The Wise Young Kids
This is soooo good. Kids’ Ideas About Love.
Rubber Soul
Don’t feel manly enough when driving around in your SUV? Then go and get some Nuts for Trucks…They’d look even better in a low rider, grinding them against the pavement! Just slightly NSFW.
Keep Your Eyes On The Ball
Gmail 2
The Gmail invites are gone, gone, gone!
Gmail
I got a few Gmail invites… If interested leave your email in the comments…Just a little thank you for reading lorbus.com
Color Blind
You probably didn’t know that Adolf Hitler was a painter.
Bass Comander
Who cares about audio quality when you can have a pair of badass mofo speakers? The SIU Sperhead by KidRobot…
Checkout the rest of the site, cause the toys are just too gooooood.
Here There and Everywhere
Are you having mixing up your gods? Can’t remember if Quetzalcoatl is Mexican? GodChecker puts all of them into perspective… Browse the pantheons of the world, explore ancient myths, and discover Gods of everything from Fertility to Fluff with the fully searchable Holy Database Of All Known Gods.
Toothed Depths
And you thought a duckbill platypus was weird… Go and see this “deep water sea-creature” forum post. WGGB(will give goose bumps). Just think about them on your next water trip…
Heavy Metal is Dead
This is a dream come true for any industrial designer. MetalRubber flexes, stretches, and still has that metal look with electric conductance. Still waiting for that translucent wood though…
Flyby
A very very cool view of Washington DC in isometric pixels.
Tiling Letters
Sk8 K9
Is this a rad dog or what? Watch this canine skateboard video!
Silver Style
Encyclopedia Astronautica has a huge gallery of spacesuits… I could use one for Halloween!
Back to the Future
Remember when monorails, rapid transport systems, and flying wings were all the rage? Transportation Futuristic is a fabulous collection of “future” transportation designs. I am still waiting for this to happen…
Color Splash
Takashi Murakami gave a color treatment to Louis Vuitton bags turning the boring brown bags into a colorful affair… What most people don’t know is that he as a very prolific artist. He paints, sculpts, and creates inspiring pieces deeply rooted in modern Japanese pop culture. I couldn’t find an official website, but here are a few starting points:
Wired article
Unofficial website
JCA Interview
Weaving History
After the USA invaded Afghanistan in late 2001, rug weavers started to feature 9/11 inspired designs for their rugs. They had done it before with the Russians… It’s truly amazing how they weave Kalashnikovs, bombs, and airplanes into a rug that tells their history and hardships. Warrug has a big collection of these and all are available for sale.
Spimes
Bruce Sterling’s speech for SIGGRAPH 2004: When Blobjects Rule the Earth.
Keep an eye on him, read his books… he knows.
Greys
Marker rendering is a dying art. 3D computer renderings have nearly incapacitated designers… nobody draws much anymore, so it’s nice to see an artist like Feng Zhu do a step by step rendering; the hard way!
Burn Baby Burn
A good thing in the Olympics is seeing the new torch design. The Athens 2004 website has the history of torches from the first one in 1936 to the latest.
Portofino
Portofino is a small port village. On Saturday we spent the day there, had a nice lunch, and took some good pictures. This one is taken from the Brown Castle on top of a peak overlooking the bay.
%$”*&^
I would love to work for the Winnebago man, so I could kick his ass! NSFW if the word fuck bothers you!
Put together from outtakes while filming a promotional video with the company’s CEO.
Ignition!
This is a fast cart! Powered by a hydrogen peroxide turbine, it even does wheelies… Checkout other projects from this group of go-fast maniacs.
No More Waiting…
Tired of waiting for the Sony PSP to come out? Why not build your won palmPSone?
Stay Put
Shifty tiles bring walking to VR.
Booooom!
Ever seen a torpedo hit a ship? Well, I didn’t know they had such a bang in them! Boooooom…
Street Tagger
Political activism brings out creativity in some people. Josh Kinberg built a bicycle that spray paints SMS messages sent to it. I don’t wanna spoil it for you, go watch the video. It’s a pity a project this good has to have a political overtone to it. The technology gets lost in the rhetoric… but, it is extremely cool anyway.
V4 Power
I am a sucker for watches… just love ‘em. TAG Heuer’s new Monaco V4 is a good looking piece. Instead of gears it is driven by tiny rubber belts, and the automatic winding mechanism moves back and forth instead of around. All this doesn’t make for e better watch, but at least it has some fresh ideas in there. Watch the video (first half sucks big time, but the watch animations are worth waiting for).
Coat Hanger Astronaut
Just bumped into this image while searching for something else… Hey, if you can find any info on it let me know!
Coffee Stains
Thorsten van Elten has a great catalog… One of my favorites products is Stamp Cups… Stain the table in style!
