Mark Khaisman loves tape. He loves tape so much that he uses it to create beautiful and stunning pieces of art. He was born in the Ukraine but currently works in Philadelphia.
Khaisman’s Tapeworks series are taped on plexiglass sheets and then mounted on lightboxes. The result is a beautiful brown mess of layered textures and [...]
In 1958, a TV series called “Disneyland” aired an episode called Magic Highway USA that took a look at some of the exciting new advances to come in modern transportation.
I, of course, wasn’t alive then to watch the show, but seeing the video now makes me realize how forward-thinking Walt Disney and his friends were. [...]
KRINK has released a new K-66 squeeze marker that has a steel ballpoint tip. It still allows you to write on most surfaces without having to screw up the tip.
Buy it at Bombing Science for $10.95 or Art Primo for $10.99.
How awesome is this crocheted chess set? The board and all of the chess pieces are hand-dyed for maximum contrast during intense game play. Each chess pieces is hand-woven and then stuffed with wool and a wooden rod for support (because nobody likes a flimsy chess set).
The quality of this entire chess set is superb. [...]
The little contraption above is a Universal Shower Diffuser Saver, a nifty little device that transforms a standard water bottle into a portable shower. [via]
To use it, you simply screw it on like a bottle cap and then squeeze the water bottle to push the water out of the holes at the “shower head”. I’d [...]
The Monster Engine is a project by Dave Devrie that aims to discover what a child’s drawing will look like if it was painted realistically. [via]
The art produced in this series is pretty remarkable, especially when you consider the fact that Dave Devrie creates these new works of art from mere line drawings. Although still [...]
Tom Ballhatchet’s TV Packaging Stand is a compact TV stand that also serves as a box for your TV when you’re on the move. [via]
The TV Packaging Stand is made from 100% recyclable expanded polypropylene (EPP). The stand is capable of holding the weight of the TV due to the innovative dual-use wedges that form [...]
I’ve been posting a lot of photos of cows lately, so naturally I wanted to find an interesting video of a cow to post. Somehow, I ended up over at Damn Interesting reading about some cows that have man-made fistulas in their stomach areas.
These holes or “windows” give veterinarians and curious folk a close [...]
Magnetic Ink, Process video from flight404 on Vimeo.
Processing is an open-source programming language for putting together animation and sound. This beautiful video above was created by Robert at flight 404 to illustrate how his series of “Magnetic Ink” prints were made.
Simply said, this is one of the coolest videos I’ve seen in a while. The [...]
If you think reading news online is a boring affair, then wait until you use Spectra from MSNBC.
Spectra is a visual newsreader that takes over your web browser with a full spectrum of colors. The site is constantly fed live news just like an RSS reader, any breaking news is brought to you effortlessly.
Since it’s [...]