I Make Sculptures Of Imaginary Animals Out Of Resin

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Clémentine Bal, I’m a french sculptor. I create characters inspired by nature. They are perfect as gentle and benevolent little deities, sometimes as little beings who need to be protected. I wished that we wanted to take them in the hands, to take care of them. They stimulate our emplathy and bring […]

This Pessimistic Advertising Campaign Will Make You Think About The Way We Live

Reading Time: 3 minutesI created a fake communication campaign mixing the codes of advertising and the clichés of the end-of-the-world annunciators with a good dose of black humor. Ironic, offbeat and striking, this series of fake posters makes us challenge our certainties and forces us to look with honesty at our way of life and consuming habits. In […]

Here’s How I Turned Our Formal Living Room Into A Home Office

Reading Time: 8 minutesWhen we purchased our home last year, we started out using one of our three bedrooms as a home office. Our plans were to eventually convert the unused formal living space in the front of the house to a home office down the road, as we have a bigger family room in the back of […]

Shy robotic sculpture imitates nature

Reading Time: 2 minutesShy robotic sculpture imitates nature Arduino Team — August 28th, 2018 In nature, animals often are sensitive to the outside environment, retreating into a hole, shell, or other protective structure upon sensing sudden movements. If you were to envision this kind of behavior in robot form, you might come up with something like “The Shy […]

Beautiful and inspiring plinky-plonky conductivity

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently shared by Bare Conductive, Hwan Yun‘s interactive installation, Intuition, uses a Raspberry Pi and Bare Conductive tech to transport you to the calm wonder of Icelandic nature. Intuition (2017) Interactive sound installation electric paint on paper Listhús Gallery Incorporation Bare Conductive Bare Conductive’s water-based Electric Paint allows users to incorporate safe conductivity into their […]

Burn while viewing: 7 VR Burning Man-style experiences

Reading Time: 4 minutesBurning Man is the biggest party out there, combining music, art and culture together in a smorgasbord of human expression to create a truly memorable experience, all in the backdrop of a Nevada desert. For those who are unable to make it to Black Rock City this year, we recommend these immersive experiences that channel […]

Genius Chinese Company Creates High-End Food Ads Using Super Low-Budget Items, And Result Is Amazing

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne way a filmmaker or photographer can prove they’re creative is making something wonderful with a low budget. We have already featured some photographers who tackled this subject, but now a collective of people are making the same point using video. Recently, one Chinese studio shared exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of their food ads, revealing just […]

I Create Robots And Other Contraptions For Fun

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Terry. I like to make things (constantly). Here are some of the things I have made over the years. I just make these things for fun, no other reason. I am interested in all the sciences, and sometimes incorporate those interests into my work. An example of this would be the robotic […]

Echoing the Newcastle of yesteryear with Pi-powered whistles

Reading Time: 3 minutesArtist Steve Messam is celebrating the North of England’s historic role in railway innovation with 16 Raspberry Pi–controlled steam engine whistles around the city of Newcastle. The Great Exhibition of the North The Great Exhibition of the North is a summer-long celebration of the pioneering spirit of the North of England. Running over 80 days, […]

Enchanting images with Inky Lines, a Pi‑powered polargraph

Reading Time: 3 minutesA hanging plotter, also known as a polar plotter or polargraph, is a machine for drawing images on a vertical surface. It does so by using motors to control the length of two cords that form a V shape, supporting a pen where they meet. We’ve featured one on this blog before: Norbert “HomoFaciens” Heinz’s […]

Take Part in 3D Printing a Massive Rosie the Riveter Sculpture

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn ambitious new collaboration between We the Builders and Adam Savage seeks to crowd-source and 3D print a six foot tall sculpture of Rosie the Riveter for the Nation of Makers Conference in June. The concept of We the Builders is simple to the point of genius. They assemble large sculptures of historical figures like […]

What Seems Like An Awesome Tattoo On This Woman’s Back Is Not What It Seems

Reading Time: 3 minutesPolish artist Agnieszka Nienartowicz is tricking people into thinking she’s creating photographs. For example, when you look at one of her latest works, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights,’ you might think it’s a picture of a girl with the famous 15th-century painting tattooed on her back. But you’d be wrong. It’s a painting within a […]

Finalists Of The 15th Smithsonian Photo Competition 2017 Have Been Announced, And They’re Stunning

Reading Time: 14 minutesIt’s that time of the year again, when The Smithsonian Magazine announces the finalists of their hotly contested photo contest. Year after year, the contest continues to blow us away with the quality of entrants, with only the cream of the crop qualifying as the 60 finalists, narrowed down from over 48,000 submissions. The submissions […]

Man Uses Sunlight To Burn Image Of Fallen Soldier Onto A Piece Of Wood

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy name is Michael Papadakis, International Sunlight Artist living and working in Southern California and I use an array of mirrors and lenses to focus the sun’s powerful rays into Art.  More info: Instagram Man uses Sunlight to Burn image of Dog onto a piece of wood! Inhalt von YouTube anzeigen Hier klicken, um den […]

Tape Art Installation: Dimensionalizing The Corner At Wiretap Brewing In Los Angeles

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTape Installation at Wiretap Brewing in Los Angeles: Dimensionalizing the Corner, 2018 by artist, Darel Carey Bending space with perception: Line sequences in varied configurations create an illusion of dimension. I call this Dimensionalization. Two dimensions can be perceived as three, and vice versa. More info: darelcarey.com Tape Art Installlation by Darel Carey Inhalt von […]