Awesome Art & Design

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.

Calm the Ham follows up its Filmography of Cars poster with one that lists a hundred years of aviation in film. You can also pledge to get a Collector’s Book that has large versions of the 66 aircraft illustrations and more.

The AnalogOne.One is an elegant handcrafted bicycle from artist Mike Pecsok. Each one is made from the wood of your choice. With a Gates CDX belt drive and Schwalbe Big Apple tires, it’s the most beautiful city bike we’ve seen.

Like to read books, but don’t have room for a bookshelf? Nobody & Company has got you covered with their combination reading chair/bookshelf, which can hold up to 300 books, and keep them all within arm’s reach.

TapPainter is an iPad app that virtually repaints walls. It accounts for the lighting conditions in your room and lets you try out different paint brands. There’s also a Kickstarter for an Android and iPhone version.

Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas teamed up with Marvel and Mike Mitchell to create a series of portraits of the House of Ideas’ heroes and villains. That Deadpool piece is going to sell out immediately. The exhibit runs til 5/17.

By blowing around hundreds of thousands of styrofoam packing peanuts with 36 fans, Swiss artist Zimoun replicated the soothing sounds of the ocean. We’ve set the embedded video to loop so you can leave it on while you sleep.

Peter Baeten’s portable chess set concept consists of flat pieces that slot onto the board. The pieces are laser cut and hand varnished and are stored in their own cutouts. A leather cover doubles as a play mat.

These unique speakers have enclosures made from glass-fiber reinforced concrete. Each one has a titanium cone full-range speaker, and can handle 50w max. We’re not sure of the acoustic properties of concrete, but they sure look good.

For his SkyArt series, illustrator Thomas Lamadieu takes photographs of the sky – or reflections of the sky – enclosed by buildings. He then fills in the space with funny illustrations that conform to the outline of the borders.

Daniel Savage’s gloriously animated short film tells the story of a boy who inhales too much helium, and ends up on the adventure of his lifetime. Think UP, but without the house, the dog, the old man, or the tears.

Stratton Violin makes electric violins with skull-shaped bodies. They come with Barbera Twin Hybrid bridge pickups with frets and wood stain as options. You can also opt for hand-carved and detailed bodies or even fully customized designs.

The best of the new Golfs might not even make it to showrooms. The R 400 concept has a 2.0L 4-cylinder turbocharged engine that produces 395hp and 332lb.ft. of torque. It goes from 0 to 62mph in 3.9s and has a top speed of 174mph.

Electronic funk duo George Brower and Jonathan Baken set up an interactive audiovisual stream of their latest album George & Jonathan III that displays every note of the songs as they are played. The album is also out on iTunes.

Currently in development at Quirky, Kevin Shay’s Swingling (aka the “UpSwing”) is a portable swing. It comes with a sturdy cable, a canvas seat and a carabiner and can be set up in under a minute. It rolls up neatly when not in use.

The Vision Future Luxury concept is dominated by carbon fiber, leather and wood. It also has a wide digital dashboard, a heads-up display, individual rear seats and a detachable tablet computer to control the rear displays.