Awesome Art & Design

Put on your headphones, turn down your lights and go full screen to experience a tangle of geometric filaments fluttering to life at the speed of light in this installation by Mimi Son and Elliot Woods. Where’s an oculus rift when you need it?

From 5/21 to 9/7, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta will be hosting Dream Cars, an exhibit of various concept cars from 1932 up to the present, as well as related media. If you can’t make it there, you can check out the gallery.

DIY effects artist Joey Shanks shows off a couple of really cool practical visual effects which can produce the illusion of holographic or floating images. The clothes steamer and humidifier ones are really pretty nifty.

Music lovers and audiophiles will love this clever coat rack made from vinyl decals and wood and aluminum peg hooks. Once the sliders are attached to your wall, they don’t move, so be sure you get your EQ right the first time.

Artist Pete Ware creates these images of pop culture icons made from typographic treatments of their most quotable quotes. He sells prints ranging in size from a pocket-sized 4.1″ x 5.8″ up to a substantial 23.4″ x 33.1″.

This stunning and substantial desk is handcrafted from slats of pine salvaged from old doors. An inset glass top provides a smooth surface, and three drawers are hidden behind the door on the right. Measures 63″(W) x 32″ (D) x 30″(H).

Katharine Morling specializes in creating sculptures that look like tangible ink sketches. She uses clay and porcelain to sculpt and then paints and traces their outline with black stain to create the illusion.

The pages of The Drinkable Book contains tips on proper sanitation & hygiene, but more importantly, they’re function as water filters. Each book can provide clean water for up to four years and costs just pennies to make.

Add a personalized touch to your car with these easy-to-apply, non-permanent vinyl decals, adapted specifically to the shape of your vehicle. StickOut plans to offer a variety of designs by artists from around the world.

Hugh Herr and his colleagues at MIT’s Biomechatronics group develop artificial limbs that complete or augment the human body. His presentation is amazing, but if you’re short on time skip to 13:40. Really, watch the whole thing.

Mondo teamed up with Middle of Beyond to create Mondo 237, a line of knitted apparel and home decor bearing the dizzying pattern of the carpeting in the Overlook Hotel. Orders will only be accepted until 5/10.

Cory Alexander made a life-size replica of Sasha, the Heavy’s Minigun in Team Fortress 2. It weighs 30lbs., has lights and sound effects as well as music and sound bites from the game. Skip to 3:50 for the demo. More on The RPF.

Designed by formAxiom, this folding stainless steel grill has a unique cooking surface that resembles a sunflower, and a soft, mesh basket that holds its fire source. It’s still in the prototype phase, as they ensure it can be safely operated.

Another neat stop-motion video from chalk artist Chris Carlson. Watch as the classic mobile game Snake comes alive. Can you believe we only had this and Space Impact before, and now we have freakin’ XCOM on our phones?

By creating a set of mouth-blown glass fixtures which turn on motorized bases, then illuminating them with halogen light sources, Poetic Lab produced a stunning lighting effect reminiscent of light bouncing off of slowly rippling water.

For a recent promotional campaign, Suntory Whisky used a 3D milling machine to create these impressively-detailed tiny ice sculptures for serving up their spirits on some seriously awesome rocks. The shark one is so badass.