The Decorative Fabric Filled Potholes of Paris
Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera has transformed some of Paris’ unsightly potholes into colorful art installations through the magic of brightly colored fabric. photos by Juliana…
How to Make a Modern Hourglass
The Hourglass HGS by designer Mark Newson is a beautiful handmade hourglass that keeps time using stainless steel “nanoballs.” Director Philip Andelman filmed “The…
DON-8r and Dona, Two Donation Requesting Robots
Charity robo-canvassers may soon be a reality. DON-8r by Tim Pryde and Dona by Min Su Kim are two examples of begging robots. As these…
San Francisco Model Made Using One Hundred Thousand Toothpicks
Scott Weaver’s “Rolling Through the Bay” (which we wrote about back in 2008) is a beautifully intricate model of San Francisco made of 100,000 toothpicks.…
Dainty Figurines Meeting Gruesome Ends
“Breaking” by British artist Jessica Harrison is a series of quaint ceramic figurines who have met gruesome fates, mainly by their own porcelain hands. “Breaking”…
Shut Up Little Man! The Documentary, An Audio Misadventure
Shut Up Little Man! is a film about Peter and Raymond, two cantankerous San Franciscans who became famous in the early 1990’s thanks to the…
Guns N Gardens, DIY Tips on How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse
Guns N Gardens is a video series by Oakland-based Marque Cornblatt featuring handy DIY tips on how to survive a zombie apocalypse. See Also: –…
That’s How! An Illustrated Children’s Book by Christoph Niemann
That’s How! by Christoph Niemann is a wonderfully illustrated children’s book that explains how things work in a most humorous way. The book will be…
The World’s Tallest Tree Is In An Undisclosed Location in California
To be fair, the tree in the photo montage above is the World’s Second Tallest Tree at 369 feet. It was the world’s tallest known…
The World’s Most Complicated Rube Goldberg Machine
Engineering students at Purdue University have built a Rube Goldberg-style machine that runs through 244 steps, a world record. The machine was constructed for the…