Evil Gingerbread Man
Kitchen Budapest (KiBu) is a new media research lab, and somebody there made this LED gingerbread man. Delicious, so long as all those components are RoHS compliant… – [via] Link.
Technology
Lamponi Lamps from Recycled Motorcycle Parts
“For anyone with a taste for motorcycles and retro product design styling, here’s the perfect lighting solution. Recycled from old motorcycle parts (and the occasional household appliance), Lamponi Lamps are designed and constructed by Milan born artist Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi, bringing sleek speedy and recycled design to your tabletop.” I think the one on the […]
Phoenix DIY Recap
Last night was the second meeting of the Phoenix DIY, and we had three fantastic presentations from Chris Coleman, Mark Rehorst, and Kelly Bedson. Some pictures: Second Phoenix DIY meeting with a recumbent carbon fiber bike, a self-balancing skateboard, and an origami workshop – Link.
Ouiji Subwoofer
The Evil Decoder (Ouiji Subwoofer) is: A modified subwoofer which vibrates a Ouiji Pointer over Ouiji letters, spelling out the sinister directives that have been encoded in all popular music as subliminal messages. produced for the Playlist Thursday dj set of the same name, July 27, 2006 at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto. […]
Exhibit – LEDs Are Pretty
Here’s a cool exhibition for those in and around Adams, Massachusetts, all about LEDs: In this interactive exhibit we explore the simple and ubiquitous Light Emitting Diode’s capacity as an expressive object. Artists use the LED to generate light, display images and patterns, respond to our actions, and reflect on our environment. The result is […]
Pane Chair
Artist and designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a “bread” chair: My idea of a structure of the future was, against common belief, not to secure strength using hard materials, but to systematically organize small fibers so as to gain strength by spreading the stress. I wondered if I could create an entirely new type of […]
Nest One
Simon Husslein has created a work titled Nest One, a light installation in a tree in Burgundy, France: A woven sphere is glowing at sunset. Changing colours symbolize new life plated into a dying tree. He doesn’t say how he made it, and the brightness baffles me. How does it change colors? Post your ideas […]
