Awesome Art & Design

Earlier this year, Mark Pernice took a distorted self-portrait from Apple Photo Booth and worked with a sculptor to turn it into a real mask. Now you can help him raise funds to make a whole series.

Tokyo’s Daisuke Motogi created this comfy chair that can hold all your books, remotes, gadgets and other small objects in the cracks between its soft blocks. Just don’t lose your pocket change in it.

Artist Federico Uribe had been making artwork using shoes when Puma sent him a bunch of different colored laces. Then inspiration struck. Uribe’s “paintings” now fetch as much as $70,000.

To make this coffee shop fit in, Nemaworkshop used the nearby Bryant Park Library for inspiration – and came up with a library turned on its side. The “books” are actually pictures on custom tiles.

Sure, your watch, phone and computer already have one built-in, but you’ll have fun forming and arranging digits on this old school calendar. Made using laser-cut acrylic and wood veneer.

Just before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ Six Flags amusement park shut down, and never reopened. Teddy Smith takes us on a haunted tour with imagery that will stick in your mind for hours.

While it doesn’t have detailed information on how and why influencers come about, the film provides a peek into what’s happening in pop culture today and identifies events that cultivate inspiration.

Artists Mike and Matt of Wonder Bros offer these Picasso-esque superhero prints over at their Etsy shop. While we kinda like scrambled Spider-Man, The Man of Steel is going to give us nightmares.

Musicians are often trendsetters in fashion as well. The Everguyed network pays homage to 20 musicians and their iconic get-ups with these posters by Glenn Michael and James Alexander.

Bill Murray is one of Wes Anderson’s staple actors, but what if Murray was Anderson’s only actor? No need to tax your brain with such a question; Casey Weldon already did the work for us.

Nissan’s entry to the LA Auto Show Design Challenge, the iV’s space-age looks belie its earthly origin – its synthetic ivy and spider silk frame is grown like a plant with the help of nanorobots.

Classy yet geeky, Etsy seller pixelthis made this awesome turntable clock from a recycled Sanyo platter and a vinyl album. It’s no surprise that it’s already been sold. So why not make your own?

Dekotora – an abbreviation of “decoration truck” – are heavily stylized and modified trucks most commonly found in Japan, popularized by a 70s movie about – what else? – a costumed trucker.

Julien Berthier’s Love Love boat was designed to look like a wrecked and capsizing ship; in reality, it’s a functional work of art with built-in motor, able to maneuver around the water like any other boat.

Core77 recently asked readers to make Play-Doh versions of their favorite shoes and was promptly barraged by submissions, some accurate, some not so much, but all of them look fun to play with.

We’ve heard a Ducati bike is likely to turn up in a cameo in TRON:Legacy. We wish this were it, but this red Ducati lightcycle was created by a fan with an active imagination and mad Photoshop skills.

Teague designer Dana Krieger used the concept of tensegrity in the creation of the 20/20, giving the headphones both durability and flexibility, not to mention a bad-ass, yet stylish look.

This short by Ariel Lopez gives us a peek at his quirky animation style, and a creepy zombie flick lurking around the corner. Too bad the full film won’t be ready for tonight’s Halloween festivities.

If you thought the burgers your bought at the drive-thru were greasy, you’re right. Phil Hansen makes that point crystal clear when he “paints” the Mona Lisa with the grease from fast-food burgers.

The idea for Jonas Hakaniemi’s aluminum and plastic Box Light was derived from a matchbox. Offered in 2 colors, the lamp can be hidden or exposed as you like by adjusting it with your hand.

Kobe as Iron Man? Magic as Wolverine? MJ as Nick Fury? Marvel artists teamed up with ESPN to create a series of comic book cover-style art of NBA stars. If you’re a Cavs fan, brace yourself.

The traditional hour and minute hands on the i-toc watch have been replaced with graduated circles, which offer a more intuitive way to view time and a distinctive, constantly changing visual pattern.

We first thought this was a joke or a parody, so imagine our surprise when we found out that this is a real (and rare) children’s book, written by Kerry Milliron and wonderfully illustrated by Bob Eggleton.