Awesome Art & Design

Measuring just 1.26″ thick, and made from poured concrete, these wall speakers are truly a work of art. Each has a built-in amplifier and CD-quality wireless streaming. On display from 5/14 to 17, 2015 at the Munich High End show.

Japanese artist Shinri Tezuka carries on an ancient tradition of lollipop making, creating insanely detailed edible works of art using sugar syrup, food coloring and starch to replicate animals such as fish, frogs, snakes, and more.

The Depict display can wirelessly download eye-popping still and moving works of art on a framed 50″ 4K display optimized for bright colors and impressive contrast. It also rotates freely between landscape and portrait modes.

Mac Cauley’s virtual reality tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. The Night Café lets you explore a 3D version of the Dutch artist’s eponymous painting, populated by Van Gogh himself as well as his other works.

Howe & Howe made a custom version of its Ripsaw ATV for Mad Max: Fury Road. The vehicle will be made to look like a (very, very, very) heavily modified Chrysler Valiant Charger known as the Peacemaker.

Modern machinery has enabled the creation of all kinds of seemingly impossible objects. But this amazing three-layered cube was created using a hunk of metal, a lathe and drill bits, masterfully manipulated by craftsman Engineer BrunS.

Planning a trip to Westeros? Redditor selvag depicted the fictional continent from A Song of Ice and Fire in the style of Google Maps. The poster is available in three sizes. OK Google, what’s the best sushi place in The North?

Designed by Joe Doucet, these ultra-minimal regulation playing cards have done away with all but the most critical information, the card’s value and a geometric symbol for its suit. Available in white or black.

The 21st century arcade. The Void is working to combine virtual reality technology with dedicated arenas that have objects, obstacles and stimuli – wind, rain, motion – that will match what players are seeing in their headsets.

A compilation of calligrapher Seb Lester accurately drawing famous logos by hand. The Adidas logo was surprisingly tedious to create. Check out more of his hand drawn logos and other works on his Instagram page.

Bill Mudron’s highly detailed limited edition prints feature scenes based on six of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, depicted in the style of the great Japanese painter Kawase Hasui. Each print measures 10.5″ x 15.25″.

We love the colorful paint and marker illustration style in animator Nata Metlukh’s graduation short, a film that shows that while we shouldn’t let our fears rule us, they can sometimes keep us out of harm’s way too.

TheBackyardScientist poured a bucket of molten aluminum into a watermelon, expecting the fruit to either explode or fail catastrophically. Instead, the hot metal seeped into the melon’s guts and created a fascinating organic sculpture.

Simon Stålenhag’s retro futuristic digital paintings somehow combine dread and nostalgia. He’s currently raising funds for English language versions of two art books annotated with short stories about the world he created.

Architect Jeffrey Pelletier talks to Houzz about his remodeled basement, where he stores about 250,000 LEGO pieces. The toys are organized by type or color on hundreds of bins and drawers mounted on custom made shelves.

Altar Furniture repurposes vintage pinball machines, turning them into the world’s most awesome coffee tables and other furniture. The most complex pieces still have playfields that light up and moving mechanical elements.

Artist Julien Salaud creates amazingly intricate images of people, animals and abstract forms using phosphorescent thread as his medium. They come to life like drawings of constellations when lit with ultraviolet illumination.

Bored at your desk? Got a hole punch, a notepad, and plenty of patience? Like artist Scott Blake, you too could create your own flipbook animation using these common office supplies. Too lazy for that? Just buy one that’s already made up.

This beautiful, well-priced mechanical automatic timepiece has a unique, but easy to read display, and is automatically wound through kinetic movement. We especially love the domed sapphire-coated crystal and visible mechanism.

In 1933, architect Buckminster Fuller wanted to revolutionize the automotive industry with the Dymaxion car – designed to be fast, aerodynamic and could seat 11 passengers. An accident killed the Dymaxion, but this replica is impressive.

Cedar and Stuart Anderson’s Flow system is a convenient and considerate way to harvest honey. Its 3D printed honeycomb frames let you drain the honey into a tap. You save yourself a lot of work and the bees are left unharmed.

BMW teamed up with two of Japan’s best bike shops to customize the new K 1600 GTL luxury tourer. Kenji Nagai’s Ken’s Factory Special is a clean and curvy chopper, while Keiji Kawakita’s Juggernaut is a futuristic combat sport bike.

To celebrate the recent 2015 Record Store day, body and face paint artist Natalie Sharp created a series of unreal images based on famous album covers. The King Crimson and Peter Gabriel ones are mindblowing.