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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 Improvisåtion’, 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 Improvisåtion is a multiplayer video game…
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…
‘Unconditional Rebel’, A Slow-Motion Music Video Featuring a Complex Scene Recorded at 1,000 Frames Per Second
In the remarkable slow-motion music video for “Unconditional Rebel” by siska, a complex tableau featuring 80 actors unfolds in exquisite slow motion over the course…
Tame Squirrel Comes Running Whenever His Human Calls Despite Having Been Released Several Years Ago
An orphaned and tame fox squirrel named Peanut always comes running home whenever his human Roger Durre calls for him. Once inside, the little squirrel…
New York City Graffiti Artist Faust Writes Messages in Beautiful Script on Snow-Covered Cars
For the past few winters, New York City-based graffiti artist Faust has been writing messages in beautiful script on snow-covered cars and other convenient urban…
Handmade ‘Doctor Who’ TARDIS Jewelry Box That Appears to Be Bigger on the Inside Through the Clever Use of Storage
Massachusetts-based crafter Caitlin Thornton of Lucky Lycan Designs has created a wonderful jewelry box made in the image of Doctor Who‘s beloved TARDIS that has…
An Honest Trailer for the New Asymmetrical Multiplayer Video Game ‘Evolve’
“Welcome to Shear, a peaceful colony planet, until it is besieged by giant Pokémon rejects.” Voice actor Jon Bailey of Screen Junkies and Smosh have…
CoordiMate, A Handy Self-Inking Stamp to Make Graphs for Math Homework in an Instant
CoordiMate is a self-inking stamp that aligns with graph paper to easily and quickly make Cartesian graphs when doing math homework, saving plenty of time…