design

  • Where’s Liu Bolin? Invisible Man Shows How to Hide in Plain Site

    Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who specializes in making himself invisible, by painting himself to blend in with whatever is behind him. He has been doing his thing for a few years now and it keeps getting better and better. My personal favorite is the bulldozer. ...
  • Hang your keys… with an axe

    While this axe hanger might look dangerous, I can assure you that it is not. The Regnah Hanger is constructed from harmless MDF (and size-wise they are more of a tomahawk than an axe per se) – but they still look awesome. If you want one, then you are...
  • Old Estonian naval mines make great furniture

    Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin created an artistic solution for some of the unexploded ordinance floating around on Estonia’s northern coast – he turned them into functional furniture – everything from charcoal grills to baby carriages. We can assume that he took all of the necessary precautions because these particular...
  • Jastrow’s duck-rabbit gains a third dimension

    The famous duck-rabbit (or is it rabbit-duck) image has been turned into a sculpture that has precisely the same visual effect in 3D. The original duck-rabbit (shown below), created by American psychologist Joseph Jastrow, is an ambiguous image that he used to illustrate differences in perception – way back...
  • Not your grandparents’ wood stove

    The traditional boxy shape of wood stoves has one cool advantage – as long as they aren’t insulated, you can cook on them – which is cool if you want to drink lots of tea or want to add a little moisture to the air. I would, however, happily...
  • Meat Head looks disgusting, probably tastes delicious [pic]

    This not-so-delicious-looking meat sculpture would be an appropriate centerpiece for any Halloween or meat-themed party. Remember, things can be delicious and look disgusting at the same time. ...
  • Predator Bike: Possibly The Most Frightening Thing On Two Wheels

    This could quite possibly be the most frightening motorcycle to have ever been built. The design work comes by way of New Jersey custom bike outfit Pitstop Motorsport. It is street legal, but earned the owner, Roderick “Slick Rick” McCullough, two tickets on his first ride because onlookers held...
  • The Long Drop, a Roller Coaster-themed Table In Wood and Colored Concrete

    The Long Drop is a totally unique table; shaped like a roller coaster, with a surface of colored concrete and far too big to be practical....
  • Amazing Two-Story House Made Entirely of Lego

    Lego, the ever-popular children’s building block toy, has been helping kid’s use their imaginations since the 1940’s.  Of course, what’s good for kids is also good for adults, and every once in a while someone comes along to produce a Lego creation that’s just downright amazing. Enter British TV...