Hipstomp at the Core77 blog writes: In some of Manhattan’s better Japanese-staffed bars, like Tribeca’s underground B-Flat, ice cubes are noticeably absent; ordering your scotch on the rocks gets you a large ice sphere. With less surface area than the same amount of ice rendered in cubes, a globe of ice will melt more slowly, […]
Great article and gallery @ NOTCOT from the Cans Festival featuring BANKSY and 600 other artists… The space itself opened with powder blue billboard with “GENTRIFY THIS†painted aggressively in black, which a mother explained to her young daughter behind me in line was “delightfully ironicâ€, a phrase that applied just as well to the […]
Dug writes in with the making of a kicking automata mule. The mule consists of four components: head, ears, front legs joined to the main body, and hindquarters. Pieces of brass rod hold the various parts together, and lengths of string keep them articulated – via Automaton blog.
Look at this herd of phone sheep sculptures! They’re made from phones, cords, and handsets, and I wonder if those wires running from the wall means that they ring. Next challange: making a ringer that goes “baaaah.” (Thanks, Frank!)
In this “Dipping Duck Orchestra”, music is randomly generated by 8 dipping ducks or drinking birds where the circuit is completed when the duck’s bill hits the water. The project resembles a keyboard of sorts, where each duck plays a different note when triggered. Check out the video above for the full effect. Dipping Duck […]
In the project “Bookshelf”, by artist Mindaugas Gapsevicius, 15 computer monitors are set up on a bookshelf where each screen visualizes network traffic in the space. Placed strategically next to real books, the installation contrasts printed matter and virtual matter occupying the same space and fighting for dominance in an increasingly technological world. [via], Triple-Double-U- […]
Alexandra Von Feldmann created this really interesting clock, which allows the viewer/owner to determine its fate. The “Birth Clock” is a fragile glass object containing a digital clock that is not working; it is designed to help you to come to a decision when you’re stuck at a specific point in life. Smash the glass, […]
