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Wire Mesh Shadow Portraits
Back in 2009, artist Isaac Cordal shaped wire mesh kitchen colanders into faces and installed them on the streets of London, where street lights cast…
Pierre Cardin’s Futuristic Space Age Fashions of 1970
Check out these futuristic Space Age fashions from 1970 by Pierre Cardin set to the 1973 moog synth song The Look of Love by The…
Mushroom Pod House Architect Was Inspired By Queen Anne’s Lace
Side Yard image via RE/MAX listing Pittsford, New York is home to the Mushroom House, a unique retro-modern property consisting of towering pod rooms designed…
Photo Collage Sculptures by Peter Madden
Auckland-based artist Peter Madden creates wonderful photo collage sculptures from images cut out of books. Madden talks about his work in this interview with…
The Fuck Off Shoe Collection by Mark McNairy
image via Grungy Gentleman In 2011, designer Mark McNairy released his “Fuck Off” collection, a line of handmade leather mens’ shoes with the words “Fuck…
Fascinating Video Explains How We Are All Related
In We Are All Related, Michael Stevens of VSauce breaks down how all humans are, scientifically speaking, family. He says that, according to geneticists, that…
Walking Table by Wouter Scheublin
Walking Table is a dining table with an elaborate wooden mechanism that allows it to walk when pushed. The table is by Netherlands-based designer Wouter…
90,000 Dominoes Topple in 8 Minutes
90,775 dominoes topple over the course of 8 minutes in this video recorded in April at the TDT 2012 domino event in Austria.
American History, A Student Film by South Park’s Trey Parker (1992)
American History is a paper-cut animation made by South Park co-creator Trey Parker and Chris Graves when they were students at University of Colorado in…
The Golden Hour Calculator
The Golden Hour Calculator is a web and iPhone app that calculates the golden hour based on the user's location created by Roger Moffatt.