Artist Chris Gilmour was commissioned by enthusiast Bob Rubin to create a piece to commemorate one of Rubin’s favorite moments in motorsports: Denny Hulme’s 1969 Can-Am victory in a McLaren M8B. Well known for his detailed cardboard automobile art, Gilmour did not disappoint with this one as well. The cardboard McLaren M8B is done well [...]
Facebook Like/Dislike appear as rubber stamps for the real world
For those addicted to Facebook, here’s your chance to show your like/dislike for things away from the virtual world. For things you appreciate, put up the Like rubber stamp, and these guys actually went a step further to let you do something Facebook hasn’t allowed yet, the dislike stamp. The pair costs $30 to own. [...]
Volkswagen bypasses stairs with the ‘Fast Lane’
Volkswagen has been building some pretty cool stuff. Earlier, the Piano Stairs made people quit the escalator in favor of stairs, and now the “Fast Lane” will probably make us quit the stairs as well. An installation at the Alexanderplatz subway station in Berlin, the Fast Lane is a slide placed adjacent to the stairs, [...]
Fishes swim in tanks, make music
There is music in life, or vice versa, which is proven again by this art installation. Five tanks were put side by side, each holding a goldfish. As the fish moved around, doing there daily business or whatever it is that fish do, a video camera setup recorded the movement and translated it into sound. [...]
Whoa! Skeleton Pinups!
Pinups have had their glory days, and while we still wouldn’t mind putting up skinny, skimpily clad ladies on our calender, the Eizo Pin-up calender is in a totally different league. Eizo X-Ray pinup calender is Eizo’s way of promoting their medical imagery equipment. Design and concept of the calender was brought up by BUTTER [...]
EOS Mixtape watches with cassette styling
New watches from EOS come with a stylish-nostalgic feel. EOS Mixtape watches have their design inspired by audio cassettes. Each watch features two movable discs that turn like the real audio cassette tape, and a marker makes it easier to see the time. The watch is available in three colors and costs $135.
Attention Earthlings: Space chocolates are here
Space chocolate was created by Artisan du Chocolat as a nod to the International Year of Astronomy. The Spaceman is regular milk chocolate created in the form of astronauts. On the other hand, Out of this World gingers were created after an astronaut took packages of Artisan du Chocolat’s chocolate covered ginger to the International [...]
A buffet table made out of Lego
We don’t know how strong and practical this really is, but some Netherlands based designers have cooked up a buffet table using 25,000 Lego bricks. It appears very bit to be a time-consuming and intricate job. It is quite likely that the tables will be put up for sale as the designers plan to create [...]
Bugatti Veyron model made of gold and diamonds is more expensive than the car itself
The Bugatti Veyron is one smokin’ hot car that goes to amazing speeds. This 1:18 scale model won’t really move fast, but chances are that if you are going to buy this, you most likely can already afford a Veyron or maybe two. The model weighs 7 kilos and is made of solid 24ct gold [...]
Stiletto speakers
Speakers shaped like Stilettos come across as a weird choice of shape, which they are, but to be called really weird they’d have to compete with the likes of toilet bowl speaker, grim reaper speakers and the splitting skull speakers. And they don’t seem that weird anymore. Gimme Tune speakers come with a 3.5mm audio [...]
