What’s more awesome than having 2 gothic gigs of memory wrapped around your knuckles just in time for Halloween? Solid Alliance introduces the USB skull ring for $145.50, available here for all you skull-loving, computer-obsessed technomorphs out there.
While there’s no substitute for your personal attention, there is now a way to make sure your plants get the sunlight they need while you’re slaving away at work. This robotic planter senses sunlight and crawls its way towards it giving your plant the exposure its needs. Ten points to the person who attaches a self-watering system.
What I really like about Paris-born artist C215 is that he takes the time to interact with the communities he visits, whether in India or Brazil, as you can see in the above video. It’s interesting to see how he uses the identities of locals to elevate his art into a more meaningful (dare I say spiritual) territory. On top of that, his style is simply pure badass. If you visit C215’s recent stencil work on flickr, you can see for yourself how he’ll sometimes frame the stencils of the denizens he meets along the way to be given to them as gifts once finished…
I did that portrait for an amazing little shy girl I met in a small and smelling piss street of Karol Bagh where live only very poor people. I had to wait for her there the last day to provide her the stencil, just before going back to paris. But she was in school and I really waited the maximum to meet her again and provide her the framed portrait. I was feeling really sad thinking i would not see her again before leaving but fortunately she was back home just in time to get it…
Awesome stuff like this make me want to move to NYC….
What: Four temporary, public art exhibitions, lasting four days, beginning October 16, 2008 and ending on October 19, 2008.
How: Four 20ft x 8ft shipping containers will be placed curbside, near two separate major art institutions. Artists Monica Canilao, Maya Hayuk, Greg Lamarche and Anthony Lister will each be given a container to create an installation.
Why: The title of the exhibition: Contain, is an examination into the perspective of how public art / street art is translated indoors. Each artist will explore definitions for the word, contain:
That’s the direct translation of “Biblioteca de bosillo,” the title of this piece on Not Made In China. Everyone on this planet has either been in a tiny apartment or had to move a poop-load (metric, not english) of books to a new apartment. This takes care of both problems. Maximize space with ultimate portability. And if that’s not enough incentive to buy, here’s another: street vending. Load this puppy up with all your old, crappy books… roll it down to the [insert highly-trafficked local thoroughfare], and away you go. 50¢ each, 3 for a dollar.
If this isn’t awesome, I don’t know what is. Halloween’s a-comin’, and I’m seriously considering going out and seeing how much a projector and screen would cost, just so I can set this up at my apartment. I mean seriously, look at that. Look at it. How can you not want to do that?
If you do want to do that, and you happen to have or are preparing to buy a projector and screen of some kind, check out hallowindow.com, your one stop shop for all things dvds-to-play-through-a-projector-onto-a-screen-in-your-window-during-Halloween.
Damn that’s awesome.
Send a message next time your “friend” “forgets” to bring his own “booze.” Or just make really awesome looking drinks. This is the AK Ice Tray, a lovely little idea from the very classiest of high-design websites. Of course I’m talking about none other than find-me-a-gift.co.uk. Just be careful if when you’re making them, someone orders a shooter. Chances are they may have gotten the wrong idea.
Look at this guy. Awesome. This is clearly the next, again, awesome evolution in an existing trend. First there were the hoodies (see here, here), then the hats (for lack of a better link: here), now the bandanas. I vant to buy von. If you do too, click here for your very own Fangdana at YesNoMaybe.
If you know most of us (and if you’re reading this blog chances are you do) you know that we’re, pardon my French, “friggin’ nerds.” As such, we highly enjoy the hourly occasional video game. One such title we’ve been known to partake in is Rock Band. Perhaps you are familiar. Well, I’ve always had a major gripe with this game.
Sure you get to sing, play guitar, drums, and bass, but please… this is nothing like performing on stage. Take it from me, as someone who’s performed on stage exactly never times, you need to set the mood. The ambiance. Bring a certain je ne se quoi (that one’s for you Ollie) to the show. Enter the Rock Band Stage Kit. As the manufacturer puts it, “Transform your jam session into a full-on rock show with smoke and light effects. Light and smoke automatically synchronize with music from the game.” Y’know what? I think I will.
Oh, the good ole’ days. Not a care in the world. No bills, no job, no social worries… ok, maybe a few of those, but still, I think we can all agree things were at least a little easier in high school. And yet, still, no one paid attention. Except that one kid the teacher loved. What was his name? Edward? Edgar? Nevermind. The point here is, these pencils are awesome because they’re perfect for holding between your upper lip and nose and not paying attention to something. Just like high school. Or your next waste-of-time meeting. Nice work Atypyk.
Cool concept from The Play Coalition. This little guy’s name is Martyr, and he’s here to remind you to save energy. I dare you to find a more adorable way to do this.
A “yabado” or a “dabado” time, you might even say.
Get your Flintsone on with some fresh (from the quarry) furniture designs by Max Lamb. Check out his exhibit at the Johnson Trading Gallery.
And if you’re somehow thrown off by the title of this post, please, refresh yourself here.
Slot cars for big boys. I want this for Christmas. What you see at the right is the layout of the Shelby Slot Car Race Track. This puppy features 63 feet of track, detailed reproductions of the Shelby Daytona Coupe from the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a 22 volt power pack to get them moving around the track. There’s something to be said about making childhood memories re-accessible in adult form and the excuses you make to own something like this.
Pick it up for your kids yourself at Restoration Hardware.
Bushnell takes personal GPS units to a new level with their BackTrack unit. The pocket sized $60 gadget is designed to do one thing: find you way back to any location. Two buttons operate the GPS unit in a very simplified user interface and can store up to 3 locations.
Get it here.
These are environmental.
They’re only available for a limited time every day.
They’re the most awesome thing I’ve seen.
See more at wooster collective.
No. This isn’t gross. It’s actually one of the smartest things I’ve seen. It’s all about deception.
Click through to see what I mean.
Why this isn’t gross.
You know when you get your coffee at Rom and they pour in the milk to create an image of a leaf? That’s West-coast barista skills. If you’ve ever been in an authentic West coast cafe, you’ll know that some of these guys can make some mind boggling designs with their drinks. I mean, they have competitions dedicated to the art!
I wonder if they can do stuff like this.
Core 77 ran a 1 hour product design challenge to see who could come up with the most compelling back-to-school bag for Timbuk2. Click through to the forum to see some of the winners and read the brief below:
BRIEF:
It’s back-to-school time…back to lugging books, art supplies, sports gear, and kegs around campus. Core77 is firing up this month’s 1HDC just in time for the daily grind of school. We want to see what kind of over-the-shoulder carrying mechanism you can come up with. Knapsack? Shoulder bag? Book bag? Messenger bag? Hybrid? You tell us! We’ve enlisted the talents of the Timbuk2 design team to guest judge this month’s gig. So pull that Rocko Ruler and Prismacolors out of your ratty backpack and take an hour to put your work up in front of the Timbuk2 crew and all your peers for the chance at this month’s bragging rights and a sweet custom Timbuk2 bag!
One thing I’ve learned about living in Chicago is that this city loves its bikes. You see them everywhere, all shapes and sizes (have you seen the double deckers?), especially during the critical mass events – those are pretty awesome. The other thing I’ve learned is that when it comes to true bike connoisseur culture, less is always more. Fixed gear enthusiasts, the alpha-ninja bikers of the streets, the fast, the agile, and the light footed are all about maintaining the simple structure of the frame. Two wheels, pedals, a seat, and the rest is light weight steel. If you’re one of these fixed gear minimalist looking bikes, be sure to check out Alien Bikes. Based out of Norway, this is a one-man shop operated by Joseph Santaniello.
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