Year: 2010

Rube Goldberg music video

Check out this excellently-executed Rube Goldberg machine, featured in this OK Go music video. When the rock band OK Go, famous for their viral videos including the spectacular and award winning “treadmills video”, wanted to feature a 4-minute long Rube Goldberg Machine in an upcoming video, they tapped Syyn Labs to build it. The requirements […]

T-Shirt Transformations

I’m almost embarrassed to admit the number of accidentally-bleached or horribly stained t-shirts in my closet. I guess I should be more embarrassed that I still just wear them as-is and try to ignore the fact that they are obviously messed up. I love how Meg of Elsie Marley transformed two of her accidentally-bleached t-shirts […]

Gestaltkunstwerk Vases From Markus Linnenbrink

If the shapes of these beautifully colorful vases look familiar to you, it’s no surprise. German artist, Markus Linnenbrink, takes items from the recycling bin and transforms them into artful and practical objects by layering them in colorful resin. The Dortmund-based sculptor calls his latest work Gestaltkunstwerk; roughly translated, it means “formed artwork” and is […]

Lego that makes you want to cry

Lego that makes you want to cry

And not in a good way. I have blogged about scary Lego before, but the capacity of the AFOL (“Adult Fan of Lego”) community to twist everybody’s favorite happy Danish building toy into Bosch- and/or Giger-esque abominations has pushed darker boundaries since then. This godawful* thing by prolific and talented builder Mike Foy is just called “The Void,” and, if I may suggest, belongs on the cover of some trendy modern edition of a very old and very evil book full of unspeakable things. [via The Brothers Brick]