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Wes Anderson’s Illustrious ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ Built Entirely Out of LEGO Bricks
To celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Grand Budapest Hotel on June 17th, master builder Ryan Ziegelbauer and his team built a model…
An Illustration of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Duo Arya Stark and Sandor ‘The Hound’ Clegane
Vancouver, Canada artist Carlyle Wilson has created “Clegane and Stark“, an illustration of the Game of Thrones duo Arya Stark and Sandor “The Hound” Clegane.…
Binaudios, A Giant Binocular-Like Sound Installation in Newcastle That Lets Participants Hear Sounds of the City
photo by Emilia Flockhart “Binaudios” is a giant binocular-like contraption at the Sage Gateshead concert venue in Newcastle that lets participants listen to different sounds…
A Coffee Expert Reviews Cheap Coffee Using a 5-Star Rating System
Los Angeles-based coffee expert Wes Johansen sits down and reviews cheap coffee in this video by BuzzFeed. The coffee taste test included 7-Eleven, Denny’s, McDonald’s,…
‘The City’, A Series of Eerie Post-Apocalyptic Dioramas of Destroyed Indoor Spaces by Lori Nix
Artist Lori Nix creates intricate dioramas of indoor spaces which appear to have suffered from some mysterious catastrophe in her series "The City".
Pink Floyd Documentaries About the Making of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘Wish You Were Here’
Two of albums by Pink Floyd are the subject of a pair of documentaries, The Making of Dark Side of the Moon and The Story…
‘Bounce’, A Short Film About a Globetrotting Magical Soccer Ball Shot in Canada, France, Greece, the U.S., & Morocco
“Bounce: This is Not a Freestyle Movie” is a peppy short film by and starring Montreal-based filmmaker Guillaume Blanchet featuring a magic soccer ball that…
Artist Adds Pop Culture Heroes to Neighborhood Watch Signs Around Toronto
Artist Andrew Lamb (not his real name) has been augmenting neighborhood watch signs in Toronto with images of RoboCop, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Mega Man,…
‘Cólera’, A Horror Short Filmed in a Single Shot Featuring Spanish Actor Luis Tosar
“Cólera” is a short horror film directed by filmmaker Aritz Moreno and featuring renowned Spanish actor Luis Tosar. The short was filmed in a single…
A Printable Lamp That Assembles Itself When Heated
Researchers at Harvard University recently demonstrated a printable lamp concept that assembles itself when heated at the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation…