Leisure
Bride of Stan
Travis Louie, Pressure Printing and Hi-Fructose have teamed up to create “Bride of Stan“. The intaglio print sits behind bubble glass in a hand-casted resin frame with solid steel back.
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Witness: An Organima Film
Filmmaker Nik Arthur’s short Witness: An Organima Film, uses macro photography of various organic objects as a canvas for animation. From rocks to wood to water to leaves, each brief vignette reminds us to slow down and look more closely at the everyday things that surround us.
Food + Drink
Food I Can’t Read
If you’ve walked the aisles of an international grocery store, you’ve seen packages of food you couldn’t read. Created by Hossam Fazulla and Laith Elzubaidi, Food I Can’t Read visits local markets, picks unfamiliar items by their packaging, then tastes them. Sometimes, the foods are as weird as you’d expect, while other times, he discovers
Games
Opus Foosball Table
Best. Foosball. Ever. ELEVEN FORTY’s Opus Foosball table is the ultimate in bespoke party games: everything, from the type of wood to the microcast heads and bodies is custom-made.
Tools + EDC
Nite Ize HideOut XL Magnetic Key Box
Designed for hiding spare keys and other small items out of sight, the HideOut XL from Nite Ize attaches securely to metal surfaces using powerful neodymium magnets. It’s IPX7-rated waterproof to keep contents dry and includes an adhesive-backed metal plate for mounting on non-metal, smooth surfaces. Never get locked out again!
Living
XCH Robots Bicycle Repair Kit
This compact bike bag comes loaded with a variety of useful tools for fixing bicycles on the go. It includes a 16-in-1 multitool with screwdrivers, Allen wrenches, and metric sockets. It also comes with a spoke wrench, tire levers, a crank extractor, a bone wrench, an air pump, and glueless patches. The bag attaches with
Music
Playing a Piano with Marbles
You’re not supposed to stick things inside a piano. But if there’s one thing we know about Vinheteiro, it’s that he’s a rule breaker. In this video, he shows how placing marbles on the strings of a grand piano affects its sound. They add a strange rattle that roughens out its normally smooth notes. We wonder
Living
Franklin Sensors Light Level
This digital level makes it easier than ever to get things straight. It has two bubble levels, but its real trick is in its sensors and LEDs. Its lights stay red when you’re totally crooked, turn yellow as you get close, and turn bright green when level. It works in the dark too, and has
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Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos
Marking the 50th anniversary of the punk rock movement, Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976-86 is the Skirball Cultural Center’s latest original museum show to walk on the wild side of pop culture. The collection displays photography, posters, flyers, clothing, buttons and other artifacts from the punk scenes in London, NY, DC and
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Carving a Wild Charmander from Soap
Korean artist Budaljo shows how she transformed a block of handmade soap into a 3D sculpture of a wild Charmander from Pokémon. After sketching its front and side profiles, she carves out the fire-breathing creature’s basic shape, then smooths its surfaces and adds carved and painted details. She’s so right that the shavings look like
Fashion
Tibida Binary LED Watch
Maximize your nerd appeal with the Tibida LED watch: the first two modes are fairly simple, while the final binary mode which gets geek-ah-rific. Available in red, blue, black, or orange.
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Flying Shark R/C Airplane
The last time we saw a flying shark was in Sharknado 5. Model airplane maker Built Fast shows off a fun flying shark R/C airplane. It started life as a Hobby King foam airplane with 3D-printed add-ons to make it look like a shark. Its organic shape required some tricky weight balancing and thrust line