Category Archives: Design

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Three recent unveiled gigantic kinetic sculptures by Utah artist Anthony Howe entitled Di-Octo, In Cloud Light III, and Switchback.

Despite the smooth elegance of their movement, each wind powered structure (lab tested before being installed outdoors) weighs nearly three quarters of a tonne.

More of his work here.

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Behold: the Rhino XT – a militarised, street-legal vehicle from California-based US Specialty Vehicles: effectively a modified, armoured, Jeep Wrangler with a 3.6l, 285bhp, V6 engine and luxury leather trimmed interior priced from $75,000 (€68,850).

And you can park it wherever you damn well please.

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Funky3DFaces makes bespoke printed heads (yours or anyone else’s) that you can attach to LEGO minifigs.

The company will recreate whatever photo portrait you send them in a 3D printed sandstone material for $30 (€27.60) per 15mm high head (other sizes and attachment points are available).

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Acquaintance (ie.pickup) cards often presented to ladies by rorty young American chaps in the 1870s and 1880s. According to collector Alan Mays, the card was “a common means of introduction, never taken too seriously”.

MORE: Acquaintance Cards – These Pickup Cards from the 19th Century are Fantastic (Vintag)