Awesome Art & Design

Patrick Fisher creates astoundingly detailed works of art using guitars as his canvas, and permanent markers as his medium. They’re so beautiful, we’d be afraid to scratch them up while strumming.

This tricked-out wine rack may look like something out of Hasbro’s offices but it was made out of old transmission parts by a lighting salesman. It stands over 6′ tall and is 1000lbs of kickass vino storage.

Ad agency Duval Guillaume Modem designed this foldable print advertisement for Carlsberg beer, which converts into a usable bottle opener. While not perfect, it certainly beats using our teeth.

A practical pot that makes having plants indoors a lot easier. Joey Roth’s Planter is made from porous earthenware; simply place water in the cylinder and let your plant do the rest.

Ofra Lapid created miniature models of dilapidated buildings using photographs. She then photographed the models on a plain background, isolating them to further preserve their state.

Domino master FlippyCat takes on Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpiece Starry Night using approximately 7,000 falling tiles. Despite a few glitches along the way, we’re still impressed.

A bullseye in both style and simplicity, these coat hooks are made from solid steel – even the flights – and measure 6.5 inches long.  They have screws at the tip for easy installation.

A time-lapse video showing how Alexander Koshelkov put together this 1920 x 1080 wallpaper using Photoshop. It took him 4 hours, 17 minutes, and 244 layers to create this dramatic image.

Are you a fan of Bottlehood Glassware? Here’s your chance to make your own upcycled glasses or vases from bottles. The Kinkajou by Patrick Lehoux lets you score bottles with little effort.

Qzina built this massive sculpture of a Mayan temple using a record-breaking 18,239 pounds of chocolate. It’s on display until December 21, 2012 when the Mayan calendar (or the world) ends.

From Michael John Blake, the man who brought us the soothing sounds of Pi and Tau comes another musical arithmetic interpretation. The mathematical constant in focus this time is the golden ratio phi.

A clever product by Dutch architectural firm Hofman Dujardin. The Bloomframe’s large windows transform into a balcony and back at the push of a button. Just don’t wear a skirt while you’re on it.

Artist Tommy Gun built a scale model of the iconic Stonehenge using 18 beat up junk cars in place of the stones for a promotional stunt for Skoda’s new Citigo mini car. Not to be confused with Carhenge.

Contour Aerospace and Factorydesign’s new airplane seating configuration stacks passengers in double-decker pods, packing more seats in, while increasing comfort. No carry-on space, though.

Artist Anders Ramsell took nearly a year to create 3285 individual aquarelle paintings to brilliantly replicate key moments from Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Blade Runner.

For the opening of his art exhibition, artist Cai Guo-Qiang set off a spectacular display of 40,000 exploding rockets at LA’s Geffen Contemporary Art Museum. Jump to 2:25 for the fiery spectacle.

The opening credits to Star Trek (The Original Series) get a lovingly updated typographic and animated treatment by The Quintek Group – which happens to sound like an alien race on the series.

Give your cat or small dog a home that makes you point and laugh at them, while they have no clue why. These shark-shaped pet beds use nanotech to absorb odors and are easy to keep clean.

Check out the modern 8-bit artists and chiptune musicians who have elevated the beloved form to new levels of creativity and cultural reflection in PBS Off Book’s Evolution of 8-Bit Art.

Evil Robot Designs has new eye-catching toy-lamp amalgams featuring action figures from famous franchises such as Alien, Transformers, Toy Story, Star Wars, Batman, He-Man and more.

Made to order decorative toothpicks made of titanium. You can order plain, non-anodized ones or go wild and add stripes, colors, glow rings, glow bulbs, steampunk brass finish and more.

Rock Air Jordans without spending hundreds of dollars with these limited edition air fresheners made by graphic designer Robb Harskamp for Shoepreme. Available in Jordan 3, 4 and 5.

These incredibly creative and intricate sand sculptures were made by Lowe Singapore for an ad campaign for OMO washing detergent, reinforced by the tagline “Dirt is Good.”