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The Apprehension Engine, A Handmade Instrument That Creates Spine Chilling Horror Movie Sounds
YouTuber Indie Film Maker was given a handmade foley instrument to use while creating a horror film soundtrack. While this “Apprehension Engine” is made of…
Fully Functioning Wooden Globe Chessboard That Uses Magnets to Hold Each Chess Piece in Place
Layton, Utah product design student Ben Meyers and his father spent several weeks creating a stunning, fully functioning wooden globe chessboard that features magnets embedded…
Brilliant Anthropomorphic Portraits of Sleeping People Embroidered Onto Handmade Pillows
A post shared by Maryam Ashkanian Studio (@maryamashkanianstudio) on Dec 23, 2016 at 3:10pm PST Iranian fiber artist Maryam Ashkanian created “Sleep Series” an absolutely…
Mark Hamill Surprises Lifelong Star Wars Fan Adam Scott With a Special Visit on Jimmy Kimmel Live
On yesterday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor and lifelong Star Wars fan Adam Scott sat down with guest host Kristen Bell to tell her…
A Video Essay Exploring How Wes Anderson Uses His Visual Style to Depict the Whimsy of Childhood
In honor of Wes Anderson‘s birthday on May 1st, Northern California filmmaker and writer Philip Brubaker created a lovely video essay for Fandor Keyframe that…
Chowii, A Website and App That Lets You to Search for Short Food Recipe Videos by Ingredients
Chowii is a website and app that lets users to search for short food recipe videos by specific ingredients. It features searchable recipes from Food…
A Realistic Spy Tuna Captures an Up Close Look at How Dolphins Perform Such Incredible Leaps
In a clip from PBS two-part episode entitled “Dolphins: Spy in the Pod“, a realistic spy tuna captured the incredible strength and grace of spinner…
Designer Enlists Local Artists to Create Unique Portraits of His Reclusive Friend in ‘The John Show’
In “The John Show“, filmmaker Julie Sokolow tells the beautiful story of how graphic designer Brett Yasko enlisted the help of local artists to create…
Hand Painted Solar System Planet Push Pins
British designer Duncan Shotton has created Planet Pins, a hand painted and cast concrete series of planetary system push pins that allow you to bring…
Alaskan Town Celebrates the Fourth of July by Launching Vehicles Off of a Cliff
In 2016 Alaska Dispatch News multimedia journalist Scott Jensen traveled to Glacier View, Alaska to document how the town celebrates the Fourth of July in…