The Resistor JelTone, A Partially Edible Toy Piano
Astrida Valigorsky, Ranjit Bhatnagar, Mimi Hui, and Catarina Mota of Brooklyn-based hacker collective, NYC Resistor, formed a partially-edible working toy piano titled The Resistor JelTone.…
Untappd, A Social App for Beer Drinkers
Untappd is a social app that lets beer fans post about what beer they’re drinking that is now available as native apps for iPhone and…
Log In, An Illustrated Spoof of the Password Prompt
“Log In” by Christoph Niemann is an illustrated spoof of the notorious password prompt. It was featured in his column Abstract Sunday in this past…
URKontinent, A Limited Edition Google Beer Brewed by Dogfish Head
URKontinent is a limited-edition beer created from suggestions from Google employees around the globe. Dogfish Head Beer brewed this draft-only beer and recently debuted…
The New Rules of Work, Posters For The Modern Workplace
“New Rules of Work” is a poster series of modern workplace rules that every office worker should know. The series is by Division of Labor,…
Wanna Live Forever? Become a Noun
“Wanna Live Forever? Become a Noun” is a music video on the subject of eponyms: words like sandwich, shrapnel, and boycott that came from…
The Wirecutter, A List of Amazing Gadgets by Brian Lam
Brian Lam, former editor of Gizmodo, has just launched The Wirecutter on The Awl. It is a “new website designed to do one thing: to…
Opposites Posters
These wonderful “Opposites” posters are by design students at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The posters were an assignment for a…
The Skulls of Derik Van Beers, A Short Film by The Perez Brothers
The Skulls of Derik Van Beers is a short film created by California-based filmmakers, the Perez Brothers. The film follows sculpture artist Derik Van Beers…
Wine Stain Portraits by Amelia Harnas
Artist Amelia Harnas creates beautiful embroidered wine stain portraits. We recently wrote about another example of gorgeous embroidery portraiture by artist Cayce Zavaglia. My process…