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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 ...
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Creepy Victorian C0rpse Photos
The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture much more commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session. This cheaper and quicker method also provided the middle class with a means for memorializing loved ones who had passed on. The Creepiness of Momento Mori Photos These photographs served less ...
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Zombie-Boy: The Power Of Makeup
Dermablend takes you behind the scenes at the “Go Beyond The Cover” video shoot with Zombie Boy (a.k.a. Rico Genest), shot on location at the Tuxedo Agency in Montreal. Learn more about Dermablend Leg and Body Tattoo Primer and Leg and Body Cover Copyright 2011 – Dermablend Professional Song: “There Is Hope” Zoo Brazil feat. Rasmus Kellerman
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Justin Bieber Zombie & Other Undead Celebs
While there are apocalyptic zombie films that are produced rather often by Hollywood, almost to the point of being cliche, there aren’t any celebrities who are actually zombies, that we know of. So, the people over at Worth1000 posted the question, what would the world look like if celebrities were zombies? Well, here’s the collection of some celebrities in zombie form. These celebrities aren’t actually zombies, ...
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Waldo And Other Creepy Cartoon Zombies
Andre De Freitas is a photographer and illustrator. He studied in Full Sail University and got a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation. But oddly enough, the concept of stillness captured his imagination, and he focused more on illustration. Instead of just drawing, he tried to imagine himself taking photos of his subjects. That way the illusion of stillness would be a little more believable, almost like ...
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Art Made From Human Bones
Francois Robert was at an auction in the mid 1990s and took home three lockers. Two of the lockers were empty, but the third one contained a real human skeleton which must have served as a teaching aid in a science class. Robert realized that his skeleton was limited: it was wired together for display. He traded his skeleton for a disarticulated human skeleton online - ...
