Laughing Squid

a daily dose of unique and curious things

Concrete LEGO Blocks by Andrew Lewicki

These concrete LEGO blocks measure 15 inches in length and stack together just like their plastic counterparts. They were created by artist Andrew Lewicki back…

Sunflower Chair, An Ingenious Chair With Integrated Bookcase

Sunflower Chair is an ingenious sunflower-shaped chair that is ringed by an integrated bookcase. The chair was created by designers He Mu and Zhang Qian…

Delicious City Prints, A Typographic Regional Food Poster Series

Delicious City Prints is a fun typographic poster series from Philadelphia-based designer Roni Lagin that celebrates worldwide regional foods. He’s got several cities covered so…

80s and 90s Pop Culture Digital Art by Max Capacity

Santa Cruz-based Max Capacity is a digital artist whose frenetic GIFs and images are steeped in 80s and 90s pop culture. He creates his images…

Singularity & Co., Unique Bookshop Will Save Obscure Sci-Fi Titles

Singularity & Co. is a unique science fiction bookshop that is opening both an online store and a brick-and-mortar in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood. Cici James,…

Cats Looking Out the Window at the Rain

“It’s like, I know the string is there. I see it. They’re not fooling me into thinking that it’s a real live bird. I know…

Cat Demonstrates Feline Image Stabilization

Miecia the Cat demonstrates her impressive feline image stabilization. All she needs now is a GoPro camera hat. For even more impressive animal image stabilization…

HTTPSTER T-Shirt

HTTPSTER T-Shirt by Kneadle, available in forest, orange and asphalt grey. The hypertext-transfer-protocol antithetic hipster shirt for nerds, geeks and unicorns. via swissmiss & this…

A Young Girl Named Emma Gains Mobility with 3D-Printed ‘Magic Arms’

A 2-year-old girl named Emma has a congenital condition called arthrogryposis which doesn’t allow her to lift her arms on her own. Dr. Tariq Rahman…