Jul 24
What does a dream look like? As vivid as the images may be in your sleep, by the time you wake they are long gone. But for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you reassembled those fleeting pictures. More »
Jul 23
Why Is this Classic London Double Decker Bus Doing Pushups? (Spoiler: Olympics!) [Video]
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When you’ve got millions of dollars from the International Olympic Committee to blow on preparations for the big games, in addition to beautiful venues and breathtaking stadiums, you’re also going to end up with a bit of bizarre local art that’s supposed to highlight and reflect the culture of the host country. More »
Jul 23
If you only grew up playing the 3D versions of The Legend of Zelda games—instead of Link’s more classic 2D overhead adventures—you probably won’t fully appreciate how awesome these secret passageway decals really are. More »
Jul 19
Crowd-sourced art projects? You knew Google would get there sooner rather than later. And with the cooperative backing of the UK’s Tate Modern gallery, artists Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin have been able to do just that, taking the surrealist concept of “the exquisite corpse” — an evolving word tree exercise devised by early 20th century surrealists – and transmuting it into The Exquisite Forest, an animation-based collaboration that lives on the web. The exhibit, which kicks off July 23rd and should run for about six months, is yet another of Mountain View’s Chrome Experiments and encourages any aspiring designer to log-in to the dedicated portal and contribute to existing trees (read: branching visual stories) or seed one of their own. You can check out a brief video explanation of the project’s inception after the break. But if this concept already has your creative juices flowing to the point of flooding, why not just hit up the source below and help water this multimedia garden.
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Jul 19
The iPad’s touchscreen display is primarily designed for use with your fingers, but people have created other unique ways to interact with it— styluses, board game playing pieces, and now these adorable hand-cranked interactive music boxes created by design student Joelle Aeschlimann. More »
Jul 18
What do we see when we dream? Is it one image in one place, or is it a montage of many? Are people one person, or combinations of several? For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll show us how you dream. More »
Jul 18
Unedited: Should Your Kitchen Appliances Be Pieces of Modern Art? [Kitchen]
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A metalworks shop in Savannah, Georgia, created this custom one-of-a-kind rangehood for a client, turning one of artist Andy Warhol’s most recognizable pieces into a kitchen appliance that serves as the focal point for the entire room. More »
Jul 16
We’re always talking about stuff made out of LEGO around here, and while I’ve even seen furniture and vehicles made from LEGO bricks, I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve seen a load-bearing bridge that uses LEGO.
Gotcha! What you’re looking at here is a clever painted LEGO brick illusion by graffiti artist MEGX, recently done on the underside of a concrete bridge in the town of Wuppertal, Germany.
If you happen to stop by Wuppertal (I just like saying that), you can see the LEGO bridge along Schwesterstraße, though I’m hot sure exactly where along the street it appears.
[via Whudat]
Jul 14
Page Turning Public Fountain Will Remind Future Generations of How Printed Books Worked [Video]
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We’re not entirely sure when humans developed their appreciation for public demonstrations of artistically sprayed water, but we do love ourselves a beautiful fountain when we see one. And this Open Book fountain in Budapest is one of the most original designs we’ve ever come across. More »
Jul 13
Damn. Those are marbles? When I was a kid marbles were boring swirly colored little orbs. These things are works of art that look so awesome that they should be in some combination of a 3D Mario and a Metroid game.
These handcrafted Super Mario Bros. marbles were made by glass blowing artist Paul Stephan from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All I can say is, the man is an artist. Each of these marbles shows an actual level behind our hero, with some amazing detail.
Damn. Now I really want to buy these. And I can’t. Paul needs to get himself a deal and start working with Nintendo to produce more of these things so that we can all buy them. Great work, Paul!
[via Obvious Winner]
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