Rebecca Escamilla
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SNAP, A Tool-Free Assembly System That Can Turn Household Odds and Ends Into Functional Furniture
SNAP by Be-elastic is an assembly system that can turn a surface or board into a piece of furniture without the use of tools or…
How to Build a Coffee Maker Out of Old Light Bulbs
Turin, Italy-based Rulof Maker created an interesting tutorial that shows how to build a coffee maker out of two light bulbs, a dropper, and a…
A Hypnotic Video of a Dutch Farmer Topping a Field of Tulips
A hypnotic video by Tractorspotter shows a tulip farmer topping (removing the flower heads from) tulips in a field in the Netherlands. This process also…
Playful Paintings of Food, Animals, People, and More on Plates at The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto
Jacqueline Poirier, server-cum-resident artist at The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto, hand-paints animals, people, food, and a smorgasbord of other things onto a plate in each of…
How Trees ‘Know’ That It Is Time to Bud in Spring
US National Arboretum horticulturalist Scott Aker explains what signals budding of trees in spring in a video by The Atlantic. Aker explains how trees don’t…
‘Pizza in the Wild’, A Photo Series Documenting the Behavior of Pizza in Its Natural Habitat
Los Angeles photographer and director Jonpaul Douglass picks up a few $5 pizzas at Little Caesars, releases them into the wild, and documents the behavior…
One Musician Conducts and Plays Every Instrument in an Orchestra
Yorkshire, UK-based composer Ben Morfitt of Squid Physics performs every instrument in and conducts an orchestra in “One Man Orchestra.” The choir singing behind the…
The Octobasse, An Enormous String Instrument That Can Play Frequencies Lower Than Humans Can Hear
The octobasse (or octobass in English) is an enormous string instrument built in 1850 by French instrument maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume that is capable of creating…
Filmmaker Creates Touching Video to Find Potential Suitors for His Awesome Mom
Single guys who love tennis and beer, take note: Eva is single and looking for love. Eva, mother of Norwegian filmmaker Alex Lyngaas, hasn’t had…
A Poster Featuring 25 Different Ramen Recipes From Cities of Japan
The Ramen Poster by Fanny Cheuk Chu features 25 different ramen recipes from all over Japan. The poster is available for pre-order through her Kickstarter…