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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.
Animator Michel Gagné has worked on films like Ratatouille and The Iron Giant. After releasing a the short The Saga of Rex Part 1: Abduction in 2013, he’s spent years as writer, director, and producer to bring us a feature version. The hour-long film follows the story of a fox who was taken from his
Inspired by instant film cameras, Strange Inventions came up with the idea of making a digital camera that captures individual images on its own display cartridges. The camera shoots digital images and uploads them to e-Paper displays, which can show each image indefinitely without a power supply. The low-resolution, 4-color images have a cool retro
Abdulla Siddiqui from Random Hands shows how he transformed one weapon into another by taking apart a rusty old mortar shell and using its metal to create a shiny new balisong knife. After discovering its cast iron casing was too brittle to hand-forge, he switched to using its steel tail fins for the knife’s blade.
As we’ve seen before, lost-wax casting can create some amazing items. So Copper has taken the metal casting method and applied it to the making of its brass pens. Each pen has a hollow metal body with intricately-detailed scrollwork and a smooth, twist-to-open mechanism. The hollow sections reduce weight while maintaining structural integrity.
Just in case you haven’t had a chance to catch the 2008 Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing: Boston.com has a fantastic collection of photographs here.
Photographer Troy Paiva’s book, Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration, is a must read. Using a technique called light painting, he mixes flashlight with moonlight to produce otherworldly photos.
Artist Gregor Becker makes incredible works of modern art using a truly unique method. His colorful, freehand mosaics are made by standing thousands of tiny pieces of hand-painted paper on edge into a special adhesive. Since each piece casts a shadow, every viewer’s perspective is different. You can find close-up photography of his works on
New Zealand artist Jamie Thomas has made some incredible animal sculptures from scrap metal. In this video, he walks through the process of bending, welding, and grinding a bunch of old horseshoes and metal files into a dynamic sculpture of a duck taking flight. Along the way, he talks about how he got his start
We’ve seen coffee tables with screens built in, but this over-engineered table from Axes: Garage is significantly geekier. Inspired by the green computer displays in The Matrix, these guys built a tabletop loaded with LEDs which serve as backlights for a laser-cut grille packed with katakana characters that light up to replicate the movie’s falling
One of our favorite house sigils from Game of Thrones is House Stark’s wolf. In this video, Gader from Black Beard Projects shows how he used a low-poly papercraft model of the wolf’s head and made a version out of sheet metal. He used xTool’s MetalFab laser cutter and welder to slice, score, and assemble
Boylei Hobby Time came up with a way to enjoy an aquarium without the need for maintenance or feeding those pesky fish. Inspired by a real fish tank from Danny’s Aquariums, Boylei’s version is filled with molded resin rocks, sand, clay “coral,” and fake marine life, swimming in a solid sea of transparent resin. The
We’re used to seeing origami animals. But Siesta Origami shows how the traditional paper-folding technique can be used to make other objects, like this intricate model of a mechanical typewriter from a single sheet of paper. They’ve also made an origami fighter jet, an antique car, and a sneaker. Check out their YouTube channel for more
