movies on film cannot be beat. There is a certain nostalgia that comes with the vintage film aesthetic, but the ...
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Time Twister: A Lego Digital Clock
Swedish-based Hans Andersson works for a company where he programs and develops business software, but on his spare time, he likes to build robots that do cool things, like tell time digitally, solve sudoku puzzles and solve Rubiks Cube puzzels. His love for robots traces back to 2008 when he purchased a Lego Mindstorms kit for his two daughters in an attempt to inspire an interest ...
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10 WHOA Worthy Photos Of Animals From 2011
An African spurred tortoise with two heads and five legs is displayed in Slovakia. A black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. This was all part of a relocation plan for black rhinos, meant to move the endangered species to less populated areas so that they have a better shot at survival. Researchers dressed in panda costumes put a panda cub into a basket ...
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Impressive 3D Gallery Art Work
These stunning works of art by Japanese artist, Yuki Matsueda, caught tour eye for their unique 3D quality and quirky subject matter. Matsueda has a Ph.D.in Design from the Tokyo University of the Arts. These works are inspired by Matsueda’s personal desire to escape from constraints (perhaps placed upon him in the art world?). The subject matter of his works literally appear to be escaping from ...
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Paper Made From Elephant Poop
Who knew that elephant dung could be so versatile when it comes to product materials? Apparently, the owners of several elephant-dung-paper-product-suppliers did. A pile of fresh elephant poop (and any other grass and straw-eating animal for that matter) closely resembles the raw fibre that is used to make paper, so the natural progression (no pun intended) seemed obvious for poo poo paper producers. “How is it ...
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Multifunctional Sofa Design
UK-based product developer, Julia Hamid, has designed the Trio Sofa. A multifunctional sofa and table that morphs into a couple of different layouts that accommodate its user’s need to work on a laptop. The sofa has modern lines and looks quite conventional, but it gains its name from the three panels that allow it to transform. Swinging panels on the sides of each side allow for ...
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Castle Made Out From Human Hair
Thanks goes out to artist Agustina Woodgate for being creative (and weird) enough to build two castles out of compressed human hair bricks. The works of art are entitled “Tower” (2008) and “Sand Castle” (2008) and are part of the series called “I Want To Be A Princess”. “Tower” stands on a 2 foot square base (61cm), and reaches 4.5 feet tall (121cm), and took 3,000 ...
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Massive Lego Army 3D Street Art
Lego soldiers marching down the street at the 4th Sarasota Chalkfestival in Florida US are a result of street artists, Leon Keer, Peter Westerink, Ruben Poncia and Remko van Schaik of the Netherlands. The Lego men are meant to resemble clay figures as a reference to the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang (the first Emperor of China). The beauty of such realistic perspective drawing such ...
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Awesome Steampunk Keyboards
Everything looks better in Steampunk, don’t you agree? Plenty of folks seem to be of this same mind frame and so it’s no surprise that there are many different types of remodelled steampunk keyboards available for sale. These are a few of our favourites from the following artists: Jake von Slatt (images 1 & 2) Peter Sztojanov jr (images 3 & 4) Richard “Doc” Nagy (images ...
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Bacon Flavoured Lube
As a result of an April Fool’s joke gone a little too far, Justin and Dave of JD Foods have been aiming to make everything taste like bacon. Their new products like Baconnaise (bacon-flavoured mayo) and Bacon Salt sound like great ideas for bacon-crazy foodies, but the bacon-flavoured lube is in a realm of its own. Single-handedly changing the true meaning of the term “bacon lover”, ...
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Awesome Megaphone iPhone Dock
Playing music in style is easy with the passive iPhone Amplifier designed by en&is. The ceramic unit’s design is sculpted after the old world megaphone – a form that optimizes sound output. A thin, wood base allows the unit to float above a surface to increase the audio quality through vibration. The megaphone is compatible for all iPhones models including the iPod Touch – it projects ...
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Creepy Anatomical Toy Sculptures
Jason Freeny of Moist Production likes to put an anatomical spin on iconic toys and characters by imagining what kind of innards our favourite characters might have. Then, he sculpts a mini version of his imaginings for the world to enjoy, and boy, do we ever! Freeny studied industrial design at the Pratt Institute in New York and spent most of the 90s traveling the world ...
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Brilliant Art Composed Of Naked Bodies
Angelo Musco, a New York-based artist, is doing amazing things with photography and creating interesting works of art that teeter on mosaic-style and illusion-based art. Musco takes photographs of naked human bodies and then digitally forms an intriguing visual to resemble scenes from the natural world, such as tree roots, bird nests, beehives, a swarm of fish and more. Musco’s photoshoots have been known to include ...
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Cool Mexican Wrestler Beer Labels
José Guizar is a young Mexican graphic designer who is responsible for this hilarious and perfectly fitting branding behind premium Mexican brewed beer, Cervecería Sagrada. Guizar conceptualized the Mexican wrestling mask branding as an homage to Lucha Libra – one of the most iconic symbols in Mexican pop culture. According to Guizar, the brand’s identity is “inspired by the golden era of lucha in the 1950′s, ...
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Steampunk Apartment In New York City
Screen writer Jeremy Noritz’s New York City 1,800 square meter (19,375 square foot) apartment in Chelsea was for sale over the summer for 1.75 million – a steep price for your average dwelling, but likely a steal considering its location and the super-awesome steampunk interior design job that makes this apartment look more like a film set. Some of the unique design features include a submarine-style ...
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Millau Viaduct: A Bridge In The Clouds
The Millau Viaduct is one cable-stayed road bridge that aims to impress. It’s the 12th highest bridge in the world and the world’s number one tallest bridge with a single mast height of 343m (1,125 feet) – that’s taller than the Eiffel tower! British architect, Norman Foster and French structural engineer, Michael Virlogeux worked together to design this autoroute that stretches from Paris to Montpellier, and ...
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Giant Monkey Made From 10,000 Flip Flops
Dutch artist, Florentjin Hofman, is the one responsible for conceptualizing this enormous “Fat Monkey” sculpture out of 10,000 flip flops. Students from Sao Paulo helped execute the artist’s vision that uses flip flops – a long-standing trademark of Brazil. The large-scale reclining monkey was featured at the 2010 Pixelshow conference amongst other works of art that appear pixelated once assembled. The colourful flip flops were attached ...
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Apartment Designed With 25,000 Ping Pong Balls
Snarkitecture has designed a 90 square meter (968 square foot) loft using 25,000 ping pong balls. The Brooklyn-based project is entitled the “Box Box Project” and belongs to one of the partners of Snarkitecture, Daniel Arsham, a graduate of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Luckily for visitors, the ping pong balls actually blend together to create a surprisingly interesting appearance of ...
