Aerial Photos of London: Jason Hawkes

Amazing aerial photos of London by photographer Jason Hawkes.

Etch-A-Sketch Obama

Artist George Vlosich makes drawings on Etch-A-Sketch. His works can take up to 80 hours and are done with one unbroken line. Among his subjects are Obama, Tiger Woods, and the Beatles.

Playground Jacket Barometer

Contextual interactive banner that tells viewers what jacket they should be wearing, depending on where they live. Playground Stores is a specialty outdoor equipment retailer in Sweden.

Transperth: Handcuffs

Print ad utilizing the space at hand.

Cadbury Eyebrows

From the makers of "Gorilla Playing Drums" comes "Cadbury Eyebrows." Fallon, London. Song is "Don't Stop the Rock" by Freestyle.

NYC Poster Boy

Poster Boy is all about bricolage. He sees NYC subway ads, takes a razor to them, and sticks words and images from one onto another, reappropriating the entire concept of the ad.

Objectified by Gary Hustwit

Gary Hustwit director of the documentary Helvetica, which examines typography and graphic design, is set to release his newest film Objectified. Objectified gathers the world's leading designers to discuss the design behind objects we use in everyday life.

Yubz: Traditional Phone Meets iPhone

Traditional handset phones are cool. Cool design, cool colors, cool designs. They've gotten lost amidst the cell phone. Yubz brings the two worlds together--designing classic handsets that can connect to your cellphone, Bluetooth, and even USB port

Miniature Fixies

For those who think fixed gear bikes are cool but won't ride them because, you know, you're not bad ass enough. It's a miniature fixed gear (like the finger skateboards from back in the day) with all the tools and parts so you can still let out your inner fixie enthusiast without making a fool of yourself when you show everyone you can't really ride one.

Tooth Art by Steven Heward

Artist Steven Heward tattoos people's teeth. He explains it is a sort of "white-collar" tattoo because the tat can be hidden on a back molar and can be easily removed in the dentist office with a little grinding and polishing.

Ricky Gervais Gets Burned

David Bowie writing a song that rags on Ricky Gervais. From Extras.

Rubbish Art

Works of art by Tim Noble and Sue Webster. They've used trash to make sculptures and then show bright lights on them--the trash casts shadows that look like people.

Obama Portraits

It's Obama week. Check out the official portrait (the first ever in history to be done with a digital camera, photographer Pete Souza), one by Martin Schoeller, and Shepard Fairey's (which was just added to the national portrait gallery).

Chalk Art

Chalk art from the Roadsworth gallery.

Book Sculptures

Artist Nicholas Jones makes sculptures out of books.

Lego Inauguration

A replica of President Obama's Inauguration--made from Legos.

Audi Commercial BBH, London

Very cool Audi commercial by BBH, London.

Pop-up Boutiques Move to China

Pop-up boutiques, in which designer fashion is showcased in a shop for a temporary period of time before closing and "popping up" in a different location, has reached China. Pop-up store Dysemevas found hold in Hong Kong in November for six weeks and was only meant to be temporary but since has plans to move to Beijing and Shanghai as well. Dee Poon, its founder, wants to showcase how China is not just a manufacturer of goods but a design center as well.

Postsecret

Started by Frank Warren in January 2005, Postsecret is an online community in which people mail in postcards of their secrets--from the mundane to the deeply personal. 4 years, the website is still going strong, 4 books have been made, and Warren continues to tour the U.S.

Priacy Leads to Ads in iPhone Applications

As pirates continue to crack developers' applications, opening them up to the public for free, developers are starting to consider putting ads in their applications.

Gravatar

People can now create a universal gravitar (globally recognized avatar) that allows them to create an avatar that will appear next to every blog post online, regardless of place or program.

3rd Party iPhone Mail Client

An application for the iPhone has been designed to override the one photo per email limit. Named "Multi Photo Email," the application is essentially a 3rd-party mail client for the iPhone and can be purchased for $.99.

T-Mobile: "Life's For Sharing" Flash Mob Dance

A recent ad for British T-Mobile in which 350 dancers were hired to flash dance in the middle of Liverpool Street Station (inspired by similar acts conducted by Improv Everywhere) . T-Mobile worked with the train station behind the scenes, receiving approval for the dancing and "behind the scenes" filming. Agency: Saatchi and Saatchi

Best of Bootie 2008

Club Bootie just released the album Best of Bootie 2008--a compilation of what Bootie considers the best mash-up music tracks of the year (Justice mixed with Jackson 5 for instance). Bootie has also made three other albums for the '05, '06, and'07. Aside from the album, you can also download many other mash-ups that didn't quite make the cut but are still a worthwhile listen.

Kameraflage

Kameraflage is a technology that utilizes the fact that there is certain light that is invisible to the human eye but can be seen through a camera phone. That is to say, the technology can embed messages in areas and the messages can only be seen when viewed through a camera phone. The applications are endless from hiding websites into advertising to using kameraflage to hide clues in the real world for an ARG.

The__Cards

The__Cards is a site that allows you to purchase a set of 5 cards for $10 and upon receiving the cards you can customize them to look like whatever you like by punching out holes to form designs (see below). Cool and original way to send someone a greeting.

zZz "Running With the Beast"

The music video for zZz's "Running With the Beast." Cover two roosters in paint. Put them on top of a sheet of white paper. Have them cock fight. See what the white paper looks like after the fight is over. For this video, the process of making the video is just as important as the final product: operating in accordance with the Conditional Design Manifesto



And the making-of video:

One of One Hundres: The Ultimate Corkscrew

Mechanical sculptor Rob Higgins builds a Rube Goldberg-type corkscrew. It not only takes the cork out of a bottle but it pours wine too. It impresses the likes of even Prince Albert and Bono.


Mechanical sculptor Rob Higgins builds a Rube Goldberg-type corkscrew. He literally builds it--he doesn't just put it together. It impresses the likes of even Prince Albert and Bono.

Shanghai--Made of Poker Chips and Playing Cards

Artist Liu Jianhua constructed the Shanghai skyline out of poker chips and playing cards. The sculptures were shown at the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Italy.

Boing Boing: Art

Boing Boing. It's a directory of wonderful things. Art is a wonderful thing. Put them together. Boing Boing Art

Late Fragment

Late Fragment is an interactive DVD created by a trio of Canadians that prompts people to dive deeper into the theatrical viewing experience rather then sit passively and watch the plot roll by. If you watch the film straight through, many plot details do not make sense. In order to fully understand the story, viewers need to click during specific scenes within the film to send them from one story arc to another. Its kind of like Memento meets Choose Your Own Adventure Goosebumps. Next on the creators' list is an interactive musical using the same technology (which was also used by Daft Punk and Radiohead among others).

The Stay Spun

The Stay Spun is a blog that seems to be devoted almost exclusively to electronic and dance music. It was just started in September of 2008 but has fairly extensive music to download so far from Boys Noize to Digitalism to Deadmau5. Good site to dive into a lot of electronic remixes too.

Snowdin

Snowdin is a cool 3-D site that allows users to interact in a winter world and play games. You don't need 3-D glasses to explore the site and play the games but it adds to the experience. Site was created by Colle + McVoy.