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Billion Dollar Arcade

Billion Dollar Arcade

Kinetic art studio Breakfast created this series exploring the origins of video gaming and the multi-billion-dollar industry it has evolved into. Billion Dollar Arcade uses an array of mechanical dots to play Pong, Breakout, and Space Invaders, along with real-time stock market data tracking the industry’s valuation. For sale in a limited edition of eight each.

Dark Analysis Black Paper Notebooks

Dark Analysis Black Paper Notebooks
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This series of notebooks from Cognitive Surplus has detailed cover images inspired by science, nature, and math. Inside each journal, you’ll find 208 pages of 5.8″ x 8.3″ black paper with a 50/50 mix of lines and grid dots. They’re perfect for taking notes and making doodles with their high-opacity gel pens.

World’s Smallest Metal Rubik’s Cube

World’s Smallest Metal Rubik’s Cube

This teensy Rubik’s Cube was created by Megahouse and Iriso Precision Company. Built to commemorate the puzzle’s 50th anniversary, the mini cube measures just 0.50cm across. The 39-piece aluminum puzzle works just like the original, but you’ll need a jeweler’s tweezers to turn its sides. It’s priced at a wallet-busting 777,777 yen – about $5100 US.

Coldplay: ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO

Coldplay: ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO

Isabel Garrett’s music video for Coldplay’s ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO fills our eyeballs with a patchwork of visuals from 28 talented filmmakers and animators. Part of the 44-minute film accompanying the album Moon Music, it weaves together hand-painted frames, stop-motion, live-action, and other techniques to complement the warm and enveloping track.

Illoominated II

Illoominated II

This amazing projection mapping installation by Todd Moyer Designs was inspired by the machinery of a fabric loom. Projections create the illusion of rolling spools of yarn and woven textiles, while colorful laser beams emulate thread. Illoominated II is on display at the Portland Winter Light Festival through 2.15.2025.

Disco Cat

Disco Cat

Cat people, put on your boogie shoes and get down tonight with this handmade disco ball sculpture shaped like a kitty. Handmade by DiscoHeads, the sparkly silver cat is covered with hundreds of hand-glued mirror tiles, turning any room into a feline Studio 54. Get out the laser pointers – this disco kitty is ready to party.

Making a Dichroic Glass Hyper-diamond

Making a Dichroic Glass Hyper-diamond

JBArts shows how he took a single sheet of glass and transformed it into a colorful work of art. He made the 20-sided “hyper-diamond” by cutting the glass into small squares, then into decagons before gluing them together into a pair of rocky glass mountains. After joining the sections, he painstakingly ground and polished the piece into its final form.

Logo Beginnings

Logo Beginnings
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This 432-page hardcover book from Taschen explores the origins and evolution of iconic corporate logos. Graphic designers and history buffs will love exploring the more than 6000 logo designs from the 1800s to the 1940s, some of which are still in use today. It’s a great source of creative inspiration too.

Cyberpunk: A Virtual Production Experience

Cyberpunk: A Virtual Production Experience

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ mind-blowing exhibition Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema examines the impact and influence of the sci-fi subgenre in films like Blade Runner, TRON, eXistenZ, The Matrix, and Ghost in the Shell. To accompany the exhibition, Magnopus created a unique mixed-reality virtual production.

Aadil Abedi x Atoms Model 001 Cascade Sneakers

Aadil Abedi x Atoms Model 001 Cascade Sneakers

Get your wearable art fix with Atoms’ super comfy Model 001 Cascade sneaks collaboration with L.A. artist Aadil Abedi. Atoms’ second Art Gallery release features Abedi’s deconstructed calligraphy in an Arabic script on one side, a “hand printed” design on the other, and his signature woven onto the tongue. The limited edition drops 2.6.2025 and ends 2.20.2025.

MechaSEA B1-000 Duralumin Pen

MechaSEA B1-000 Duralumin Pen
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Designed by a motorcycle builder, this is machined from Duralumin – a lightweight aluminum alloy used to make aircraft. Made in Japan, the pen features a retracting system that deploys with the flick of a knob, and a clip that can be opened to peer into its mechanism. The matching Duralumin storage box is as awesome as the pen.

One Box 3.0 Modular Storage System

One Box 3.0 Modular Storage System
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Get your desk in order with this modular storage box. The One Box 3.0’s versatile interlocking design stores office supplies or pieces and cards for tabletop gaming. Its wooden modules include trays, a pen/pencil holder, a phone stand, and more – and when it’s not in use, it all packs up into a neat rectangle. The parts connect using slots and magnets.

Pentagone Tiny House

Pentagone Tiny House

House Design Ideas takes us on a tour of a unique small home. Shown here as a 3D rendering, the Pentagone is shaped like a dodecahedron, meaning each of its 12 sides is a pentagon. The 915 sq. ft. home has a kitchen and living space on the first floor, with two bedrooms, a full bath, and a laundry room upstairs. Floor plans are available, but not full blueprints.

Gorillaz: NOSTALGIAZ

Gorillaz: NOSTALGIAZ

We can’t believe it’s been 25 years since Gorillaz released their first album. Since its start, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s virtual band has defied genres and enlisted the likes of De La Soul, Elton John, Robert Smith, and The Clash. NOSTALGIAZ is a 4-minute retrospective of the virtual band’s most captivating visuals, accompanied by an orchestral medley.

Machined Aluminum Gyroscope

Machined Aluminum Gyroscope
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Mechanical design engineer Gen Nagai of Gale Metal Craft makes interactive works of modern art. Among his creations is this unique machined aluminum gyroscope. Its center is adorned with stainless steel balls and red crystals and spins smoothly using ball bearings. The 4.5″ gyroscope’s outer structure was inspired by two serpents chasing each other.

Andy Warhol Banana Phone Case

Andy Warhol Banana Phone Case
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Casetify teamed up with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to create this playful tribute to Warhol’s pop art banana prints. The ridiculously oversized case won’t fit in your pocket, but if you buy one of these, you’ll want it to be seen. The case comes in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro sizes and includes three Chiquita-inspired stickers.

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