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Hedgehog’s Home

Hedgehog’s Home

Director Eva Cvijanović’s award-winning stop-motion short film offers up a charming tale of a hedgehog who loves his home to no end, and a pack of hostile woodland predators who don’t understand the value of a happy and cozy place to call their own.

Daldøs & Hnefatafl Board Game

Daldøs & Hnefatafl Board Game
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Based on two traditional board games from Scandinavia, this set is as much of a tabletop work of art as it is fun to play. It’s played with unique 4-sided dice, and its playing pieces are stored on a miniature Viking ship. Made from laser-engraved plywood and beech wood.

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Fologram

Fologram

Fologram combines computer-aided design with the holographic capabilities of Microsoft’s HoloLens headset to help in assembling even complex objects. The hologram can overlay exactly where each piece of the build should go, as well as an outline of the finished product.

Robomart

Robomart

Robomart is an automated platform that combines food delivery with ride-hailing systems. The idea is to have autonomous vehicles carrying produce or meals roving around, ready for nearby customers to hail them. Stop & Shop will test the system in 2019.

Sivan Talmor: Sad Heart

Sivan Talmor: Sad Heart

The music video for Sivan Talmor’s emotive track Sad Heart is filled with incredible imagery that has a handmade feel, despite being computer animated. Unlike most CG animators, directors Karni and Saul embrace imperfection as part of their aesthetic.

Harmony Collection Playing Cards

Harmony Collection Playing Cards
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A series of four unique decks designed by award winning artist Mauro Martins, featuring modern and lighthearted imagery of sea, land, air, and space. For each deck sold, seller Art of Play will plant a tree.

DIY Beer Keg Sidecar

DIY Beer Keg Sidecar

Maker Laura Kampf turned an old beer keg – which was filled with what we hope was expired beer – into a sidecar for her electric bicycle. She made a custom frame and used an angle joint to help the sidecar handle uneven terrain.

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Carbonara Pencil

Carbonara Pencil

We love the minimal look of this lightweight carbon fiber pencil, which is designed to suspend a 2mm lead in its center. The lead can be released by pressing on the body of the pencil. Each one includes 12 graphite leads, a red lead, a mini sharpener, and an eraser.

Bashton & Megalopolis: Scandal

Bashton & Megalopolis: Scandal

Filmmaker Pablo Mengin (aka Megalopolis) created this intense and surreal music video for NYC rapper Bashton by painting 2000+ images over the course of 18 months. Each of the video’s individual frames could serve as a framed work of art all on its own.

PANTONE Deneb Pendant Lights

PANTONE Deneb Pendant Lights
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Add a splash of color to your space with these minimal pendant lamps. They come in colors like Cardinal, Sargasso Sea, Forest Biome, and Pewter, each corresponding to an official PANTONE color. Matching lampshades are also available, but we prefer the bare bulb look.

Saur

Saur

Fly among the dinosaurs in Robert McIntosh’s latest short film, which takes us on a rapid tour of the Natural History Museum of Utah, courtesy of a 2″ micro drone and a GoPro Hero 6 camera, carefully piloted through the bones of Earth’s prehistoric residents.

3D Makeup Illusions

3D Makeup Illusions

Professional makeup artist Luca Luce has an ongoing series of amazing illusions that play with the dimensions, texture and shape of his head. The illusions probably work only from a very narrow angle, but they’re still messing with our heads.

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AI Generated Content

AI Generated Content

These days we have to watch out for images edited by software. In the future, we’ll be swarmed not just with images but also artificial music and videos. And they won’t be edited by humans; computers will make them from scratch. AsapScience presents a few examples.

DeskSpace Solar Sun Mood Lamp

DeskSpace Solar Sun Mood Lamp

Deskspace’s Solar Sun is a mood lamp designed to look like the Sun. It’s made of golden calcite, which gives the light a warm and soft glow. There’s also a non-lighted version, and you can also get a set that comes with their gemstone planets.

Zoetrope Pottery

Zoetrope Pottery

Artist Kenny Sing of Turn Studio first mapped out a series of geometric patterns on his computer, then carefully cut them out from a ceramic bowl before firing it. Once completed, spinning the piece on a potter’s wheel creates the illusion of movement.

Xiaomi Foldable Phone Concept

Xiaomi Foldable Phone Concept

Xiaomi co-founder and president Lin Bin teased the company’s prototype for an OLED phone that folds on both sides. This allows it to transition from a mini tablet to a smartphone with no bezels on the side. It’s certainly impressive, but its palm rejection better be on point.

Distortion

Distortion

Animator Guldies Konst’s latest stop-motion animation was made using 2500 individual still images of painstakingly-shaped Plastilina clay. Combined with the clever use of sound effects, each element of his surreal short film takes on a sense of mass, material, and scale.

iLute LED Marquee Letters

iLute LED Marquee Letters
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iLute makes LED-illuminated marquee letters and symbols that are great for personalizing rooms and establishments. Each letter stands about 12″ tall and is designed to have no visible screws. The LEDs are rated to last up to 50,000 hours.

Coffer Puzzle Box

Coffer Puzzle Box

Seth Gould spent two years making Coffer, an incredible puzzle strongbox from high carbon steel. Seth made most of it by hand, including the bolts. Jesse Beecher documented the process and made this wonderful video. Skip to 4:13 to see how it works.

The Hoop Dream Studio

The Hoop Dream Studio
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Founded by artist Jarrett Ellis, The Hoop Dream Studio makes limited-edition basketball hoops that evoke luxury and opulence. They’re almost a commentary about the status of professional players in society, if it weren’t for the fact that they’re for sale.

Making a Hex Nut Diamond Ring

Making a Hex Nut Diamond Ring

Pablo Cimadevila is known for making beautiful custom made jewelry. A fan challenged him to make a ring out of a nut, and he obliged – with two nuts. Watch him turn the lowly fasteners into a lovely diamond ring in this wonderfully shot video.

OLED Dandelion

OLED Dandelion
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One of designer Takao Inoue’s artistic goals is to capture fleeting moments and preserve them. His unique tabletop curiosity does just that, freezing a puffy dandelion about to release its seeds inside an acrylic block, illuminated in space with a smooth, OLED light source.

Backdrop Paint

Backdrop Paint
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Next time you need to paint your walls, instead of going to a hardware store check out Backdrop. They offer adhesive-backed samples so you can stick them to your wall. Their selection is limited but varied, with descriptions that won’t make you tear your hair out.

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