Awesome Art & Design

We don’t think we have to wait till Halloween to put these fun handmade stuffed monster pillows from Johnny Cupcakes on our couch. Each monster is marked in a numbered limited edition.

In anticipation of the upcoming TRON: LEGACY, Marvel will be releasing variant covers featuring Tronified versions of Iron Man, Wolverine and other super heroes. Moon Knight never looked better.

Directed by Eduoard Salier, the latest from the British trip-hop duo features incredible CGI imagery, with a flying bunny-monster-man and the most massive army of aircraft you’ve ever seen.

When departing in the ’90s, the Soviet army burned the explosives out of the mines stored in Mädasadam, leaving multitudes of cases as scrap iron. Mati Karmin repurposes these relics as art.

We’re digging the tender personalities and earthy tones in each of the 4 Monster Mash prints from Doug Boehm, who in addition to these seasonally appropriate fiends has a terrific portfolio of work.

Lutz Pankow’s Rockkit is a pair of aluminum skids that can transform nearly every 4 legged chair into a rocking chair. The skids are screwed onto the legs with rubber mountings and are removable.

Antilia, the house of Mukesh Ambani – India’s richest and the world’s 4th richest man – has 27 floors, a 50-seat cinema, a 160-car garage and a staff of 600 to care for his family and their abode.

Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, Influencers takes a look at how trends in music and fashion become contagious, and at the “influential creatives” who are shaping pop culture today.

Tokujin Yoshioka’s X-Ray is not afraid to show what it’s made of. The translucent case is complemented by a dot-matrix LED display. It has a Snapdragon CPU, 8mp camera, and 1-Seg TV tuner.

Designed by Parte LLC, the Playbutton packs play, skip and volume buttons, and a rechargeable battery in its diminutive form. The content of the audio player cannot be changed or downloaded.

Ok, Radiohead’s video for House of Cards isn’t new, but did you know that you can manipulate the 3D plotting technologies they used to create it on Google code? Inspired, mindbending, cool stuff.

London-based street artist Alexander Farto aka Vhils made these amazing layered portraits by painting and etching on walls. Watch Vhils at work here. Check out more of his work on his website.

The Macula strike again, this time for the 600th anniversary of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock. The group used the clock itself as the canvas for their stunning historical light show.

Matt Rogers created this kinetic typography based on a segment of “Language”, a podcast by British TV host, writer and comedian Stephen Fry. You can download the entire podcast here.

Lawrence Malstaf is an artist who literally shrink wraps volunteers as an art form. The intention is to encourage people to consider the threat to their survival and how they would protect themselves.

Sprayground’s Graffiti Utility Backpack is built from tough coated cotton canvas, holds 8 spraycans in a faux-fur lined front compartment and can also hold a laptop, markers, tips and skateboard.

A photoblog that features maps and diagrams from actual comic books. Even if you’re not a fan of comics, you’ll find a lot of humor, honesty and Looney Tunes-like simplicity in the drawings.

Urbankind offers a cool collection of one-off furniture pieces (think mid-century mod), made more urban by designs from some of the best UK graffiti artists (think Dan Innes and Mark Hooley).

Renegade British street artist Banksy goes mainstream (sorta) with these opening credits he storyboarded and directed for this week’s episode of The Simpsons.

Karen O’Leary’s “map cuts” are a sight to behold; each highly detailed piece was hand drawn and hand cut. We’re more amazed by the process of making these maps than the maps themselves.

Let’s salute Threadless for the last 10 years of fun sidewalk brightening, thanks to their clever crowd-sourced tees. If you’re late to the party, jump in: it’s all chronicled in this truly entertaining book.

Moxy Creative’s prints feature just the clothes and accessories associated with films. We love the Top Gun poster, but we’re disappointed that Marty McFly’s vest and kicks isn’t on the list.

You don’t have to be an art critic to figure out Paul Mutant’s “This painting is not available in your country” (2010, acrylic on canvas). Maybe he should add “there’s always torrents though”.