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Art and design that challenge expectations. Discover creative works, clever concepts, and beautifully executed ideas across multiple disciplines. Designs that highlight form, function, and innovation.
In this video from Timeless Flavors of China, we’re treated to a demonstration by artist Zhang Yulin, as she creates intricate patterns from a single sheet of paper. After folding the paper into a wedge, she sketches out a design, then cuts through the layers with razor-sharp scissors. It’s like those paper snowflakes but way
Wynnie the Corgi realized there was more to life than lazing on the couch and barking at strangers, so she opened an Etsy shop (and enlisted her people to make things). Clever Corgi Customs turns your pet and people photos into stained-glass-style portraits on acrylic blocks. They come in 2×2″ and 4×4″ sizes, plus a
This desktop machine brings 5-axis machining to your home workshop. The InfiMaker K1 is designed to machine 3-dimensional objects within 0.01 mm of accuracy. It spin at up to 20,000 RPM, cutting through various materials from wax to wood to metal. It offers automated setup, and AI tech scans objects, creates tool paths, and even
Director Sean Pecknold’s award-winning Tennis, Oranges is a wonderfully creative and heartfelt hand-animated short film about a robot vacuum cleaner that quits its job roaming the hallways of a hospital and encounters two rabbits stuck in similarly repetitive and lonely lives. But when they get together, something truly magical happens.
Damascus steel is made by folding layers of metal to produce unique organic patterns. Glass artist Jacob Barfield used a similar technique to make a Bowie knife out of glass. He started by heating layers of blue and white glass and folded the molten glass onto itself. After shaping the blade on a sanding wheel, he
Artist Blake McFarland has wowed us with his sculptures of animals. In this video, he shows us how he sculpted a classic Ford GT40 from a block of exquisite Honduran mahogany wood. After gluing together pieces of the wood, he got to work chiseling nearly every detail by hand. We love how he made the pinstripes
Artist Soroush JWL has wowed us with the detail work on his metalcraft. In this video, he shows how he created a tiny violin (which we could definitely use for whiners). Inspired by a 19th-century match safe, he created his version by melting brass, flattening, cutting, and shaping its body, then soldering its pieces together.
Art collective MSCHF turned two electrified Lexus vehicles into sculptures that look like someone went wild with a 3D modeling tool. MOTOMORPHOSIS includes an RZ 450e looped nose-to-tail and an RX 450h+ twisted into a spiral. The crazy cars appear alongside their production counterparts at NYC’s Chelsea Industrial from 9.24 to 9.26.26. Admission is free
Over the past seven years, UK illustrator Sam Drew (aka “Lumps”) has created a number of surrealist animated vignettes. This 3-minute reel collects some of these wonderfully weird and wild tidbits for our enjoyment. From man-machine hybrids to inflatable humans to nose hairs that just won’t let go, Lumps’ imagery is both oddly satisfying and
This unique CD player is a good reason to dust off your CD collection. The Syitren RM1 has a mechanism that floats between acrylic, turning discs into spinning works of art. The transparent frame can hang on a wall or stand on a tabletop, and outputs sound via Bluetooth a wired AUX output. Pairs perfectly
Every time we see chocolate artist Amaury Guichon at work, he blows our minds. Watch as he takes buckets of melted chocolate and turns it into a detailed tabletop sculpture of Bowser. The only way Super Chocolate Mario is defeating this spiky-shelled baddie is by biting into him. We’re always amazed at how smooth and
Visual artist Michał Ryszkiewicz creates animated music videos using long-exposure light painting. He traces the imagery for his videos using a remarkably simple light source: the LED on the back of his phone, partially covered by his finger. We can’t imagine the amount of work it must take to get those hand movements just right
