Star Ball Soccer Ball From Perrocaliente Gives Futsal Some Star Power

Star Ball Soccer Ball From Perrocaliente Gives Futsal Some Star PowerThe Star Ball, a futsal-sized soccer ball from Tokyo, Japan-based Perrocaliente, features a striking pattern of five-pointed stars and irregular nonagons designed for, er, universal appeal.

Demonstrate How To Build Your Green Product To Win Over $1,000 In Prizes From Instructables’ Green Design Contest!

Make recycled products and show how to win big prizesIf you can demonstrate how to build something useable that is truly
worth raiding the recycle bin to create, you could win over $1,000 worth
of prizes from Voltaic, REI, Nokero and more!

Up In Smoke: The Revolution of High Art

4/20, International Pot Smoking Day, has come and gone, but Chronic artist Cliff Maynard never stops celebrating the holidaze. His mind-blowing portraits made of the burnt-out roaches from thousands of joints prove that drugs don’t just inspire art, sometimes they actually make it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Sit On One Of These Feral Futons By Máximo Riera, IF YOU DARE!

Get inspired by reinvented animal chairs!When
people tell you that the wheel doesn’t need to be redesigned, lean back
in your biologically accurate rhinoceros throne and scold them for
thinking inside the box.

The Neon Lovechild of Modern Art

Paint splatters and graffiti might look like accidents or vandalism to some people, but the eye-catching, genre-bending artwork of Rowena Martinich is redefining ideas of art and beauty, while answering one very important question; what would it look like if Warhol, Pollock, and Picasso got together and went wild on a wall?

Lytro Launches Light Field Photography Contest

Lytro Camera image by Thomas Hawk/Flickr

Win up to $500 in Lytro’s first International Photography Contest! Submit your pictures now for Lytro’s first international light field photography contest. Use any of the Lytro camera’s features, including Living Filters and Perspective Shiftas as well as Manual Controls to show your creativity. Five finalist will each win $250. One finalist will take the grand prize, doubling the cash prize to $500 and garnering an invitation to Lytro’s Pro Shooter Program. Best of all, no entry fee.

Organic, Vegetable Based Wee Can Too Finger Paints Make Creative Time Safe for Babies

Wee Can TooCreated by two moms, Wee Can Too Finger Paints use vegetable and fruit powders and other plant based ingredients to take away all the worry so that kids and parents can completely enjoy finger painting time.

Tea and Vodka and Brandy – Oh My!

Some artists choose to drink alcohol while they work, but British artist Carne Griffiths chooses to use vodka, brandy, and tea traditional paint to create the unique colors and textures of her eye-catching and enthralling work.

PEEL Lamp From Japan Adds A New Dimension To Night Lights

PEEL Lamp From Japan Adds A New Dimension To Night LightsThe PEEL Lamp is an innovative night light from Japanese design duo YOY. This unique electrical fixture utilizes an ultra-thin OLED light source to create the illusion of another, brighter world lurking just beyond our own.

Hands-Free Maps Turn Tourists Into Locals

Traveling in a strange city can be intimidating enough, without the embarassment of having to pull out a map every two blocks. These Metro cuffs might not give you the layout for whole cities, but at least you’ll look like a pro in the subways when you never have to look at a map…except for the one on your wrist.