Awesome Art & Design

Graphic designer and origami artist Yosuke Hasegawa folds paper bills in such a way that the person on the bill ends up wearing a headgear. He’s even made trading cards of his moneygami.

Designed by Swiss artist John M. Armleder, this high-end, limited-edition watch features an imposing skull image on its polished steel dial. Only 10 are being made, each one on different color backdrop.

Motion design artist Friedrich van Schoor shot footage of spiders running around a scale model, and then projected the shadows through the windows of an actual building.

Liven up a night of jack-o-lantern carving or that upcoming Devil’s Night Halloween bash with one of these. It’s a simple project and we can’t help but feel that pumpkin ales were meant to flow this way.

At first glance, you might think you were looking at some sort of organic lifeform in a petri dish, but these videos are data visualizations of content being shared virally from George Takei’s Facebook page.

Psalt Design’s blobby handblown glass fish bowl will remind you (and your goldfish) of a Salvador Dali painting, as it appears to be melting over the edge of whatever shelf its placed on.

Villafane Studios claims that it’s “home of the most gorgeous pumpkins on the planet” and from what we’ve seen we believe it. Funny, grotesque and scary, these carvings are a real treat to look at.

Eran Amir painted a variety of objects – and himself – gray in order to shoot a black and white video that slowly bloomed with color. Making-of here. The song is Eid Ma Clack Shaw by Bill Callahan.

At 30 meters in length, this massive blue whale kite is bigger than a bus and looks absolutely stunning floating over the beach. How about a light-up space whale for night flights Peter Lynn Kites?

(BSFW) By painting scantily-clad yoga performers to look like the parts of bikes, then posing them into racy positions, i.d.e.a. and makeup artist Trina Merry created these amazing human sculptures.

Dux Helms are the world’s first bike helmets with retractable, removable and replaceable lenses. The helmet itself is made of a polycarbonate outer shell and impact-absorbing foam liner.

Build up excitement – or dread – for a coming event with Mr. Jones’ clock. Set the number of days and choose from 34 events, ranging from specific – birthdays, anniversary, etc. – to vague milestones.

If your mutt’s going to insist on drinking out of the toilet bowl anyhow, why not get them their own, and ensure it has clean water in it? We’re getting one for the cat. And another for our breakfast cereal.

Mythbusters host and cosplayer Adam Savage talks about how he made his No-Face – aka Kaonashi from Spirited Away – costume and the amazing experience he had with fellow fans of the movie.

A wooden hourglass stool filled with white sand that measures five minutes. As its name implies it’s meant to be used to reprimand kids, but all we know is it’s a giant hourglass and we want one.

Marlin Peterson was asked to paint a huge mural on the roof of the Seattle Center Armory and decided to paint giant 3-dimensional spiders on it – perfect for freaking out visitors to the Space Needle.

Performance artist a dandypunk created this interactive live production which combines dance and movement with projection mapping as his only source of illumination.

Architects MVRDV created this incredible library in The Netherlands. Given space limitations, they built a barn-shaped room in which up to 150,000 books can be stacked to the top of a pyramid of shelves.

Sculptor Andrea Eusebi made a bust of the Jedi master using plasticine, but instead of the usual stiff green skin Eusebi went with a more human appearance. For sale, it is. Buy it, you will want to.

Instead of a light bulb mounted on its top, the LightDrive has LEDs at its base. Its design lets it emit a warm light equivalent to a 65-70W bulb while only consuming 13W and without running hot.

Cameras track objects that enter the Rain Room and the corresponding valves are instantly turned off to keep the foreign object dry amidst the falling water. Made by rAndom International.

Josh Bechtel designed the Bicymple with simplicity in mind. It ditches the bike chain and opts for a unicycle-like direct drive. Its rear steering mode makes it easier to navigate tight spaces.

Ruckstuhl’s Legno-Legno are rugs made of wood and polyurethane. They can still be rolled up, are easier to clean and have a neutral style that blends in with different interiors. Available in 5 colors.