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Street Illuminated with 55,000 LEDs at 2012 Light Festival Ghent
Luminarie De Cagna, an Italian company specializing in illuminated installations, converted a street into a monumental facade and hall lit by 55,000 LEDs for the…
Toys R Me, Lance Reddick Plays a Very Intense Small Business Owner
Actor and musician Lance Reddick plays a very intense small business owner in Toys R Me from Funny or Die. A heartfelt exploration of the…
Tissue Series, Anatomical Cross Sections in Paper Filigree
Artist Lisa Nilsson creates beautiful anatomical cross sections of the human body by rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper in a technique called paper…
How To Make Your Own Jellyfish in a Bottle
Using everyday household items like plastic grocery bags, plastic water bottles, thread, water and food coloring, you can create a miniature aquarium of faux floating…
Project Shellter Success: Hermit Crabs Adopt 3D Printed Shells
MakerBot’s Project Shellter, a community initiative to create environmentally friendly 3D printed shells for pet hermit crabs, has succeeded in convincing three hermit crabs to…
Miniature Everyday Items Made from LEGOs
Bruce Lowell, creator of the awesome LEGO Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles, is back with a bunch of everyday items made from LEGOs. From a Corn Popper…
Going Cardboard, A Designer Board Game Documentary
New Hampshire-based filmmaker Lorien Green is behind Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary, a film about designer board games and the subculture of game players…
Utterly Bizarre Japanese Grindcore Music Video For ACA by Maruosa
This breathakingly bizarre music video by Japanese artist Sekitani Norihiro may be less than two minutes long, but it feels like an unending seizure of…
The Boneyard Project, Abandoned Warplanes Reborn As Art Canvases
“The Boneyard Project: Return Trip” is an art exhibition of scrapped military aircraft that have been repurposed as canvases for contemporary artists. Created by Eric…
LEGO Moleskine Notebooks
LEGO has collaborated with Moleskine to create a set of limited edition LEGO Moleskine pocket-sized notebooks which are available now for pre-order. They each have…