Awesome Art & Design

Paper calendars are usually wasteful, but the Calendreco can be used indefinitely thanks to its four headers that are printed with the different arrangements of the days of the week.

Simon Storey’s, deconstructed speakers can be rearranged into a wide variety of shapes and configurations. Handmade from MDF, they include left and right woofers, tweeters and midranges.

Inspired by Eric Carle’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, these charming picture book illustrations would be a perfect way for the kiddies of Westeros to learn the house sigils and words.

Bloemencorso in The Netherlands is a parade that features floats made from flowers. And by floats, we mean gigantic, twisting architectural structures and straight up weird animatronic animals.

Division Furtive’s Type 46 watch has a double linear mechanical movement. In order to raise funds to produce the watch, the company is offering a much cheaper LED version as a Kickstarter reward.

Designed by Julian Vidame, the surface of this versatile table can expand from 31in to 62in, thanks to wooden boards that can be rolled from upright to flat and vice versa.

Invented by Dean Benstead, the O2 Pursuit is a prototype motorcycle that runs on compressed air. It has a top speed of 87mph and can go for about 60mi on a single diving cylinder. Field demo here.

A modern tea kettle design from MINIMAL’s Dustin Brown, lead designer of the Xbox 360 Slim. The glass-lined, on-the-go container would let you steep and sip tea after a quick trip to the microwave.

Holly Wood is a series of computer-generated wooden sculptures from French artists Tony and Emmanuelle Lugand that features some of our most beloved pop culture, media and gaming icons.

Designed by Dan Goldstein, the Re-Ply is a minimalist recliner made with used corrugated cardboard. A durable and environment-friendly furniture. Also available with fake fur or felt.

This creepy but nonetheless awesome animation by artist Erica Luke was created by painting each frame on the face of its subject, transforming a lively girl into a fleshless skeleton in 30 seconds.

(Some audience language NSFW) At the Belfast Festival at Queen’s in Ireland, two performance artists put on a mesmerizing stage fight using special suits and tesla coils. (Thanks Rachit!)

This one-of-a-kind fixture was made from a 1950s arcade game. It’s been retrofitted with fluorescent tubes and glowing marbles by Renegade Vintage. This coat rack came from the same machine.

CustomMade is an online marketplace that connects customers to makers. Post something you want to be made or built and prospective makers will bid for your order. Think of it as your personal Etsy.

If designer Brian Russell has his way, you’ll never get a flat again. His concept bike tire is made from rubber stretched over carbon nanotube-reinforced rods, to provide a cushioned ride without air.

UrbanDesk combines a full-size desk and a full-size bed into one. There is ample clearance between the bed and the desk so you don’t even have to clear off the desk when you fold down the bed.

Alex Mitchell follows up his Sengoku Avengers by transforming Prof. X, his students and his enemies into Edo Period characters. Hint: the character roster is based on the 90’s X-Men cartoon.

Commemorate your virtual adventures with these gaming-themed luggage label stickers. Made by illustrator A.J. Hateley, the stickers reference places from popular games. Buy 6 to get a 50% discount.

Furniture by Slovakian studio Allt (All That). Made of spruce wood, the design of both the Highstack shelf and the Lowstack bench was inspired by wood planks stacked in sawmills and warehouses.

You don’t need a tree to enjoy these festive HOrrible HOliday HOoligans by Sebastian Reymers. 3 jerks with a saw, axe and match hanging around? Sounds just like the holidays at our house.

Artist Dito Von Tease creates amusing portraits of famous pop culture icons by dressing up and manipulating close-up images of fingertips. The collection includes Steve Jobs, Mr. T and Pikachu.

Sotyrys and Aleksander Pantopulos’ sleek Raptor RT01 table is part contemporary art, part furniture and part green; as the body is made from recycled aluminium; the remainder is made of glass and HPL.

Brooklyn-based artist Scott Campbell uses a laser cutter to create these intricate sculptures from US currency. His other work can be witnessed (and purchased) at his legendary Saved Tattoo.