Face Forward, A Giant Robotic Human Face by Christian Ristow
“Face Forward” by Christian Ristow is a 12 foot tall robotic sculpture of a human face. Made primarily of aluminum strips, the sculpture’s moving parts…
Using an Apple Power Adapter as a Bottle Opener
image via Eva Giselle Graphic designer Eva Giselle and web developer Jesse Lupini recently discovered that a bottle of beer can be opened with an…
NYC Corners, New York City Street Corners Then and Now
photos via Retronaut & NYC Corners photos via Retronaut & NYC Corners photos via The New York Public Library & NYC Corners NYC Corners is…
Personalized Blankets & Mapkins Created From Open Source Map Data
San Francisco-based Nikki Gunn Rodenbeck of Soft Cities creates personalized fleece blankets and cotton “mapkins” napkins from customized OpenStreetMap.org data. …In collaboration with Stamen Design,…
The Largest-Ever Exhibition of Props, Costumes, Artwork, & Artifacts by Walt Disney Archives
D23 Presents Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives will be the largest-ever exhibition of Disney props, costumes, artwork, and artifacts ever curated and put on…
inksPIRATE
inksPIRATE, a Threadless t-shirt by Brian Nur Afandi.
High-Five Prank at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
One of the most cliché tourist snapshots imaginable is the “look at me holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa” pose. As a prankster from…
Maurice Sendak’s High School Yearbook Foresees His Future
Ancestry.com recently posted the yearbook photo of children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. It reads: “Your delightful drawings make us all gay, A famous artist…
Bear Cubs Forming a Conga Line
A bunch of bear cubs gather together in a row to form a conga line.
Inside The New York Times Newsroom Archive
Earlier this year we wrote about The Lively Morgue, a New York Times photo archive Tumblr. Recently Tumblr sent Jessica Bennett and K. Ryan…