For more than 100 years, every Ferris wheel on the planet was roughly the same size and height as the 1893 original. But in 2000, something changed: London debuted the London Eye, an enormous juggernaut of a tourist trap. Its success sparked a global race to build higher and faster wheels in the sky—and it’s only heating up. So who’s winning?
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Movie stars and the Gods of Rock ‘n’ Roll are used to seeing their faces plastered all over the world, but Alejandro de Antonio has put their faces somewhere they have probably never been. Depending on their particular artistic field, this talented Spanish artist creates their likeness on a canvas that makes sense, including old-school vinyl records and the metal canisters that film reels used to be stored in. His work is about as close to art imitating life as you can get!
The painted cows seem surreal, perhaps Photoshopped, to visitors to the Cowscape exhibition.
The cows are real, the creations of Australian body-paint artist Emma
Hack, the stars painted to raise awareness of the South Australian
drought.
We all love innovative building design, right? And those all-glass skyscrapers that reflect the amazing colors of sky and clouds, those are just great. Martin Lindsay and his car no longer like any of that rot.
Tired of princess and puppy dog costumes? Why not dress up your baby in some scary threads this Halloween? Sure, it’s still more than a month away, but it’s better to have a costume all prepared than rush around and buy a really crappy one when you realize that you didn’t have time to make one yourself after all.
What’s a better costume for your baby than an undead one? Zombies are all the rage these days, so why not let your baby get in on the action?
Stephanie Davidson was on the hunt for a zombie costume for babies that would make them appear to be creepy, crawling torso-only zombie and decided to make her own when she couldn’t find it. She decided to share the joy of transforming babies into the crawling dead and launched a Kickstarter campaign called Zombabiez.
That’s essentially what these adorable-looking zombie costumes are called. Each one is made using child-safe materials and has a bunch of colorful innards and hanging organs that babies will probably have a lot of fun grabbing and chewing on.
You can check out Zombabiez here. A minimum pledge of $60(USD) will get you a Zombabiez costume for your little one, just in time for Halloween.
[via C|NET]
Think you have an infatuation with food? Well, as always, you’ve been one-upped. Carl Warner, artist and designer, is more of a foodie than you will ever be. He has used his computer graphics skills in combination with his physical “playing-with-food” abilities in order to construct some of the most marvelous landscapes that this planet has ever seen: foodscapes. They make me want to close my eyes and dance with the night* for the rest of eternity, except for when I have to stop and go get more Cheetos.
*sit on the couch with the lights off
Above, you can see the real life Candyland. No, not the electronic duo, and not the wonderfully-crafted board game. This is the real deal, folks. There’s even a real candy-girl sitting at the bottom of that well and waiting to crawl up at you in a spider-like fashion! (Movies… what have you done to me?)
Tries to crab walk backwards down the stairs
Just think about how long it took for this man to create each of those little corn blocks, and then be amazed. Also, think about how long it is going to take that no-legged mushroom to pull his little cart all the way along the Great Wall of China! That’s true dedication – that’s all-natural brawn and determination.
If you would like to see more food landscapes, just head on over to Carl Warner’s website. Otherwise, if you’re still hungry, you can always check out the iTray flying food tray and this delectable squid masterpiece.
[via Twisted Sifter via Geyser of Awesome via That’s Nerdalicious!]
Whether you’d like to cultivate a desert’s worth of beautiful cacti, a meadow of sweetly scented flowers or a crop of carnivorous plants, DuneCraft has an incredible gardening kit for you!
When had your food been as happy to see you as you are to see it? Heidi Kenney and Kidrobot have teamed up to present the Yummy series: a wide range of sweet and smiling toy treats!
It used to be that fishnet stockings were the ultimate thing for long, sexy looking legs. We have finally moved on — just a little bit. We’ve left the net behind and become the fish. With these skinny mermaid leggings your gams will take on all of the allure of the mythical maidens and the depths of the sea itself.
So this isn’t really called the Octopus Couch, but it might as well be because this is exactly what a couch look like… if it drew inspiration from an octopus.
Designed by the Fernando and Humberto Campana, it’s actually called the Aster Papposus Sofa. But since none of us know what that really means, I think it’s safe to say that most people will liken their creation with an octopus.
The couch has eight plushy seats extending from the center. Eight more higher-level extensions emanate from the center to serve as arm rests for everyone who’s seated. It’s actually composed of two polyurethane and feather-filled cushions that have been fitted together to form the couch.
It doesn’t have a rigid frame, so it’s probably as comfortable as it appears to be (and as you imagine it to be!)
The Aster Papposus is priced at a whopping $71,633(USD).
[via Dude I Want That!]
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