Beat School, An Anything Goes School in Britain (1961)
“Beat School,” a 1961 news clip by British Pathé, depicts the Burgess Hill Boarding School, an unusually relaxed school in Britain that allowed students to…
Big Jambox, A Wireless Speaker by Jawbone
Big Jambox by Jawbone is a new wireless hi-fi speaker for mobile devices. Mat Honan did a review Big Jambox over at Gizmodo.
Slide To Unlock, The Game
The “slide to unlock” motion familiar to Apple device users is now the basis for an iOS game: Slide. The app was created by The…
Giant On/Off Switch Mural
Spanish street artist escif recently painted this giant on/off switch on the side of a building in Poland for the Katowice Street Art Festival. via…
Whimsical Portraits of Classical Musicians by Nikolaj Lund
Danish cellist and photographer Nikolaj Lund takes remarkably whimsical and inventive photos of classical musicians.
Brendon Grimshaw, 86 Year Old Owner & Caretaker of a Tiny Tropical Island
On a whim in 1962, British newspaper editor Brendon Grimshaw bought the tiny deserted Moyenne Island in the Seychelles for £8,000. In 1972 he…
The Viewtron System and Sceptre Videotex Terminal (1983)
This retro-futuristic 1983 video announces the Viewtron system, an early telephone-based information service by AT&T and media company Knight Ridder. The system could provide weather…
Incredible Packing Tape Art by Max Zorn
Self-taught Dutch street artist Max Zorn creates beautiful illustrations by cutting and layering brown packing tape. Because the tape is semi-translucent, the tape art is…
Rex Velvet, Seattle’s New Super Villain
Seattle already has a number of superheroes—the most well known is Phoenix Jones, a costumed vigilante. Now the city has a super villain, Rex Velvet,…
Bodypaintings by Gesine Marwedel
photo by Thomas van de Wall photo by Thomas van de Wall photo by Andreas Broich German artist Gesine Marwedel uses the human body as…