Awesome Art & Design

Guus Ter Beek and Tayfun Sarier are out to make London look like a digital image, or at least a fake one. The duo make stickers that look like the Eraser tool from Photoshop and plaster it over ads, street signs and graffiti.

Brooklyn’s Bottleneck Art Gallery is showcasing awesome glow in the dark prints from various artists with its When The Lights Go Out 2 art show. The pieces are based on popular movies, TV shows and video games.

Vinnie’s Pizza in Brooklyn wins our award for best menu boards, with its Bob’s Burgers-esque food pun specials. We’re having trouble deciding between the Calvin & Hobbanero, the Guillermo del Tortellini, or the Tempura Strikes Back.

Common Fibers opens a world of new design possibilities with their CF-Lex tech. Their first offerings of sleek wallets and iPhone 5 cases with the hinged carbon fiber design were funded in just two days but rewards are still available.

A Chrome browser plugin which creates a visualization of all sites visited in your browser’s history, using nothing but Favicons – those tiny icons which appear in your toolbar. Each icon is clickable, and you can highlight by time of day.

Need to relax? We can think of no better way than to strap on a pair of headphones, turn down the lights, hit play, and go full screen with this 15 minute video of hypnotic patterns being created on a potter’s wheel by artist Mikhail Sadovnikov. (Thanks Nagy!)

Quince Imaging and Think Media Studios turned the Cleveland Cavaliers’ court into a gigantic projection screen with this awesome pre-game introduction presentation. For once, the folks at the top got the best seat in the house.

The Edgy Brothers‘ Bicycle playing cards are inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. Each face card is embellished with intricate skeletons. Let’s help them get to their $50k stretch goal so those awesome painted decks get made.

Inspired by the work of Chuck Close, Chicago artist Mary Ellen Croteau created a series of images using thousands of meticulously selected plastic bottle caps. Her masterpiece – a 56-square-foot self portrait called “CLOSE”.

Made by Haibara, these handcrafted washi envelopes and sheets are outlined with red or blue woodblock print. A wonderful gift for people who love writing by hand. Each pack comes with six sheets and three envelopes.

A 3D virtual reality headset accessory for the PlayStation 4. It has a 5″ 1080p LCD display and uses onboard sensors along with the PlayStation Camera to track head movement and position. It also has 3D positional sound.

Wooden coat hangers that have magnets instead of hooks and can hold up to 4.4lb. They look nicer and are easier to remove than ordinary hangers. A more affordable plastic version would be sweet though, since these ones are crazy expensive.

Android Wear is Google’s upcoming operating system for smartwatches. It displays notifications based on time, location and your personal info. It also supports voice commands and third-party apps. More here.

Tobias Fränzel is now accepting orders for his quirky Ping Pong Door, which morphs from a door to a table tennis table with just one swing. It’s significantly narrower than a regulation table though. Contact Tobias to order.

Illustrator Darren Rawlings envisions what classic vehicles from movies and TV would look like if they were robots in disguise. The Ecto-1 and Mach V are pretty awesome, but the Mystery Machine is downright epic.

A preview of Volvo’s future station wagons, the Concept Estate is what hatchbacks look like when they grow up. It has a sleek silhouette and a luxurious interior covered in wood, wool, leather and copper. More on 95Octane.

The Quant e-Sportlimousine is a 912hp electric car powered by a flow battery, which generates energy by mixing electrolytes dissolved in water. Apparently this makes refueling nearly as fast as with a gas-powered car. More here and here.

A portable BBQ grill that looks like a vintage suitcase when carried. Perforations on its side let more air in, making the grill hotter when in use and helping to cool it when you’re done cooking. Watch out for it on RS Barcelona’s shop.

Benny Palmeri turned a Nike Kobe 9 Elite Maestro into a replica of the limited edition Nike MAG Back to the Future shoes. They may not have built-in lights, but at least the swoosh and the outsole glow in the dark.

Joel Fortunato’s Doughboy creates illustrations inspired by his obsession with monsters, pop culture, and baked goods. Best of all, his new line of numbered, limited-edition cotton t-shirts comes packed in an awesome vinyl cupcake toy.

A flexible wall-mounted shelf system that adjusts to your needs and looks nice even when it’s “empty.” Made by students Tadej Podakar and Luka Fabjan, the REMLshelf is made of wooden beams that you can pull apart to store items.

King of Sweden sells large rugs made of the leather and fabric labels from discarded jeans. The labels are stitched together over a sheet of cotton. If you have enough old jeans lying around you could try this idea yourself.

Supreme maybe one of New York City’s most famous current residents, but once upon a time a show about nothing repped the Big Apple. Stugazi mashes up past and present with this sticker. A reverse mashup would be equally dope.