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Tarantino & Friends

Tarantino & Friends

Animator Timor Barshtman pays tribute to director Quentin Tarantino by illustrating the connections between his films through the transformation of the actors who played a multiplicity of roles in them.

Moon Clock

Moon Clock
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While we’d like it even better if it had three howling wolves on it, we’d still be happy to put Haoshi Design’s wolf and moon clock on our wall. Gently glows at when the lights go down. Made from resin, it measures ~9.84″ W x 2.36″ D.

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Demountable House

Demountable House

French architect Jean Prouvé designed prefab homes back in the 1930s & 40s. To prove how amazing these homes were, art dealer Patrick Sequin disassembled one of his homes, packed it up, and had it reassembled it at Design Miami.

Toyota FCV Concept

Toyota FCV Concept

The Toyota FCV Concept uses hydrogen fuel cells to drive its electric motors, emitting only water as its waste material. Its two hydrogen tanks are good for more than 300mi and can be refilled in just three minutes. Available in 2015.

The Access Case

The Access Case

The Access Cases have micro suction technology that will firmly hold your iPhone, iPad or Galaxy S4 in a stylish exterior of luxury Italian leather but not limit the functionality of your devices by also making them easily removable.

MK1 Transforming Table

MK1 Transforming Table

Duffy London’s MK1 is a table that you can transform from a low and small coffee table into a full dining table in just seconds. It comes in two sizes, and there are steel and wood variants. Bespoke finishes are also available.

umidi Custom DJ Controllers

umidi Custom DJ Controllers

Choose up to 36 pro-grade controls to outfit your umidi and finish off your creation with a laser-etched image for a personal touch. Then prepare for fast fun because your dream DJ controller is plug-and-play with any MIDI music software.

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Tail & Nose Bookends

Tail & Nose Bookends
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A pair of bookends made from two-thirds of a skateboard, complete with screws, trucks and wheels. You can also just get the tail. Available in four colors, but strangely, red isn’t currently an option.

The Filmography of Cars

The Filmography of Cars
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A print of Brooklyn-based artist Calm the Ham’s hand-drawn illustrations of 71 cars popularized by movies and TV series, from Bonnie and Clyde’s ’34 Ford B-400 to Walt and Jessie’s ’86 Fleetwood Bounder.

Puzzle Facade

Puzzle Facade

A 3D-printed Rubik’s cube’s moves were made to correspond with lights on the Ars Eelectronica Center using an Arduino processor and Bluetooth modem to relay information to special software and allow passersby to try and solve the puzzle.

Cardboard Adidas Shoes

Cardboard Adidas Shoes

To promote its 2014 lineup of Adidas sneakers, apparel store Chimp had artist Chris Anderson make replicas of the upcoming stock using recycled cardboard. The level of detail and likeness that Chris achieved is quite impressive.

Despacio Soundsystem

Despacio Soundsystem

The Despacio is a 50,000w disco sound system by Jordan Acoustics, McIntosh, 2ManyDJs and James Murphy. Each of its 7 stacks has 4 15″ bass drivers, 4 12″ mid range drivers, 4 tweeters and 6 McIntosh amps. More here and here.

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Photorealistic iPad Finger Painting

Photorealistic iPad Finger Painting

Artist Kyle Lambert used the Procreate app on his iPad to make an incredibly realistic painting. It’s a replica of a photographed portrait of Morgan Freeman taken by Scott Gries. It took Kyle over 200 hours to finish the portrait.

True Emporium Room in a Box

True Emporium Room in a Box
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True Emporium sells entire room furnishings that fit in military style footlockers. There’s a living room, a dining room and a wine bar set. The furniture are handmade and built partly out of reclaimed wood and steel.

Marvel Classic X-Men Statues

Marvel Classic X-Men Statues
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A series of statues featuring the six original X-Men along with their original archenemy (and now teammate) Magneto as they appeared in Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s 1963 comic Uncanny X-Men #1. Limited to 950 units each.

Keyboard Photomosaics

Keyboard Photomosaics

Digital artist Daniel Johns (aka “WorkByKnight“) takes images of computer keyboards, buttons, clocks, typographic blocks and other discarded junk and turns them into pixels for his celebrity and pop-culture portraits.

Pinja Pushpins

Pinja Pushpins

There’s no better way to keep notes on your bulletin board in check than with a team of pint-size ninjas. These birch plywood pushpin ninjas are sold individually or in a limited-edition set of three. We want 100 climbing our wall.

Amazon Prime Air

Amazon Prime Air

A test flight of Amazon Prime Air, a concept for a drone delivery service that would get packages into customers’ hands in just 30 minutes after ordering. Amazon hopes to offer it in the US as early as 2015. More on 60 Minutes.

Bruce Lee Playing Cards

Bruce Lee Playing Cards
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Dan & Dave worked with Bruce Lee Enterprises to create this beautiful deck, each of which contains a philosophical quote from the martial arts master, as well as an intricate dragon motif on back. The Jokers? Lee himself in action.

Chocolate Paint Tubes

Chocolate Paint Tubes

Combining the art of candymaking with a more traditional medium, Nendo’s edible chocolate paint tubes are filled with delicious “pigments” like strawberry, melon, brandy and blueberry. Too bad they’re only available in Japan.

Giphoscope

Giphoscope

A hand-cranked device which takes animated GIF images and converts them into old fashioned moving pictures. Each Giphoscope is built to order, using your GIF file of choice. Pricey, but awesome. More examples here.

Smorgas Board

Smorgas Board

A wooden bulletin board with magnets embedded inside. It comes with a set of wooden accessories – a hook, a box, pegs and a shelf – that also have magnets inside them. You can also buy the board and the accessories separately.

Face-o-mat

Face-o-mat

Artist Tobias Gutmann travels around the world with his portrait-making booth. The cardboard booth has levers that people can move to indicate the style of their portrait, then Tobias draws it Face-o-mat prints it out. More here.

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