Wonder lamps – “lightMate” by artist Francesca Lanzavecchia… Can electric energy fill the void of human absence? LightMates are soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps. This awfully attractive creature heats, lights and provides company. Their different sizes answer to everyone’s need of heat; a mate to hug or a huge companion you can lay on.
Beijing artist Liu Bolin’s camouflage series is presented in the medium of photography, but his painting skills play the starring role. – More examples of his marvelous precision @ work – ‘camoflague’ by liu bolin
Accomplished street artist Swoon has a new project sponsored by Deitch Studios in Long Island City, New York. Tim Yu at Cool Hunting writes: With this latest work, Swoon highlights one of the most important issues of our generation, alternative energy. Each of the seven boats, which are crafted out of salvaged materials, are fueled […]
This is a great demo of block printing in India. (not my voice on the video) It’s amazing how accurately the printer can line up the successive prints by hand. The blocks themselves are gorgeous as objects; I have some that I’ve used in mold-making for casting glass.
Hot glue guns & LEDs – two great tastes tools that go great together – What would I do without LEDs and hot glue? They are integral components to nine tenths of my projects. Well, while I was working on my first instructable I noticed that the LEDs I’d hot glued onto the wires kind […]
This dinner set is made from a mold much in the same way model car parts are. It has all the utensils and a plate for a fancy meal, and has decorative elements not usually found in plastic cutlery. Clearly product designer Demelza Hill has some fancy picnics. Via Cool Hunting.
bottom photo by Matthew Andrews / top bbc.co.uk The 50-foot mechanical creature was spotted hanging on the side of an office building earlier today in Liverpool, England. It will soon take to the streets as part of La Machine’s public theatre event which unfolds over the next five days. – Huge Spider is latest arts […]
