Invented by Harvard teacher David Edwards and designed by Philippe Starck, WAHH Quantum Sensations is a mini-spray that can be sprayed onto foods of all kinds. It provides a taste resembling vodka or hot peppery spice which creates a flash of lightheadedness. The canister contains around 25 “puffs” of vaporized alcohol which tricks your brain into thinking that you are inhaling [...]
Dxmiq is an artist and graphic designer based in Miass, Russia, who creates original abstract illustrations. Working in both 2D and 3D environments, his illustrations play with perspective, restrained colour codes and childish shapes in a futuristic world. Here are some of his intriguing works. We like!
Italian car body workshop Castagna brings us a tuned version of the popular compact car from Fiat. Inspired by the the Fiat 500 Jolly, a beach car built in the 1960′s, the Tender Two features an electric powertrain as well as no doors, tailgate nor rooftop. It can reach a top speed of 81mph (130km/h) with an [...]
Nick Veasey is a British artist based in Thurnham, England who specializes in X-ray photography and creates amazing photos using industrial machines on everyday objects. “We live in a world obsessed with image. What we look like, what our clothes look like, houses, cars… I like to counter this obsession with superficial appearance by using [...]
Paris-based studio Le Creative Sweatshop brings us another excellent art project entitled “Cinq Fruits” (five fruits) consisting in creating handmade artworks on a daily basis. “Everyday we imagine , build & capture an object and post it on Tumblr“. The results are fresh, original and inspiring. Enjoy!
This week Audi will be introducing the e-bike during the Wörthersee in Austria. This performance electric bike is made for trick cycling and was designed in collaboration with French trial freestyle biker Julien Dupont. It features a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer frame, an electric motor generating a record-breaking maximum output of 2.3kW, a touchscreen interface working via WLAN [...]
A nice series of photographs/art pieces entitled “Pin Art” by Stockholm-based photographer Philip Karlberg which were made for Plaza, a magazine dedicated to interiors, fashion and design. Using 1,200 wooden pins, the artist recreated six famous sunglasses wearers (Johnny Depp, John Belushi, Lady Gaga, Karl Lagerfeld, Jackie O, and Steve McQueen) that were sculpted and shot [...]
The Anti Patio house is located in Kharkov, Ukraine and was designed by architecture studio Drozdov Partners. “The terraced plot is located on the eastern slope of the hill, with a 10-15 km panoramic view characteristic of a penthouse. The ensemble of three containers (60 sq m each) is sited on two natural terraces: the “guest [...]
Recently added to the AdiPure line from Adidas, the Adapt model is made with very little sole to connect the user to the ground to force him/her to run on the mid or forefoot for a more natural run. Made with the finest materials, it features a form-fitting mold weighing 4.5 ounces, making it lighter than the recently introduced [...]
Another nice series of animations entitled “Charts Strugglers” produced by German studio Zeitguised for MTV North Scandinavia. ”Tiny postmodern abstract machines struggle to move on, only to be surprised by a counteractive mechanical landscape architecture. No keyframes, just scripting, mechanics, motors and collision”. An homage to Karl Sims‘ research project “Evolved Virtual Creatures” from 1994. Enjoy!
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