Animal sculptures made from rotten river wood are really moo-ving
In case you ever wondered how strong the entire recycling “movement” was going, you really need to have a look at these stunning wood sculptures created by this American designer named Matt Torrens. Astonishing as these animal figures made from wood are, their biggest USP lies [...]
On June 12, ICON Aircraft, a privately held start up based in Los Angeles, bet that ultra light recreational aircraft will revolutionize private aviation and unveiled a sleek new plane named the A5.
Check out the new People’s Plane.
The enormous steel ball you see in the photos is the world’s largest ‘tuned mass damper’ and sits near the top of the world’s largest completed skyscraper on earth, Taipei 101 in Taiwan. The idea behind a tuned mass damper is quite simple: as a building sways (resulting from high winds, earthquakes etc), its tuned [...]
Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a [...]
One of the hypest thing is untooning at the moment. Graphic artists are creating lifelike images of cartoon heroes and videogame stars, so the toons are getting untooned, hehehe. Check out the works of pixeloo, he is one of the bests in this. Besides of Mario, you can meet with the real Jessica Rabbit, Homer [...]
Our body parts have many functions. But who knew they could also be used for art?
Take a look at some of the ways people use their body parts to make works of art.
Who knew body parts can come out looking so great?
Cubeecraft papercraft toys are free to download.
Each toy features interlocking tabs for construction - eliminating the need for tape, glue or other messy adhesives. To download click on the model you would like then save the template image.
More papercraft!
LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless [...]
12 Creative Table Designs
Spice up your house with one of these creative tables!
Swimsuit season is upon us and while pigs will fly before you see me in a bikini, I hope some of you consider this suit. It’s adorable! Stripes on the front and a panda face bum. At $88.00, it’s not a steal, but worth the price in my opinion. A panda face bum, people!
Floating Ecopolis - Architecture of the Future (Year 2100)
According to the less alarming forecasts of the GIEC (Intergovernmental group on the evolution of the climate), the ocean level should rise from 20 to 90 cm during the 21st Century with a status quo by 50 cm (versus 10 cm in the 20th Century). As a [...]
Two of Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s children said they were tired of seeing their father’s image used to sell everything from T-shirts to vodka, calling the growth of the revolutionary as a global super-brand “embarrassing.”
Aleida Guevara, the eldest of Guevara’s four children by his second wife, Cuban revolutionary Aleida March, said the commercialization of her father’s [...]
Hewlett-Packard is licensing flat-panel display technology to a start-up that could lead to dramatically more productive–and aesthetically pleasing–solar panels.
The deal, announced Wednesday, allows Livermore, Calif.-based Xtreme Energetics to use HP-developed transparent transistors to bend light in concentrating photovoltaic, or CPV, solar arrays. CPV systems squeeze more electricity from panels by maximizing the light that [...]
Easily the scariest commode seat/lid we’ve ever seen! Cast in stone-finished resin, it includes easy-to-install hardware that fits standard commodes.
Mark Jenkins is an American artist specializing in street installations. He has created many projects and is mostly known for his work created with clear packing tape.
He makes items such as babies, small children, adults and animals. He then places them out in the public, usually on busy streets. This is usually when unsuspecting people [...]
Advertising can be boring, but advertising can also be creative. The ones that will follow are the creative ones
MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing and could be considered the Formula 1 of the two-wheeled world. Current series point leader and seven-time Grand Prix World Championship title winner Valentino Rossi has a habit of debuting a new helmet design at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, and this year’s design did not fail [...]
We at Attu headquarters got our hands on the new Paperthin Apple iPhone 3G!
They are sceduled for introduction on the Steve Jobs Keynote on june the 7th but Attu personally Called steve and got the first 100 right of the assemblyline!
And we can distribute 100 (!) for free under registered Attuworld commenters!!!
First 100 win!
This is a new breed of tool. The Bostonsemi mafia-ish contingent. These guys aren’t quite the losers that the New Jersey boys are but are they aspiring to be?
So you think you are a perfect geek just because you have a talking Homer and a Space Invaders mug at your desk? No chance. Maybe a lava lamp or a not-so-exclusive Google mini-fridge? Meh, go away.
To become a respectable geek you should do more than buying used schwags on Ebay for your cubicle. Not [...]
The perfect solution for your shoddy short-term memory.
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek tribute to anyone who’s ever scribbled a reminder on their hand or wrist. Err, that would be about everybody, right? Our To-Do Tattoo kit includes 12 graphic “To Do” forms that you can apply to your body wherever it’s most convenient (or creative) and a [...]
myData = myMondrian
Where a human is reduced to data, data is converted to values, values are transformed into art.
After becoming one of the world’s hottest boutique botanical skincare ranges, the Australian-based Aesop brand is now making a name for itself in the world of innovative retail design, injecting a large dose of cool into the concept of sustainability. If you thought the brand’s Melbourne “cardboard” concept store was clever (all of [...]
Craig Ferguson snuck into Taiwan’s abandoned hyper-futuristic San-Zhr Pod Village, a rotting, curvilinear housing complex that has been cursed since its inception, killing and injuring some of its construction crew. Link
Found it on BoingBoing
Photographer Phillip Toledano’s shoots of bankrupt offices were meant to be archaeological exercises, but the signs of life interrupted make them as ghostly as the frozen statues of Pompeii. Link (via Neatorama)