Watching TV, one drop a time… – “Very Slow Scan Television (VSSTV) is a new television format that we have developed building upon Slow Scan Television (SSTV), an image transmission system used by Ham Radio amateurs. VSSTV uses broadcasts from this historic public domain television system and regular bubble wrap to construct an analogous system: […]
One of my favorite sites, Ping Mag, has an overview of a lot of neat art and design projects from Tokyo Design Week 2006 – I like this pewter table cast on the beach from Max Lamb – [via] – Link.
MAKE FLickr photo pool member farneawrites – “We’ve started experimenting with plexiglass and lights. Just scrape a drawing with a dimmer tip on one side of the plexiglass piece. Then make a little hole in the edge below, enough to insert a little light source as a led. Turning the light on, you will see […]
Artist Duncan Wilson updates the ole’ tin can phone… – Tug the cord to activate, squeeze to talk and hold to the mouth and ear. The design of the Cup Communicator is focused around a series of physical actions and gestures that create a poetic etiquette of use and a tactile intimacy between user and […]
Jessica Joslin’s scupltures are made from bone, glass, brass fittings and found objects – it’s as if the Museum of Natural history and Home Depot decided to do a project together… [via] – Link. Picutred here: Ludwig, 24″x10″x15″, 2006 – Antique hardware, brass, beads, standoffs, bone, velvet, glove leather, steel, glass eyes.
Nice tutorial on Juxtapoz on painting perfect circles – “Freddi C. runs the Lab 101 Gallery in Culver City, CA – which has showcased some of the hottest emerging artists in recent years. Freddi is also an artist, and very well may be “the girl known best for painting DJs”. Her first LA solo show […]
Here are Lewis Tardy’s incredible found art/scrap metal biomechanical sculptures – [via] – Link. Pictured here: Stryker CMF “Reconstruction” – Created from Stryker titanium craniomaxillofacial reconstruction plates and screws as well as other steel and stainless steel found objects. Related: Art @ MAKE – Link.
