Wraparound seahorses, dragons, guitars and whatnot by jewellery designer Alina Iftime.
Category Archives: Design
A concept (soon to be put into production) sculptural chandelier from Hilden and Diaz entitled Forms In Nature, inspired by a genealogical ‘tree of life’ created by the German biologist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel.
…the roots are those elements of the forest that are the most visible. Thereby the sculpture is not only mirrored, but also turned upside down in Hilden & Diaz’ artwork. […] The shadows engulfs the room and transforms the walls into unruly shadows of branches, bushes and gnarled trees. Mirrorings are thrown out upon the walls and ceilings and provide weak Rorschach-like hints of faces, life and flow of consciousness. Dimming the lights transforms the installation and one senses a weak fire burning deep in the center of the forest.
Steady on.
Subtle cosmetic surgery by ace Illustrator, veterinarian and all-round nice guy Alan O’Regan.
Can you spot the artist’s deliberate correction? mistake? modifica? …it”s the leg.
We always hated the leg.
A handy infographic by LifeQuotes4U
…taking into account whether they smoke or drink, whether they’re human or immortal, any regenerative powers and whether or not they have died in a comic story.
Images from ‘master disassembler’ Todd McLellan‘s book Things Come Apart, in which he reflects on the inner gubbins of 50 objects broken down into 21,959 component parts.
It’s a commentry on the permanence of repairable vintage tech versus the disposable functionality and rapid obsolescence of modern devices.
So now.
McLellan is currently exhibiting at The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry until May 19th, if you’re in the neighbourhood.
Artisan/engineer Jon Jones’ WheelHarp is a full-scale chromatic instrument inspired by the hurdy-gurdy.
Pressing on the keys moves one of 61 strings toward a rosined wheel. The right pedal controls the speed of the motor turning the wheel. The left is a damper. There are electromagnetic and a piezoelectric pickups to control amplification.
It’s quite the orchestral thing of beauty. It makes lovely sounds.
And for ten grand, you can have the entry-level version.
Here & There: two prints of Manhattan (‘Uptown’ (top) from 3rd and 7th and ‘Downtown’ from 3rd and 35th) with the horizon ‘removed’ and the topography folded upwards, Inception-style (but pre-dating that movie’s city-bending scene by two years), by London design group BERG.
Part of MOMA‘s permanent collection since last year, they’re also available as limited edition 90 x 120cm prints.
Illustrations from the Yesterday TV series Secret Life Of… in which figures from history are sartorially updated.
Above: Hipster Shakespeare, socialite Marie Antoinette, a slimmed-down Versace-wearing Henry VIII, an Anne Robinson Tilda Swinton-ized Elizabeth I and, eh, Admiral Lord Nelson.
Too lazy to rise from your squalid sofa to change an XBox game?
Relax, degenerate, and behold this fully-functioning but deeply silly App-controlled XBox disc autochanger built by LEGO nut Zwekka from 3,000 parts including three LEGO Mindstorms NXT micro-computers, seven NXT servos, an R/C motor and a light sensor.
The carousel holds 32 discs and the average change-out time is 42 seconds.
Plenty of time for you to take a wazz into that empty Fanta bottle without getting up.
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Hamburg-based visual effects studio The Marmalade show off their mastery of custom rigs and high speed photography – all in the service of food and drink advertising.
Chikka-wah-wah, etc.