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Incredibly Elaborate LEGO Great Ball Contraption
The LEGO Great Ball Contraption is a mesmerizing and incredibly elaborate room-sized ball machine made out of LEGO components. Akiyuki, the machine’s Japanese creator, spent…
Urban Camouflage Artist Body Paints Women & Stages Them Around London For a TV Show Promo
At London’s Portobello Market To promote the new season of television drama series, Covert Affairs, the UK channel Really commissioned make-up artist Carolyn Roper to…
British Museum Discovers 1902 Footage That is World’s First Color Movie
Last week, the National Media Museum in the UK announced the discovery of the earliest known color motion picture footage, a collection of grainy but…
Spationery, Cleverly Designed Outer Space Themed Desk Accessories
Jeongmi Lee, a South Korean product designer and founder of the creative studio dtalkers, has created an excellent collection of two outer space themed desk…
MakerBot Announces the Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer & A Manhattan Retail Store
At a live press conference held today, Bre Pettis of MakerBot Industries announced the MakerBot Replicator 2 (and 2X), their new sleek 3D desktop printer…
Vienna Design Week 2012: A City Full of Design
Vienna Design Week 2012: A City Full of Design, a 10 day festival celebrating the design of Austria, Central and Eastern Europe, and beyond, takes…
Marooned On Watango Island, An Animated Tiki-Filled Cartoon Short
Marooned On Watango Island is an animated tiki-filled cartoon short created by Australian painter, illustrator and animator Lluis Fuzzhound for the 2012 Tiki Showcase at…
Olive Juice, A Seductive Short Film by Cousins
Olive Juice is a new short film by Los Angeles-based Cousins, the directors of the racy Skittles parody video Newlyweds. Olive Juice is a seductive…
The First Two BioShock Infinite Action Figure Toys Have Been Unveiled
BioShock Infinite Series 01 – Set of 2 by NECA NECA, a manufacturer of action figures & collectibles, has unveiled two action figures for their…
Cloud, An Interactive Sculpture Made of 6,000 Light Bulbs
photo by lori.jane “Cloud” is a delightful interactive sculpture of 6,000 light bulbs assembled into a giant glowing cloud (video). Most of the bulbs are…