Awesome Art & Design

Designed by Korea’s 11+, this bold and functional desk clock lets you easily check what time is anywhere on Earth, simply by rolling it to the appropriate time zone, as indicated by the city names on its outside. Measures 3″ in diameter.

nanoFlowcell hypes up its flow battery technology with two new cars. The Quant F gets a total of 1090hp from its electric motors and has a crazy 497mi range. The Quantino on the other hand has 186hp and a table-flipping 620mi range.

Domino master FlippyCat uses his dominoes in a different way than normal, instead of just knocking them over, he uses stop-motion animation to make a gigantic working Etch-a-Sketch. Then he knocks them over.

These wood maps collect bottle caps from your favorite beers, turning an empty span of wall into a cool, personalized piece of art. Whether you’re a road warrior, international traveler or like to drink close to home, there’s a map for you.

Director Kamiel Rongen of Hyde Park created this mindbender of a short film which uses good old fashioned camera tricks to place us in what seems like an alien landscape, but is mostly just pigments being splashed into a round fish bowl.

Microsoft boldly predicts enterprise technology 5 to 10 years from now. Aside from wall-sized and borderless touchscreens, the company imagines we’ll have more mature augmented reality and wearable devices.

Artist Headquake makes the bodies of his remote-controlled cars from scratch, spending many hours to get the details just right. We’ve seen them beside his cat and dolls yet barely believe they’re not real cars. More here and here.

Because of the drawn out conflict between Israel and terrorists from Hamas, Gaza’s citizens are imprisoned in their own land, with their access to basic goods heavily regulated. Banksy went there to remind us that these people need help.

The latest in Calm the Ham’s wonderful poster series features 79 images of iconic motorcycles featured in movies and TV over the years. In addition to the poster, there’s a limited-edition box with 80 9″ x 6″ prints and a collector’s patch.

Pop artist Oddly Head offers a cynical take on Americana, particularly its film industry. His trilogy of 28″x 28″ prints take on Hollywood’s saturation of violence and sexism. Check out his movie poster parodies here.

Mythbuster Adam Savage spent nearly a month building this insanely detailed replica of the hedge maze model from Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining for his latest project on Tested. The work it took just to flock all the hedges is crazy.

The dangerous tradition of Dashuhua has been practiced by blacksmiths as part of the Lantern festival for over 500 years. It involves throwing scraps of molten iron towards the bricks of the city gate, resulting in a fiery visual spectacle.

Droog Designs’ clever cutlery is cut from thin slivers of birch plywood. They’re sold in packs of 10, in paper sacks of forks, knives, and spoons. We suggest bringing them to picnics, then using them as kindling for your campfire.

This Technabob Shop deal is packed with online courses to teach you front-end web design. Learn responsive design, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and more. Beat the average price and get all eight courses. Deal ends 2/28/15.

Graffiti artist Sofles collaborated with Juddy Roller Studio, Grant Osborne and Opiuo to augment his 5-story mural in Melbourne, Australia with projection mapping and live music. Video by Selina Miles.

Part of Dot & Bo’s Edison’s Lab collection, the Fantastic Table Lamp almost looks like a steampunk desk fan. The base and frame are made of industrial metal with an aged and rusted finish. It comes with five 25W bulbs.

So you loved Karen O’Leary’s intricate handmade map but can’t afford it? CutMaps has the next best thing – a series of laser-cut maps from sheets of steel, EVA foam, or plywood. While the stainless maps are small, they’re a total bargain.

LEGO enthusiast website TechLug asked members to depict Boba Fett’s escape from the Sarlacc in Tatooine. For his entry, Daniel Stoeffler made a detailed underground cavern along with an interesting story involving Jawas.

The Coin Jewelry Company transforms vintage American currency into unique rings, some of them made from 90% silver or more. The Morgan Silver Dollar is especially sweet. You can find many coin rings from other artists on Etsy too.

Currently in development at Quirky, Track is a concept for a lamp that follows your movement. Like Soloshot, the lamp works by tracking a wristband. It can be placed on a flat surface, hung or mounted on a tripod.

Clothes made of glass-coated fabric. If someone takes a picture of you with a flash when you’re wearing any of these, the glass will reflect the flash back at the camera, obscuring your face in the process. If only they worked without a flash.

The guys from Dissolve are back to recreate scenes from classic award winning movies using nothing but stock footage from their video library. We dare them to try Guardians of the Galaxy and The LEGO Movie using this technique.

Josh Carmody’s clever stool does have legs. It’s just that there’s only three of them. The diagonal cross brace and the stool’s proportions make it seem like it has four legs when viewed from certain angles. Contact Josh to order.