When you have a very high population density and a very small area, you have to make the best use for every available space. For Hong Kong, that’s mind-blowingly stacked buildings that could give Legos a run for their money. German photographer Michael Wolf takes a good look at the landscapes and architecture of Hong Kong in these stunning shots that show the wondrous mega city. You could have a good look at the landscape in his book Architecture Of Density.
Russian graphic designer and artist Yulia Brodskaya cuts and shapes paper with such efficiency and intricacy that the resulting illustrations take a strong grip on the attention of the viewer. The little curls that make the illustrations are quite pretty by themselves, and the illustrations that they make are as pretty as their components.
It just had its Season 3 premiere, and Game of Thrones is everywhere, selling faster than hot cakes. It is usually the cool stuff, so we are not really complaining. Dorkly has put up House Sigils for the average Game of Thrones show watcher, and though they may not have the same ferocity as the houses of Westeros, they are pretty damn funny.
We see this set of photographs by Martin Usborne and all we can think of is awwwww.
The series was inspired by the photographer’s childhood memory of sitting in a car and waiting for his parents while they were shopping in a supermarket. For “The Silence of Dogs in Cars”, Usborne explored the same feeling with an added touch of human relationship to other animals, dogs in this case. It shows the “reaction” of dogs at being left locked inside a vehicle and portrays it quite effectively.
For centuries there has been the whole “pen is mightier than the sword” thing and snarky replies to that comment. We assume someone approached a pen and sword in one of these arguments and was like “Geez… get a room you two.” Only this time, they took the comment seriously and went into the room. The outcome is a Ninja Sword pen, shaped like a katana and functioning like a ball pen. To seal the deal, it has a built-in “SHHINNG” sound function for added ninja goodness. Costs $6.
Via Gizmodo
We have recently seen Game of Thrones characters play out on Twitter, but let’s face it, they wouldn’t really be able to ignore Facebook either. Here they are, having fun on Facebook as imagined by TeamPwnicorn (previously here and here).
Artist Hasan Kale paints depictions of his native Istanbul, and he paints it in miniature on a wide variety of objects. He’s got paintings on peels, taxidermied insects and fruit seeds, all very different canvases and all done with wonderful strokes of miniature painting.
Going the DIY route to romance, these pants intend to help the mood along the way. Romance Pants from Team Instructables are all about the love. It was first on display at the Red Bull Creation Contest, and then made it to the Maker Faire New York as well. Long story short, the belt buckle is a modded wireless shield, the zipper is a potentiometer and the waist button has a switch. Pulling down the zipper dims the light and increases volume on the stereo, and undoing the waist button automatically lights the candles. That’s about the time to get in action.
Magnets melting metal? You’ve got to be joking. Except it is entirely possible, and it looks super cool being done. All you need is an electromagnet and a chunk of metal, and you can see it melt mid air. For this one, they used a 2.6 gram of aluminum as the metal, and an electromagnet using a 1.6 kW power inverter and a frequency of 204 kHz. The temperature goes to 1200 degrees Celsius. Video after the jump.
College Humor created this fantastic selection, showing popular websites as analogous Game of Thrones house sigils.
Chicago’s Fulton Market Cold Storage Company spent 90 years in the meatpacking district, until they decided to move out last July and sold the building to bike component manufacturer SRAM. When a building has been a cold storage for about a century, you can expect it to be a cold place, though seeing the icy place covered in icicles does leave a solid impression. They did thaw the midtown ice land, and photographer Gary Jensen was there to take a few shots of the place and make a time lapse of the thawing.
Oh that looks so absolutely enticing. A time where hairy chests were all the rage and you could flaunt them better than Prada. Look at the manliness dripping through that guy. Yup, that is how things work. For £39.99 (~$60) this will get you the attention of more ladies than you can count. The hairlessness of the arms might raise a few questions, but we aren’t about to argue with someone who sells manly hairy chests.
Via 7Gadgets
A desk lamp that will look at your every move with an unblinking eye, maybe see your passwords and the things you do on your computer. Yep, that’s about it, it watches everything. Costs a ton for a lamp though, at $300.
Italian artist Manuel Di Rita (aka Peeta) has a unique style for the ways of graffiti. In fact, his style is so well executed, it goes way beyond the realms of traditional graffiti. The 3D graffiti appears to be hovering above the surface, rather than just be a 2-dimensional paint on a wall.
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