Laughing Squid
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The Ultimate Hamburger by Modernist Cuisine
In The Ultimate Hamburger, scientists and cooks Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet of Modernist Cuisine describe in detail how they created their “ultimate hamburger”. Modernist…
Flyboard, A Water Powered Jet Pack
Flyboard is an amphibious water-powered jet pack that propels the wearer up to 30 feet in the air (demo video). A large hose channels high…
Bella the Dog Eats While Standing In Her Special Bailey Chair
Diagnosed with congenital megaesophagus, Bella the dog happily sits in her special “Bailey chair” for meal times. This is our cute dog Bella. She was…
The Comic Sans Project, Famous Logos Redone With Comic Sans Font
Famous logos are given hideous Comic Sans makeovers over at The Comic Sans Project. The project is by Paris-based creative duo Florian Amoneau and Thomas…
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor collaborated with Atticus Ross to create three hours of new music for the soundtrack of The Girl With The…
Piano Catapult by Royal De Luxe
On Saturday, French puppet theater company Royal De Luxe demonstrated their piano catapult in Nantes (short video, long video). We’ve written about the exploits of…
New York Types, Letterpress Exhibit Brings New York Voices to Print
New York Writes Itself is an ongoing series “of creative productions fueled by the people of New York” from ad agency Leo Burnett New…
Brought To You By The Letter A
Brought To You By The Letter A by Ian Abando, his submission for The Lovers, The Dreamers, And Me, the Jim Henson tribute art exhibition…
Shark Song, Jaws Transformed Into a Heartwarming Disney Film
Caleb Hepler, the assistant editor at Whitehouse Post, edited the classic 1975 thriller Jaws and turned it into Shark Song, a heartwarming Disney film about…
Palace of Fine Squids
San Francisco-based illustrator Bill Robinson created Palace of Fine Squids in appreciation of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Prints of this friendly…