IMPERIA HERITAGE With wings separate from the engine hood and its fluid lines, the Imperia GP celebrates the return to a concept where elegance is no longer sacrificed for efficiency, and where these two parameters are harmoniously integrated. Its vertical radiator grille is a fine example of this. Although it might suggest an aerodynamic weakness, it houses a mobile inlet device that regulates the flow of ...
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced its latest design, developed in partnership with Yacht Island Design. Project Utopia, an avant‐garde vision of a future concept breaks the traditional naval architectural mould which the market has come to expect and offers a truly unique outlook free from any conventional design constraints. James Roy, Yacht Design Director at BMT Nigel Gee explains: “Visions ...
Kyle Creek started Sugar Steak Apparel because he wanted to counteract the “affliction” of overly macho, predictable, and all-too-common attire in our society. While attending college he began designing fun, unique, and stylish shirts that he wanted to wear and he had a feeling he was not the only person who felt this way so he decided to start an apparel line. After some trial and ...
The Opena is a protective iPhone4 case with an integrated slide out bottle opener. The folks over at Open Case spent a considerable amount of time designing, prototyping and testing their ideas to create a super smooth, clean crisp product which they’ve called the Opena. The Opena has been designed and engineered using the latest in 3D CAD technology. Open Case had numerous prototypes machined from ...
Ever wonder where your Pectoralis Major is? What about your Tibia? Well now, you can rest easy thanks to this clothing entitled the Anatomical Edu-Wear by Seasons Studios. The clothing is Whoa-worthy because it’s more than just quirky; it’s a full-on accurate anatomical biology lesson, complete with bones and muscle diagrams (and the socks also come with reflexology points printed on the soles). These cotton teeshirts ...
Lovers of model-making, dinosaurs and robots unite – this product is a catch-all for all types of geeks (and 8 year olds). After you build your skeletal dinosaur out of the snap-together wood pieces (no glue or cutting required), you are ready to use the remote to control the din’s movements (batteries not included) and command it to roar. The dino varieties include T-Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, ...
Lady Gaga photographed by David LaChapelle. David LaChapelle, born March 11, 1963 in Fairfield, Connecticut, is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous style. LaChapelle’s work has been described as surrealist, grotesque, shocking and ironic. Ingrid Sischy, long-time editor of Interview magazine, has said there are ...
CONGRATS TO @saraprieur WHO FOUND THESE KILLER MINIATURE FOOD PICS AND WON A GRAPHIC SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER FROM DRPD LONDON. Kim strives to make each miniature of the highest quality possible with the most realistic details. Her inspiration largely comes from scouring cook books and local pastry shops for ideas. Desserts and gourmet food are her favorite to create! WANT TO MORE? READ THIS INTERVIEW: ...
This single seater model called Egochine B is an evolution of a first concept called Egochine created by Paolo De Giusti for the second edition of the Peugeot Design Contest, where it was selected as a finalist. New concept were equiped by large electric motors combined with hydrogen fuel cells. This futuristic car is inspired by luxury sportscars of the past such as Isotta Fraschini. http://www.spicytec.com/
Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg have teamed up to bring us beautiful animated photographs, a.k.a Cinemagraph. Cinemagraphs are basically pimped out animated gifs. But there is a critical difference: An animated .gif is usually a sequence of stills pulled from a video, combined together and repurposed into a .gif. Cinemagraphs are different because Jamie and Kevin use a single photograph while ...
Thailand-based product design company, Studiobo, is the brains behind these adorable pixelated sleeping masks. The masks are made out of felt and are available in numerous colours. We love the commentary on the digital age, but we really love how goofy anyone would look sleeping in these. Our favourite is undoubtedly the classic black and white.
White Lipped Green Tree Frog Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog Red Eyed Tree Frog Another Red Eyed Tree Frog Horned Frog Harlequin Tree Frog The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, but most species are found in tropical rainforests. Consisting of more than 5,000 species described, about 88% of amphibian species are frogs. The use of the common names “frog” and “toad” has no ...
Tired of nosey colleagues snooping around your desk at work? Ensure your personal property and computer files are safe during your absence with the Yoda USB Desk Protector. Simply plug the USB into your computer and walk away – in the event that Yoda detects any motion, he will shout out a total of six different phrases, including “A disturbance in the Force there is” and ...
Believe it or not, but these amazing portraits are made entirely out of the common construction screw. California-based artist, Andrew Myers, has been using screws to create these details works of art. Myers achieves an incredible 3D quality to his work by driving screws at varying depths into plywood and then paints over them. To begin creating a portrait, Myers places pages of a phone book ...
Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals that are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering; in a car company (BMW) television commercial Jansen says: “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.” He strives at equipping ...
Chicago-based artist, Dzine (a.k.a. Carlos Rolon), has built these amazing sculptures of bicycles using cream of the crop luxury materials, including Swarovski crystals, 24K Gold plating, Chrome, combined with regular run-of-the-mill materials like enamel, rubber and mirrors. Although Dzine creates a variety of painting, drawing and digital works, his pimped-out bicycle sculptures are some of our favourite WHOA-worthy pieces of art.
If you don’t know the Subway sandwich restaurant slogan, “Eat Fresh”, you likely live under a rock (or in a country that is deprived of Subway sandwiches), but you likely haven’t heard of this fictitious new chain, Zombie, with the “eat flesh” slogan. A clever play on words, we admit, and likely a winner product amongst the zombie-loving nerds out there. BUY NOW
From the looks of this retro-mechanical machine, it looks like Pac-Man was in existence long before the 1980s. The Ghost Eater 1 is powered by gears, steam, cherries and power pellets, and is the perfect t-shirt for retro gaming fans. You’ll notice that Pac-Man is leaking some oil and clearly requires constant maintenance, but would you expect anything else from such an old and complex mechanical ...