Mila’s Daydream by Adele Enersen. While Mila is taking her nap Enersen imagines what she would be dreaming about and tries to capture it. She says, “This is my maternity leave hobby. While my baby is taking her nap, I try to imagine her dream and capture it.” She uses fabric and cloth to recreate these fairy tale like dreams. Check out more images after the break. More
The Wool Butchery is made by Designer Clëmence Joly. Joly graduated the University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins with an MA in Communication Design. From pork to steak she has made almost everything you would see in an actual butchery. Note: No animals were harmed. Joly’s creation can be seen inside the window display for Barley Massey’s wool shop located in Broadway Market in London. She also has several other collections of crochet works she created on her site. More
Slow Motion Video allows humans to see things we normally could never see with the naked eye or even a standard video camera. Tempus II was shot using a Photron High-speed Camera which can record at up to 2,000 frames per second at HD 1080 resolution! Tempus II was directed and produced by Philip Heron and James Adair.
Fletcher Capstan Table Schwatz by DB Fletcher Design. The table unlocks then rotates while it expands and interlocks after it turns about 30˚. The table can easily fit about 6 people with a little bit of elbow room left over when in it’s smaller form and after it expands about 12 people can be seated.
This solid wood Rubber Band Gatling gun shoots out 504 shots at 1200 RPM! It is run by a tiny motor and is powered by 4 AA batteries that is triggered by a switch. This awesome creation won the Technique-Prize of 20th HANDS GRANPLIX which is a famous contest of hand-works, sponsored by Tokyu Hands. Check out the video after the break. More
Saskia Edens was born in Geneva and now lives and works in Basel, Switzerland. The installations and the video are very powerful. Edens transforms her very own body into a skeleton with black varnish, lighting, and hypnotic music. The video after the break will make you uncomfortable at times, yet your eyes will still be glued to the screen. More
The Light Drop by Brazilian product designer Rafael Morgan. The more you twist the tap, the brighter the light can get. The design is supposed to burn an image of natural resource conservation. More
The waterbird weighs only 12kgs and takes less than 10 minutes to assemble and can be disassembled to store in a carry bag to take around with you or to leave in storage. What is it? It’s a self-powered water rider that can be propelled at up to 27 km/h by hopping. The hopping motion propels the underwater wings almost like wings flapping underwater.
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Some kids in Utah pull a girl with their Human Slingshot using an ATV as far as they possibly can and release her launched into the air.
Daft Punk Helmet by Graphic Designer Harrison Krix based out of Atlanta. Krix has put together a collection of photos taken over the span of 17 months showing the process of this cool helmet. The helmet was made by sculpting, resin casting, chroming, and vacuum forming. You can check out the whole process in more detail at his blog.
Programming for the helmet code was done by James Moss.
Chroming work courtesy of Creations n’ Chrome
Custom PCBs printed by batchPCB.com (designed by me)
Visor vacuum-forming performed by Mike Iverson
Some video and photography courtesy of Emily Krix More
