Sean’s sp3 lamp is really lighting sculpture. Constructed from outdoor lighting fixtures, the lamp is controlled via an internal tilt switch – activated when the piece is rolled onto another one of its sides – “sp3” is a term that chemists use to describe the hybridization of orbitals of a particular atom in a molecule. […]
John Cerney’s portfolio of giant cut out murals via NOTCOT.
Core77 has a nice writeup about the new exhibition at the MAD Museum: Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary will be the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design when it opens to the public today at it’s new home, 2 Columbus Circle. The exhibition features work by 50 international established and emerging artists […]
After using all of those plastic bottles to sail across the Pacific Ocean (see above post), what better way to re-use them and their discarded caps than to make a lamp. The “Captivate” lamp by Lucy Norman is constructed of the bottles as well as their caps which can be intechanged to change the color […]
Love Hate Punch is a punching bag that changes color gradually as you punch it, by artist Stefan Gross. I see it as turning white from red as you punch it, reflecting how your red anger has been drained.Via BB.
The “Plastiki Expedition” by environmentalist David de Rothschild is attempt to finally put all of the discarded plastic water bottles we use daily to good use. His project is to build a 60-foot boat made entirely out of recycled materials such as the bottles and then sail it across the entire Pacific Ocean! From his […]
Think of the Kaisatsuko as a fiddle without a bow. Yuichi Onoue turns a wheel that vibrates the strings, which in turn creates the sound. So who can be the first to name the song he is playing? No cheating! Since the basic sound signal of the instrument can be sent through an amplifier, its […]
