A pleasing time-lapse taken during the production of stop-motion film Kubo And The Two Strings at Laika Studios, showing the huge amount of activity required to achieve the smooth animation.
Longer version here.
Category Archives: Design
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A 1957 Porsche 597 Jagdwagen 4×4 – one of 49 civilian versions of the short-lived German Army DKW Munga – an amphibious Jeep/Land Rover alternative of which only 71 were ever made because, at the time, Porsche didn’t have the production capacity to match the army’s demands.
Running, driving and currently up for auction between €200,000 and €230,000.
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The very elegant, data-packed, one-stop weathercock that is Windyty.
Peruse it here.
(H/T: Alan Conroy)
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The six metre long Vision Mercedes Maybach 6 – an entirely conceptual version of the 2017 Mercedes E-class which makes its debut appearance at this week’s Concours d’Elegance event at Monterey California but has little chance of making it to any kind of road-legal production.
More’s the pity.
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Pleasing examples of everyday handwriting and layout from the Subreddit Penmanship Porn
More here.
Previously: How We Wrote
Throwback awsomeness in hardwood and clear epoxy resin by Los Angeles company TAYBLES.
From around €1375 each.
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A ‘three in one’ training utensil for Asian food newbies: fork, trainer chopsticks and regular chopsticks (when broken apart)
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Currently for sale, and valued between €360,000 and €450,000, this unrestored Ferrari Dino 346 GT is one of only 40 built in this style.
With two careful owners and just 75,000km on the clock, this – the ultimate fixer-upper – has been in storage for the last 30 years.
Andrew Tyrell writes:
Fifth columnists at work. Bought for 2 euro in a charity shop on Camden St, Dublin yesterday lunchtime