The Incredibly Complex Innards of Mechanical Calculators
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kevin Twomey (@kevin2me) Mechanical calculators are opened to reveal their incredibly complex analog innards in a…
An Antique Elevator Indicator Sign Repurposed as a Next Train Display
San Francisco-based developer and self-described “tinkerer” Rolf Rando lives near a Muni light rail line and finds himself constantly checking online for train arrival times.…
‘Tales of Auto Elasticity’, Surreal Photorealistic Illustrations of Contorted Pickup Trucks by Chris LaBrooy
Classic pickup trucks are distorted and interlocked in wonderfully surreal assemblages in the photorealistic digital illustration series Tales of Auto Elasticity by Chris LaBrooy. The…
‘Norton the First: America’s Emperor,’ A Documentary About 19th Century San Francisco Eccentric Emperor Norton
Norton the First: America’s Emperor is an upcoming feature length documentary about Joshua Norton, the celebrated 19th century San Francisco eccentric who crowned himself Emperor…
m0xy, A New Industrial Arts Incubator in Oakland, California
m0xy is a new industrial arts incubator located in the Fruitvale neigborhood of Oakland, California. The incubator is housed in a 40,000-square-foot former metal works,…
Touching Commercial for UK Supermarket Sainsbury’s Dramatizes the World War I Christmas Truce of 1914
This touching commercial by UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s dramatizes the Christmas truce, an unofficial ceasefire that occurred at Christmastime in 1914 during World War I.…
Illustrations and Animations Created With a Single Continuous Line
Artist and director Kazuhiko Okushita creates charming drawings and animations that are each composed from just a single continuous line. Okushita first gained recognition for…
Wonderful Doggie Diner Head and Zippy the Pinhead Halloween Costumes
Cartoonist Bill Griffith, creator of the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip, recently posted photos of wonderful Halloween costumes of a Doggie Diner head and Zippy.…
Hilariously Twisted Cartoons Drawn on Coffee Cups by Josh Hara
Cartoonist Josh Hara (yoyoha) uses paper coffee cups as canvases for his hilarious cartoons about coffee, the human condition, and National Doughnut Day. The cartoons…
Incredibly Diverse Metal Sculptures Made With Only 12-Inch Nails
For nearly 30 years, Maine artist John Bisbee has been creating an astonishingly diverse body of sculpture work using a single building block: 12-inch nails.…