Posts from — January 2009

Artist Hanna von Goeler paints on dollar bills and creates a new art currency!

Via NotCot

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This is one of those videos that you just need to watch for a bit, even if you’ve seen something similar. The initial tantalising edits, which cut before the boxing glove hits the faces, eventually reveal all the face vibrating glory from about half way through, rewarding your patience.

Via Urlesque

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Ron Mueck’s sculptures look fascinating, in detail, proportion and strangeness. I haven’t yet had an opportunity to witness his work in real life but some day..

More on Urlesque

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Australian artist/designer Dan McPharlin creates these amazing miniature retro synthesizer models entirely of paper and cardboard.

His pieces feature intricate replica detailing down to the switches, knobs and even wires.

Read more on Hypebeast

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Designer Francesco Sommacal has recently been awarded the Red Dot: luminary design award for his sports equipment that replicates the sensation of snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding.

The 360 consists of two wheels connected by a flexible shaft. The user puts their feet inside the wheels and controls the direction of travel using body movements, as with board sports. The distance between wheels and slant can be adjusted to fit.

Read more on Dezeen

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Real or not, watch as these dudes show how lights are switched off via ricocheting ping pong balls…

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Robots, robots and more robots to buy on General Robots!

www.generalrobots.de

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Camera cakes seem to be all the rage. A search on Flickr reveals over 11,000 photos of ‘em!

Browse Camera Cakes on Flickr

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Fallon has released the latest spot in its A Glass And A Half Productions series for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

The ad follows the trend established by Gorilla and Trucks of combining a retro track with some good, clean fun, this time in the form of two eyebrow-dancing kids.

As Creative Review suggest, this advert is likely to spawn lots of YouTube imitations.

Via Creative Review

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This Durex Balloon Animals ad made by NY animation studio Superfad for Atlanta agency Fitzgerald + Co, is going to be a classic. Its obvious but wonder why it has never been done before! Genius…

Via Creative Review

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