Tag Archives: design

You can play chess on any surface (other than water). Looking for a quick pick-up game? Just draw your own board with one of the chalk chess pieces and you’re good to go. The pieces might not be as ornate or as cool as some other boards we’ve seen, but it makes up for it with pure utility. The only ...

Who needs genetic manipulation? A giant rope can have equally deadly effects. The Shelephant is on the prowl and searching for blood. This sort of reminds me of the greatest and weirdest high-five ever. Link [via]

I’m not sure why you would lug around an entire bookshelf when you could just throw all of the books on an e-reader and carry around an entire library in your pocket. Maybe that’s the “conceptual” point. Fighting the power! Or something like that. The transportable bookshelf is made using crates originally used to haul fruit. I love, love, love ...

When we think Hello Kitty, we think about the adorable piece of shit gadgets they produce and the meaningless of the entire damn brand. That’s right Hello Kitty, we’re hatin’. But this one is actually sort of neat. This Hello Kitty toy designed by Dr Romanelli gives us the rare inside look. This is the first time we’ve gotten to ...

These wooden log pillows are perfect for beavers, cuddling humans and cuddling beaver-human hybrids alike. The design of the pillow imitates stubs of the cottonwood tree chewed down by our wood-loving friend, the beaver. Even better, they totally go with your natural pillow motif. The wooden graphics are physically knitted, rather than printed, giving each pillow a little custom touch. ...

There is a huge difference. And that difference’s name is Scott Cummins. Cummins is a unique artist who spends his October sculpting these pumpkin-flavored masterpieces. Among his collection are Darth Vader, Greedo, a Stormtropper or two, Albert Einstein and a ton more.

Don’t leave this ring behind if you’re planning on committing a crime. The inside of the ring is engraved with your own unique fingerprint, or at least a portion of it. Etsy user fabuluster will send you an impression kit in the mail. After you send back an impression of your fingerprints, fabuluster creates your ring. You can’t get a ...

The Google Street View team has their method, the owners of this van have theirs. Covered in over 2,700 cameras, we like to call this van “the Panoramic Van.” The Panoramic Van was made to promote the film Automorphosis, which is about people who perform car art.

Presidents on the half-shell. Union power! Lincoln is apparently a Leonardo fan. I was always more of a Michelangelo guy. Link

It’s been quite a while since DNA art was first introduced. These days, French company Helys not only lets you order prints of your DNA, but even offers to create a wallpaper for your iPhone featuring your own genetic image. Helys sends you a DNA test kit in the mail, including a mouth swab for gathering your tasty saliva genes. ...