‘Valentine Dinogrenade’, A Pink Vinyl Art Toy Mashup of a Prehistoric Dinosaur and a Grenade by Ron English
Valentine Dinogrenade is a pink vinyl art toy mashup, measuring 8″ long by 4″ tall, of a prehistoric dinosaur and a grenade. The limited edition…
‘Pixfix’, A 2008 Video Series in Which Artist Bob Staake Shows How to Create Unique Characters With Photoshop 3.0
Recently, the esteemed artist and illustrator Bob Staake created the very touching “Broken Arch” illustration for the December 8, 2014 edition of The New Yorker…
What Mezcal Is and How It Can Be Used Creatively in Cocktails
Jim Kearns, the head bartender at New York City’s Tijuana Picnic who’s known for his wonderful Mexican-influenced libations, spoke with Potluck Video about Mezcal, the…
A Hyper-Detailed Hand-Drawn Map of Paris by Jenni Sparks
British artist Jenni Sparks has created a meticulously detailed hand-drawn map of Paris that highlights everything from obscure corner shops to famous landmarks. It is…
An Airbus A380 Nearly Cuts a Cloud in Half as It Passes Through
An Airbus A380 operated by Emirates flies into a cloud, leaving a giant gash in its wake, in this short video by aircraft spotter Schipholhotspot.…
Artist Jessica Hische Creates Hand-Lettered ‘Forever Hearts’ Stamps for the U.S. Postal Service
Illustrator and hand-lettering artist Jessica Hische (previously) has created a love-themed design for a new U.S. Postal Service stamp entitled Forever Hearts. Hische hand-lettered the…
LookFor, The ‘World’s Dumbest App’ That Actually Helps Users Find Friends in Crowded Places
Self-described as “The World’s Dumbest App,” LookFor helps people find one another in crowded places through an incredibly simple (or dumb) mechanism–it turns a smartphone’s…
‘Höme ImprovisÃ¥tion’, A Multiplayer Video Game That Tasks Players With Assembling Furniture Without Instructions
“If you ever don’t know what to do next, just try to think like a Scandinavian industrial designer.” Höme ImprovisÃ¥tion is a multiplayer video game…
‘Pizza Is the New Black’, A Fun Series of Richly Colored Monochromatic Pizzas Made With Unusual Ingredients
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Black Pizza (@blackpizzastudio) Black Pizza, a funky design studio in Paris, along with the help of…
The Verge Explores the Incredibly Immersive 3D Sound of Binaural Audio
For those not familiar with the magic of binaural recording, it is actually a fairly old technique for creating life-like three-dimensional stereo sound. The heart…