Colored Boxes

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

Radiation Is Heavy

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

Where?

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City camouflage by Desiree Palmen.

Underground Water

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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

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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

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

Chic Death

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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

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

Propaganda in Red, White, and Black

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Pre-1933 Nazi Posters…

Good graphics, evil ways.

Billie Jean

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

In Style

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Sometimes mailboxes are complex creatures…

Moving Packets

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

Scaled

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Amazing, painstaking detail. Wow.
Precise Modeling.

PITS HiFi/TV console

Pits

Pits

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

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

BLAM!

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Some screencaps of Batman’s onomatopoeias.

Power Packing

The KGB Archiver compresses files to unheard-of sizes…

Nice Shades

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Science photo competition gets cool with the Fly With Sunglasses.