Awesome Art & Design

There is dynamic contrast to be found in architect Michael Hansmeyer’s Subdivided Column series, which features manipulated doric columns with beautiful, elaborate details. (Thanks Russell!)

Grab these iPhone skins before Apple or Lucas’ lawyers issue a cease-and-desist order. For now, head over to society6 where Greg Koenig also has print, t-shirt and laptop versions of frozen Jobsie.

Mike Joos has a series of prints featuring popular characters both real and fictional riding their very own custom bikes – with a couple of exceptions. You can also order the prints as T-shirts.

Taras Lesko was commissioned by Audi to create a scale model of the Audi A7. It took him 285 sheets of paper and 245 hours to finish the incredibly detailed model, which has a total of 750 parts.

Rolling Through the Bay is a kinetic sculpture made of about 100,000 toothpicks made by artist Scott Weaver. Weaver began making it 34 years ago and is still modifying and adding to it. Pics here.

Designed by KWK Promes, the Safe House can transform from a beautiful mansion into a closed off black box at the touch of a button. Its moveable walls can even confine people at the entrance.

Created by I Have Pop for Nike’s Air Max 90 campaign, the Panna is a street soccer-themed foosball table with an emphasis on flair – the first one to play a ball between an opponent’s legs wins.

It took Alan Wolfson 18 months to finish this 27 x 23.5 x 19.5 inch 5-piece cross-section model. It’s not an exact representation, but Wolfson’s attention to detail more than makes up for it.

A profile of Kiva Ford by online arts & crafts market Etsy. Ford is an expert glassblower who crafts both decorative and scientific glassware. Check out his shop and his website for more.

Chris Parks’ irreverent ode to The Last Supper is redone cleverly: on a set of 12 skateboard decks painted to resemble the famous painting, but with Mexican wrestlers, tacos, burritos and beer.

Some terrific creativity was found at the Scotch Off the Roll Tape Sculpture Contest. The second annual contest challenged artists of every level to create original sculptures using just packaging tape.

Remember the Concrete USB Drive concept? Turns out you can actually buy one now, albeit from a different designer. Kix Berlin’s heavy duty Usbéton flash drives come in two capacities, 1GB and 4GB.

Designed by Mitch Steinmetz, the Remembrance concept is an elegant combination of a photo album and a coffee table, one where people can create new memories while preserving the old ones.

Looking for a stylish and unique way to protect and carry your MacBook? Silva’s briefcases are made from caramel bamboo, imparting a warm natural shell to your modern plastic and metal gadget.

Not only do these artist-designed wooden eggs look really cool, they’re decorated by a robot. And if that’s not enough for you, a portion of proceeds go to The British Red Cross’ Japan Tsunami Appeal.

adNAU’s Tino Schaedler and Achim Lippoth combine photography with CG digital landscapes from The Scope to create this Mad Max-esque post-apocalyptic world for a kid’s fashion shoot.

A set of posters inspired by classic novels, made by various artists for Required Reading exhibit at Gallery 1988. There’s some seriously sweet artwork to be had for very reasonable prices.

Conceptual kitchen appliances made by Students of the Domus Academy for Electrolux, including a holographic cookbook, a trash receptacle that converts waste to energy, and a modular kitchen.

Paper animator Eric Power weaves an action-packed, bloody tale of a lone samurai as he takes on a demon lord and his army. Eric says the short offers “more paper cuts than you can handle.”

It’s certainly not complete, but this 18″ x 24″ poster is nonetheless impressive, cataloging 100 superpowers possessed by 200 superheroes and supervillains. Limited to 500 prints.

Like many people, the first thing Andy Lee touches as soon as he enters his place is the light switch. So he came up with a light switch plate with hooks for keys and other important items.

Skate on the Golden State with Evil Goods’ California deck. Made from 100% Canadian maple, with laser etched branding and pre-cut griptape. We’d like to see a Wyoming deck or a Hawaii deck.

We know what you’re thinking: you wouldn’t be caught dead with pictures of sewer and manhole covers on anything. But these pillows by intheseam manage to look rugged without being disgusting.