Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Toaster Mosaic Made From 3,053 Pieces of Toast
Swedish husband and wife team, artists Gustavo Aguerre and Ingrid Falk created “The Toaster”, a mural of a common household toaster that is over 22 feet wide…
Dithyrambalina, Interactive Musical House To Be Built in New Orleans
“Dithyrambalina” is an ambitious project by artist Caledonia Dance Curry (aka Swoon) to build a house in New Orleans that is a playable musical art…
New Stamp Series Honors Noteworthy American Industrial Designers
“Pioneers of American Industrial Design,” a newly released stamp series by the US Postal Service honors 12 influential American industrial designers.
Pill Popped Op Art, Scott Blake’s Self-Portrait in Ecstasy
In 2002, artist Scott Blake of Barcode Art created his digital self-portrait using images of hundreds of ecstasy pills. He gathered these images from DanceSafe,…
Keyboard Frequency Sculpture by Mike Knuepfel
“Keyboard Frequency Sculpture” by NYU design student Mike Knuepfel is a 3D visualization of the frequency with which keys are used on a computer…
Man Has Disabled Hand Amputated and Replaced with Bionic Prosthetic
Earlier this year, an Austrian man named Milo chose to have his permanently injured hand amputated and replaced by a bionic one. His procedure is…
Extremities, Skateboarder Seen from Seven Camera Angles at Once
“Extremities” by Eli Stonberg is a fascinating video of skateboarder Aryeh Kraus recorded by seven cameras, five of which are on the skateboarder’s body. For…
The 1939 Pontiac Ghost Car, the World’s First Transparent Car
The 1939 Pontiac Plexiglass Deluxe “Ghost Car” is a one-off show car with custom plexiglass body panels. It was built for the 1939-40 New York…
Robot Armpit Introduces Sense of Smell to Human Robot Interaction
Designer Kevin Grennan built this robot armpit prototype as part of his studies on the role of smell in human robot interaction. He has also…
Ericofon aka Cobra Phone, An Innovative Telephone Design by Ericsson
Designed by Sweden’s Ericsson Telephone Company in the late 1940s, the Ericofon or the Cobra Phone,  was originally designed for hospital use due to its…