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My Knitted Boyfriend, Dutch Designer Knit Bizarre Man Suits As a Way to Stave Off Loneliness
“Arthur” Dutch designer Noortje de Keijzer has knit herself a couple of bizarre man suits (“boyfriends”) as a way to stave off loneliness in her…
Creating the Sound and Music of ‘Oblivion’
SoundWorks Collection has released a profile of the sound and music of the recently-released film Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise. In the video, director Joseph Kosinski,…
Gerald Project, Artists Challenged to Customize a Papercraft Dog in Collaborative Art Project
“001 Huichol” by 4P1B Back in 2009 British design studio Lazerian created a papercraft model kit of their dog mascot, Gerald. Two years later, the…
Ride the City, A Mapping Service That Encourages Safe Cycling
Ride the City is a cycling map service created by Vaidila Satvika and Jordan Anderson that helps cyclists find the shortest, safest route to their…
Everything Wrong With ‘Iron Man’ In 4 Minutes Or Less
In honor of Iron Man 3 blasting into theaters next week, CinemaSins released a video that brings to light “Everything Wrong With Iron Man In…
Acme Archives Show Featuring ‘Star Wars’ Inspired Art by Mike Kungl at Disneyland in Anaheim
In celebration of the annual “May the Fourth Be With You” event on May 4th, California-based illustrator Mike Kungl will display a new collection of…
WalkaboutNYC Tech Edition, A Citywide Open House for New York City-Based Tech Companies
WalkaboutNYC Tech Edition is an annual citywide open house event that provides free access to New York City-Based tech companies. This year’s event happens Friday…
Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, and Others Discuss the Storytelling of Science
Arizona State University’s Origins Project hosted “The Great Debate: The Storytelling of Science,” a discussion panel including some of the most well-known names in science.…
Photo of Berlin Taken From Space Illustrates the East-West Divide
Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this amazing photo of Berlin, Germany as seen from the International Space Station with the caption “Amazingly, I think the…
Reframed, Disused Street Sign Frame Turned into a Picture Frame
For his street art piece, “Reframed,” artist George Zisiadis converted a disused parking sign frame in San Francisco into a picture frame. This piece quite…