Awesome Art & Design

Jeffrey Stephenson’s Level Twelve is a teak and bird’s eye maple PC case. The teak support box houses an HDD, optical drive and a USB 3.0 hub, while the maple box holds the main computer.

We’ve posted thousands of goodies this year, and figured we’d help you guys out with your holiday shopping by picking some of the most awesome items of the year – in case you missed ’em.

Italian artist Franco Recchia takes discarded old bits of electronic junk and turns them into intricate (and pricey) cityscape sculptures. We have say the Fifth Avenue one is our fave.

We’re liking the Fortune Poster series from Jason Dean; each of the 8 pieces coordinates colors and icons associated with a phrase from a real fortune cookie, and can be randomly chosen for you.

Jarrett Heather says he spent between 500 to 1000 hours to create this kinetic typography video for Jonathan Coulton’s suburban ballad, Shop-Vac. Judging by the quality of the video, we believe him.

Artist Iori Tomita uses a special process to turn the bodies of marine critters translucent, then injects dyes into their skeletons to produce these dramatic and educational biological specimens.

Designer Gavin Harvey envisioned this Audi performance motorcycle, featuring sleek modern styling, and touches that echo the iconic brand, including the LED lights found on the sporty R8.

Cartoonist Adam Watson imagines what it would be like if Dr. Seuss wrote Star Wars. Watson’s art is good, but it’s the prose that really ties things together. We hope he turns this into a whole book.

Ever wanted to draw Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk or X-Men? Learn from the master himself, Stan Lee. We recommend the limited-edition hardcover, or the paperback if you’re on a budget.

These gorgeous playing cards from theory11 offer a rugged, industrial design, complemented by packaging that’s reminiscent of gunmetal. Each deck is printed on a true casino-grade press.

It’s not as magical as this chair, but Christian Desile’s creations is still a design marvel. When folded, it’s a mere 0.8in thick, meaning you can stack 100 chairs in just 7ft of space.

An expensive homage to the iconic storage format. Designed by Transparent House, the Tape Lamp is made of 100 micro-cassette tapes and laser-cut plexiglass. Three 40-watt bulbs provide the light.

Adrian Johnson saw a wrecked BMW coupe and was surprised to see that the back seats were in good condition. Now he reuses them by installing the seats in used refrigerator bodies.

Traditionally machine made and unseen, the circuit board of this one of a kind speaker takes center stage, thanks to the addition of red glaze patterns by ceramicist Mitsuke Masayasu.

Aside from the Star Wars series, Matt Busch has more zombiefied movie posters. Instead of just Photoshopping the originals, Busch recreates the posters by hand. Also available as T-shirts.

Kevin Tong’s A Linch Pin Droid features an exploded view of everyone’s favorite astromech droid, R2-D2. The screen printed poster measures 24″x 36″ and was made using glow in the dark ink.

ColorWare is now selling customized MacBook Airs for those willing to pony up the cash for a sexy, lightweight and snappy netbook with custom-painted parts in their colors of choice.

From the “why didn’t we think of this?” file comes a touchscreen display that doubles as a wide-format printer and a scanner. Byeong Min Choe’s design is only a concept, but it should be real.

Graphic designer Matthew Ranzetta’s poster designs brilliantly combine Star Wars imagery with other classic movies. Yes, Luke did have a cool hand once it was replaced with a mechanical one.

This shirt has the 4th Amendment printed in metallic ink, making the print stand out in the controversial X-ray scanner. A non-metallic version is also available, as well as socks and underwear.

This Flash-based interactive artwork lets you create mesmerizing audiovisual compositions which belong on a big screen at a rave. Watch the video demo or just start playing with AVCLASH now.

Artist Mike Esparza likes zombies. In fact, he likes them so much that he imagines celebrities and pop culture icons as the undead. We did think King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell was Keanu for a moment.

Christoph Thetard’s concept kitchen removes all need for electricity, powering kitchen appliances with a pedal-powered flywheel. It can blend, chop, grind coffee, and beat eggs at up to 10,000 RPM.