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The Rocking Room

The Rocking Room

A public installation built for the recent 2014 Seattle Design Festival, Wover The Woven Rocker is a 15-foot-long meta rocking chair, capable of seating 10 or more people at once so they can all rock at the same time.

Joy of Washing the Brush

Joy of Washing the Brush

So you’ve just painted some happy little trees. Now it’s time to wash your brushes. paavi2005 created this supercut of Bob Ross cleaning out his brush – a pastime he claimed help get his frustrations out. Just beat the devil out of it!

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Astronaut: A Journey to Space

Astronaut: A Journey to Space

Guillaume Juin created this eye-popping time-lapse short film by editing together thousands of high resolution images taken by the crew of the International Space Station between 2011 and 2014. Best watched in full screen, high def.

Pantone Beer Cans & Bottles

Pantone Beer Cans & Bottles

Graphic artist Txaber envisions a smart new way to package beer cans and bottles – showing off the color of their contents using vibrant Pantone swatches. Though we’re not sure that imperial stout really that color.

Boneface

Boneface

(NSFW) Boneface’s art is a graphic mix of 90s anime, comics and video games. He also did the animation for Queens of the Stone Age’s lengthy …Like Clockwork music video. You can buy his prints and merch on Society6.

Unstable Matter

Unstable Matter

Artists Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen created this mesmerising kinetic art piece which consisted entirely of thousands of ball bearings rolling around a table. White noise machines need to add this as one of their standard sounds.

The Yaybahar

The Yaybahar

Gorkem Sen’s Yaybahar is an incredibly strange acoustic instrument. When its strings, springs or drum-like membranes are struck, the vibration bounces back and forth between the spring and the membranes, creating a layered echo.

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Husqvarna 401 Concepts

Husqvarna 401 Concepts

Inspired by the Silver Arrow, these street bikes both have a 43hp 400cc water-cooled engine and weigh only 297lb. The White Arrow is designed to be clean and simple, while the Black Arrow can handle off-road use as well. More here.

Ghost Peloton

Ghost Peloton

NVA teamed up with the Phoenix Dance Theater to outfit their performers with LED light suits and LED bikes, then captured their movements in multiple exposures and slow motion to create this captivating visual symphony. More here.

Cutout Ralph Cake

Cutout Ralph Cake

Baker and graphic designer Kylie Mangles made this fantastic cake based on Erick Flores’ hilarious t-shirt design. The delicious half-skinless Ralph Wiggum was made of red velvet cakes, buttercream, Rice Krispies and chocolate.

Tiny Paris Apartment

Tiny Paris Apartment

Paris, France is renowned for its tiny apartments. The designers at Kitoko Studio came up with a way to cram an entire living space, including bed, storage, dining, bathroom and kitchenette inside what amounts to a closet – just 86 square feet.

World’s Smallest Chess Set

World’s Smallest Chess Set
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We have enough trouble losing pieces from out normal-sized chess sets, but you have to appreciate the craftsmanship in jeweler Sal Knight’s handcarved gold and silver chess set which is just a bit larger than a quarter.

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Kinekt Gear Necklace

Kinekt Gear Necklace

Like the Gear Ring, Kinekt Design’s Gear Necklace has moving gears at the core of its design. They let you slide the heart-shaped pendant along its ball chain. The ring and the necklace are also available in a discounted set.

Chibi Gear Solid

Chibi Gear Solid

Sketchfab member Glenatron made a small interactive virtual diorama that depicts various scenes from Metal Gear Solid, including Solid Snake using the CODEC and teaming up with Gray Fox to battle Metal Gear REX.

Apple Product Chart

Apple Product Chart
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Pop Chart Lab’s The Insanely Great History of Apple 3.0 is a chronological checklist of the tech giant’s 534 products, from the Apple I to the iMac with 5K Display. It even comes with System 6-style rails for mounting. Zoom in here.

Signal Strength

Signal Strength

Filmmaker Chris Shimojima and composer Ljova coordinated a group of nine street musicians, located in various wi-fi enabled subway stations in New York City, using computers and smartphones to lead their remote orchestra.

Inside I Won’t Let You Down

Inside I Won’t Let You Down

If you’re curious about how OK Go created their video for I Won’t Let You Down, Damian and Tim explain the secrets behind the video. Those funky scooters are Honda UNI-CUBs, and the overhead shots were done with actual people, not CGI.

Crayon the Grids

Crayon the Grids

Stephen Von Worley’s Crayon the Grids is a series of beautiful interactive maps of various major cities with the streets and roads colored according to their orientation. London and Chicago prove to be extreme opposites.

StickBoy Animation Montage

StickBoy Animation Montage

GiantAnt’s extraordinary animation serves as a backdrop for StickBoy, a multimedia performance currently being staged by the Vancouver Opera. Shane Koyczan’s spoken word about bullying is equally as moving as the visuals.

Evil Vinyl Figure Concepts

Evil Vinyl Figure Concepts

Animation studio A Large Evil Corporation has designed an ongoing series of vinyl toy mockups based on pop culture characters. Since they’ve gone viral, the studio is seriously considering turning them into actual figures.

WriteBoard

WriteBoard

A concept for an electronic whiteboard. The WriteBoard is a 27″ 1080p LCD touchscreen that comes with a marker-sized stylus. Anything you write on it will be sent to other WriteBoards as well as to connected mobile devices.

Psych-O-Lantern

Psych-O-Lantern

Artist Yuliya Tsukerman spent weeks painstakingly carving dozens of pumpkins, then mimicking the composition and edits to replicate the classic shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Side-by-side comparison here.

Mate Wall Chess Set

Mate Wall Chess Set

Mate puts a complete chess set on your wall, and doubles as a playable work of art. The square pieces hold neatly in their wood cubbies, and can be ordered in a variety of colors. Measures 23.5(h) x 18.5″(w) x 2.25″(d).

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