Colored Boxes

Interesting use of a tool out of context: 58 days worth of drawing exercises in Microsoft Excel. Other link.

Radiation Is Heavy

You can’t understand the impact Chernobyl had until you see this hair-raising Slate Photo Essay.

Where?

City camouflage by Desiree Palmen.

Underground Water

The city of Balaklava was a dedicated base for the soviet submarine fleet. Now it just looks like a level from HalfLife 2. I’d live in there!

Real Magic

Fake Copperfield does impressive illusions…

The Details

Mystical, magical, intricate little houses and figures by Daniel Merriam.

Wrong Way

Forget optical illusions…
The reversed Fiat will fuck with your head in ways you never thought possible.

Drink Like Fish

A sublime combination: drinks and pool. Ahhhh, the Aquapub.

Chic Death

Do you wanna go down in style?
Ghana is the place to have your custom coffin made…

Use your coffin as furniture while you await death:
Casketfurniture.

Fingertime

So, how are your reflexes? Can you dodge the bullet?

Propaganda in Red, White, and Black

Pre-1933 Nazi Posters…
Good graphics, evil ways.

Billie Jean

This is like seeing Michael Jackson moonwalking for the first time. Airtrax changes the way vehicles move. Sweet.

In Style

Sometimes mailboxes are complex creatures…

Moving Packets

This is the only way to appreciate traffic: Microsimulation of road traffic. Have fun making everyone late for work!

Scaled

Amazing, painstaking detail. Wow.
Precise Modeling.

PITS HiFi/TV console

Pits: a Hi-Fi console that holds your CDs and DVDs on its lateral groove.
The doors are made of laser-cut steel with holes that are not only decorative, they also allow the remote-control’s signal through. The name and design are inspired by the microscopic pits that can be found in disc media.
It can be ordered in wood or laquered.
Produced by Diamantini & Domeniconi.

Wheeew

Between Salone del Mobile, Macs running XP, and a cold, I haven’t had the time to write here. I’ll post some pics tonight after I come back from the Fiera. See you then.

Close Crop

Beautiful color macros of insects, centipedes, and spiders.
(via swissmiss)

BLAM!

Some screencaps of Batman’s onomatopoeias.

Power Packing

The KGB Archiver compresses files to unheard-of sizes…

Nice Shades

Science photo competition gets cool with the Fly With Sunglasses.