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Bell & Ross BR-X1 Sapphire Tourbillon

Bell & Ross BR-X1 Sapphire Tourbillon
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This very limited-edition experimental Bell & Ross timepiece features a body made from transparent sapphire, revealing every detail of the complex tourbillon mechanism inside. A matching translucent rubber strap completes the invisible look.

Making a Curved Bench

Making a Curved Bench

Furniture maker Lignum walks us through the painstaking process of transforming dozens of straight slats of wood into a beautiful handbuilt bench with smoothly undulating curves. It amazes us that most of the work is done using only clamps, patience, and lots of glue.

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Elements

Elements

Maxim Zhestkov’s minimal experimental film is a visual wonder, in which a seemingly endless flood of black and white spheres ebb and flow through a stark white space. Over 2 billion individual particles were rendered under the influences of simulated natural forces.

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character.animation.synth

Animator Eran Hilleli shows off an awesome work-in-progress system which allows him to animate the movements of a character using a series of faders and knobs, not unlike a sound mixing console. The system is based on code by keijiro takahashi. We want this now.

Andy Warhol Soup Can Chess Set

Andy Warhol Soup Can Chess Set
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Kidrobot’s Andy Warhol chess set depicts the artist’s Campbell’s soup can art as 3″ vinyl replicas. Each can is labeled on top with its corresponding chess piece. It comes with a chess board that has multicolored squares and felt accents.

4-Mation Zoetrope

4-Mation Zoetrope

A zoetrope machine that plays 3D-printed animations by spinning them on a disc in front of an array of LED strobe lights. The machine will offer interchangeable animation plates you can print like the fish-eating-fish and jumping frogs shown here. Coming to Kickstarter.

Making Green Lantern’s Power Ring

Making Green Lantern’s Power Ring

Jewelry artist Patrick Adair walks us through the complex and precise process of converting a chunk of meteorite rock into a sweet ring inspired by the design of The Green Lantern’s iconic power ring. Check out part one here.

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Sumi Playing Cards

Sumi Playing Cards

Card Experiment teamed up with illustrator ToK to create a beautiful deck of playing cards inspired by traditional Japanese tattoo art. The precise and dramatic artwork incorporates stylistic elements of ukiyo-e, blending images of mythical creatures and nature.

Pixelated Chess Set

Pixelated Chess Set
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Induku Design’s nifty laser-cut chess set has the look of chunky old-school video game pixels. The board folds up for travel, and has storage spaces inside. Each piece has a laser-engraved shading pattern on it, and nice jaggy edges. No FSAA or TXAA here.

Retro Tech: The Panapic

Retro Tech: The Panapic

Techmoan looks at another strange and wonderful bit of retro technology. This time, he unboxes a 40-year-old gadget from Japan that does something we’ve never seen before. We won’t spoil the surprise, and will let you discover it for yourself.

The Pottermore Art Collection

The Pottermore Art Collection
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First launched in Europe, The Pottermore Art Collection is now available in the US. It’s a series of officially licensed paintings, illustrations and typography from artists such as Olly Moss, Peter Strain and Atomhawk. Available as posters or mounted prints.

The Allure of Horror VHS Covers

The Allure of Horror VHS Covers

(PG-13, Gore) Streaming video is killing movie posters and covers. But Entertain the Elk argues that that shouldn’t be the case. He uses arresting VHS covers of horror movies to point out the ways that art and captions can convince viewers to give a film a shot.

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Moodles

Moodles

Ari Weinkle presents a fantastically strange and wonderful computer animated short in which human figures are made of digital noodles. The director says they represent the transformation of stress and anxiety into creative catharsis, but all we know is we’re hungry for spaghetti now.

AxiDraw V3 XLX

AxiDraw V3 XLX
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Evil Mad Scientist Labs‘ borderline magical AxiDraw now has a variant that reaches up to two sheets of US Letter or A4 in one go, making it faster and more efficient. Just like the V3, it can use normal pens and markers to make “handwritten” letters and drawings.

Kill The Lights

Kill The Lights

Photographer Darren “Darius Twin” Pearson created this eye-catching video which uses long-exposures and Night-Writer light paintings to bring skeletons to life as they dance to the jazzy track Tarova by Snarky Puppy (not to be confused with Skinny Puppy.)

Gorillaz: Garage Palace

Gorillaz: Garage Palace

Enigmatic, ever-changing virtual group Gorillaz teamed up with vocalist Little Simz on this banger of a track, which is accompanied by a brilliantly animated pixel art music video visualized by Noah Harris and Nicos Livesey of Blinkink, along with illustrator Mckay Felt.

Multi-flame Candle

Multi-flame Candle

A truly unique candle, which is filled with channels that direct its flame towards additional wicks, gradually setting off numerous blazes, and burning the whole thing down. Sadly, the Bravit XL candle appears to have been discontinued, but it’s still cool to watch.

Nixie Horizonte Watch

Nixie Horizonte Watch
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An absolutely stunning retrofuturist timepiece, featuring four miniature Soviet-era Nixie tubes for its display. The circuitry is housed in a body milled from a block of aluminum, and can activate automatically when you turn your wrist. Includes a wireless wooden charging stand.

The Future is Now: Neon Rising

The Future is Now: Neon Rising
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The Future is Now: Neon Rising is the second edition of the second book in Josan Gonzalez’s cyberpunk series. Almost all of its 212 pages has full-page illustrations, which tie into each other to create a “silent graphic novel.” It comes with three postcards.

Rubika Bookcase

Rubika Bookcase
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Anesis’ Rubika Bookcase can showcase even the plainest objects. Its overall shape, the shape of its compartments, and its color scheme make it look like it’s popping out of your wall like a giant Rubik’s Cube. Available in different colorways.

Making a Woodturned Eyeball

Making a Woodturned Eyeball

Woodworker Frank Howarth shows off a truly amazing build – a giant version of a human eyeball, meticulously handcrafted by layering and turning rings of cherry, birch, walnut, and ebony wood. We love the way it shines in the light under all that lacquer and wax.

Resident Evil Nemesis Pumpkin Carving

Resident Evil Nemesis Pumpkin Carving

Sculpture_Geek usually works with clay. But his Halloween episode sees him make a portrait of Resident Evil‘s Nemesis out of a pumpkin. He put a lot of effort on his opening sequence, but you can skip to 1:58 if you just want to watch him at work.

Engraved Wood Patent Prints

Engraved Wood Patent Prints
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Dress up your space with these laser-engraved cherry wood prints which feature illustrations from significant patents. Choose from objects like the computer mouse, space capsule, hard disk drive, and more. They measure 13″ x 9″ and come with hanging hardware.

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