December 2010
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Hiatus
If you haven’t already noticed I haven’t been publishing new posts. I’m taking a break from WHAT THE COOL and be coming back at the beginning of next year. I hope you all have a Happy Holiday and a Happy New Year!
Here are my TOP 20 favorite posts in no particular order.
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November 2010
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Logo Made Out Of 40,000 Cherry Tomatoes
Creative director Caspian Michalowski used 40,000 cherry tomatoes to build the HarvestMark logo.
Gift of Growing from Caspian Michalowski on Vimeo.
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Paintings By Horses
Cheryl Ward has been collaborating with her horses since 2004. She has four horses who paint with brushes in their mouths as Ward chooses the colors, brushes, and canvas. If you’re interested in purchasing a painting check out the newest ones up for sale here. Be sure to check out the videos after the break.
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Head On Top
Head on Top by photographer Thorsten Schmidtkord.
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Lens Bracelets
Lens Bracelets designed by Adam Elmakias. Creative silicone bracelets perfect for the camera obsessed… people
COSTS: $10 (both for $15)
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Superhero Grandma Therapy
Superhero Grandma Therapy by French photographer Sacha Goldberger.
Frederika is a 91-year-old Hungarian grandma who is a WWII survivor who was feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up Goldberger suggested to shoot a series of photographs in fictional superhero attire. Once they got started Frederika couldn’t stop smiling.
Frederika was born in Budapest 20 years before World...
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Imprisoned Calendar
Imprisoned Calendar by Jason Dean.
3,190 embossed marks fill up this calendar - one for every day for nine years. You can mark them as you go along.
COSTS: $50
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Circular Seat Library
Circular Seat Library by designer Thomas Mills. It’ll cost you £6000 (About $9,000), but Mills won’t ship it to you. If you live abroad and would still like one, he’d love for you to fly him out and make one for you.
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Eatphabet
Eatphabet by digital media artist Luiza P.
To view more go here.
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Nubrella
Nubrella is the 21st century umbrella. It is handsfree and the aerodynamic design blocks the wind and rain.
COSTS: $49.99
The umbrella was invented some 3000 years ago and has seen no evolution. We continue to rely on the umbrella for protection against all inclement weather conditions until now. Let nubrella be your new item in your arsenal of weather protection gear and “stay...
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World Record Panorama Of London
Incredibly detailed seamless panoramic photography by Jeffrey Martin. He shot 8,000 photos of London and spent six weeks stitching the photos together. It is the largest 360 panorama in the world at 80 gigapixels! If you need a quick vacation while at work, check it out here. You really could get lost in all the details.
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Laser Engraved Banana
Banana mania - Repper experimentation. Just in case there are any skeptics out there Repper uploaded a video on youtube to prove it’s the real deal. It’s not photoshopped! Check out the video after the break.
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Doodle Watch
Doodle Watch is made with tear-resistant material on which you can draw, paint, or decorate.
COSTS: $14
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Avatar Mosaic Made Out of 4,000 Blu-Ray Discs
Avatar mosaic by British artist Laura Hadland. The mosaic is located on the floor of the London Film Museum and took Hadland only a few hours to complete.
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Tan Cuts of Meat Dress
I’d like a slice of the ribs and the rack please. A cute and funny dress that is lightweight made by apparel designer Kelly of Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2006 with a BA in Apparel Design.The dresses are printed and sewn to order so they say to allow 1-3 weeks for your dress to be made if you plan on ordering one.
COSTS: $62
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Cactus Hose
Cactus Hose by artist Brian Jewett. These cactus are made of cable ties, valve handles, and garden hoses.
I’m drawn to work where the technique is clean and visible. Even when I spend months working out a design I am happy with, I want the results to be simple and obvious. When someone sees my work for the first time I hope their reaction will be one of surprise and an instant...
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Knit Nike Shoes
Cool knit Nike Shoes submission by THIS IS Studio for the NIKE78 Project.
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Rectified Flowers
Rectified Flowers by Golan Levin and Kyle McDonald. They wrote a piece of software to unwrap the 360-degree panoramic digital videos of the Sony Bloggie. The result are these beautiful vibrant flowers in a new perspective.
You can download the open-source code here and you’ll have to run it with Processing.
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Love Will Tear Us Apart Stockings
Any Joy Division fan will want these, well any Joy Division fan that’s a lady. Cute, clever, and friendly nylon stockings. Anybody know the source of these stockings?
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Futurama's New York in Legos
World of Tomorrow by Matt De Lanoy. Anyone who has ever played with Legos can appreciate Matt’s work. He’s built the Planet Express and the Robot Arms Apt along with other known building structures from Futurama. He started this project by building the Planet Express and major characters back in February 2008. He says, “This layout is the culmination of a work in progress for over two years.”...
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New Era Design Competition
In celebration of it’s 90th birthday, New Era gave 90 European artists a chance to express their creativity on the famous cap. Check out the video after the break.
New Era XC | London from Chris Read on Vimeo.
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Ceramic Sneakers
Ceramic Sneakers by Korean artist Kang S. Lee who works out of Mexico City, Mexico.
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Sticky Post-It Note Leaves
Gingko leaf-it, “post-it” stickers from Appree.
Tumblr Tuesday
It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means? Support us by recommending us to the Tumblr Directory by clicking here. Thanks in advance. You guys ROCK!
On a side note I’m starting a forum here but need some help getting it all set up. If you’d be interested in being a mod or have some ideas email me or leave a comment below. Thanks!!
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Water Car
The Water Car is the world’s fastest amphibious vehicle. Water Car by Dave March is the founder of WaterCar, Inc. and has been building cars and boats since 1976. Check out the video after the break.
Dave’s vision was to see high-performance cars that were also high-performance boats. But he was not interested in previous amphibious vehicles that just float around. He was...
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Transparent Bubble Tents
The Bubble Tent by French designer Pierre Stephane Dumas. The bubble tent is designed for two adults but can generously give room to two small children. These amazing designs give the user a 360 degree panoramic view of their surroundings, just how camping should be.
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Food Fashion
Hunger Pains is a photo series by artist Ted Sebarese. Each of the model’s clothing is made entirely of real food. Check out more images after the break.
Each model’s clothing in the series was made entirely of real food and depicts a meal that the person was craving. This project was shot in January of 2009 (pre Lady Gaga). 15 designers, led by Ami Goodheart of SOTO Productions,...
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Birdcage Fish Bowl Duplex
Birdcage Fish Bowl Duplex by artist Constance Guisset.
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Twister Rain Coat
Over at Craftster they held a Total Board Game Revamp Craft Challenge a couple months ago and Nicoleeoliee_4_Life was the winner for her Twister Raincoat. There are a bunch of other submissions that are amazing as well. Check it out some of the other entries at craftster.org.
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Crochet Foods
Crocheted foods by textile artist Cynthia Rae who runs Candypop Creations over on Etsy.
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Portraits Made From Candy
Portraits made from nerds by artist Andrew Salomone.
Check out Make Projects on how to preserve candy projects.
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Flamingo Made Of A Flock Of Flamingos
A flock of flamingos gather on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico creating a nice image of a… flamingo?
Photograph by Robert B. Haas - Thanks Natgeofan
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Electronic Music Synth Shirt
Keyboard Synthesizer Shirts from Thinkgeek. Check out the video after the break.
COSTS: $29.99-$32.98
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Ice Cream Cookie Ottoman
Made of solid foam throughout with chocolate wafer cushions covered in canvas.
COSTS: $1050
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Exploding Water Balloon Photography
Exploding Water Balloon photography by Edward Horsford.
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Skeleton Leggings
It’s a bit past Halloween, but these leggings sure look pretty cool.
COSTS: $14
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Paper Cutouts
Paper Cutouts by artist Jill Sylvia. These detailed cutouts are cut from ledger books and balance sheets. Check out more after the break.
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The Fat Monkey Made Out Of Flip Flops
The Fat Monkey outdoor art installation by Florentijn Hofman. It is displayed in Paulo, Brazil and was made with the help of local students. The Fat Monkey is 5 x 4 x 15 meters. Check after the break for more images and videos.
The Fat Monkey is a site specific work which was created out of the question from the Pixelshow to make a sculpture during their conference in 2010. Made with the...
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What Children Actually Draw
Korean artist Yeondoo Jung came to the phenomenal idea to convert children’s drawings into reality. He has collected more than 1,000 children’s drawings, chose the best and turned them into real scenes.
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Eye Chart Calendar
A creative mock up created by graphic designer and drummer Andrew Ackroyd that promotes specsavers the opticians.
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Napkin Tie
You’re out for dinner and you fold the end of a napkin to the neck of your shirt…. it’s not really an attractive look. Luckily Hector Serrano Studio has a solution called the Napkin Tie. Go out looking classy while eating your fine dining meal or even your McDonalds meal. Clean yourself up with the Napkin Tie.
COSTS: £2.95 (About $4.50)
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