At first glance artist Ryosuke Fukusada's wooden light bulb looks like it was simply carved from a solid block of wood, and meant to hang from a ceiling as an art piece. But surprisingly it actually works, and without it going up in flames either. Read More >
Pencils are decidedly simple instruments, used for the sole purpose of writing and drawing, but applications in which we use them in our daily lives are becoming increasingly niche. What if they had an added function? Read More >
We've seen reversed brand logos before but not to the extent of these brand reversals by Graham Smith. He takes the original logo, colour and all, and swaps them out with a different brand name. What's crazy is that though sometimes you don't notice the difference, most of the times your brain gets so confused, you don't even know what you're looking at anymore. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Yes, likewise, which leads me to 4 theories.
1. The title of this article is over dramatic for effect (ie to attract you to the article)
2. Ameri..." More »
The best iPad apps of the week give you plenty of weekend ogling material with the Avengers comic book app. There's also have a new way to explore works of art. Get ready to fire up your tablet. Read More >
Sulley as the Hulk and the Incredibles as Captain America and Black Widow? Wonderful. But seriously, mashing up Pixar characters with The Avengers is beautiful. J. M. Walter created this Pixar/Avengers combo and I've decided that it'd be the funnest superhero movie ever. Or best cartoon I've ever seen. [Cartoon Brew via Buzzfeed] Read More >
Last week's cupcake-filled sausages put a damper on our appreciation of all things meat. But our mood has been considerably improved now that we've discovered these fantastic hand-made balloons that look exactly like cuts of meat. They've even redeemed sausages for us. Read More >
Starting with a rare vinyl model of the T-800 that was released in limited numbers afterTerminator 2 hit cinemas, Japanese artists at T-Studios create these wonderfully detailed chrome terminator busts, complete with light-up eyes and animated features. It's the perfect reminder that mankind's days are numbered. Read More >
It's presented as archival footage of Tony Stark conceptualising and sketching the first Iron Man suit in 'StarkPaint' on his 'Starkintosh'. But this lovely speed painting clip is actually Apple fanatic Matt Pearce working in MacPaint on a 1984 Macintosh. Read More >
These gross distortions of cheek, lip, and nose look can top the most hilarious images ever made with any Facetime warp effect—and these are real. Read More >
Yesterday, atop the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, artist and architect Tomas Saraceno debuted his most recent work: Cloud City. A spectacular sculptural constellation, Cloud City is a mirrored fun house of geodesic pods, open to the public, with a number of prime vantage points for taking in the expansive Manhattan skyline and greenery of Central Park. Read More >
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"So London gets some terrible UFO thing and New York gets some pretty cool mirror and steel pod construct. Step it up London." More »
For the low, low price of only £3.4 million pounds, the British public is set to be exposed to a really naff looking UFO crash in November. Designed by British artist Stuart Semple, the structure looks to tower over the unsuspecting public, taking up the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Sure, it might look a little bit better in real life, but this artist's 'impression' just simply looks terrible. Read More >
Rock and roll unfortunately does not lend well to proper building code, what with all the shaking, rattling and so on. Instead, Type City (2012) by artist Hong Seon Jang constructs a miniature city-scape from blocks of movable type. [David B Smith Gallery via quipsologies via Collossal] Read More >
Mundane but essential materials like plywood rarely get the recognition they deserve. Why shouldn't something so ubiquitous and just damn useful get its own short film? Read More >
Not only is this the perfect living room accessory for putting your feet up while watching Shark Week, but both of those tooth-filled gaping jaws on this shark-themed coffee table look like they'd serve as perfect bottle openers. Read More >
Combining two logos into one brand can be a little inelegant, a bit awkward and most definitely forced, like making a sumo wrestler take trapeze classes. Just look at these mash up logos created by Tommaso Guerra, I don't know what I'm seeing anymore! What matters more in a brand, the name of the company or its former logo? Read More >