Art
Portable Beach Hut – Whangapoua Sled House
The Whangapoua Sled House is portable beach hut designed by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects build on two sleds allowing for easy mobility. I dont know about you, but I would have no problem living in this thing…. Especially if it is on the beach.
Glow in the Dark Skatepark
Designer Koo Jeong-A has created OTRO, the world’s first glow-in-the-dark skatepark. Built in Brussels, Belgium, the skatepark allows for night skating with its special glow in the dark coating. This is so sick!
Interactive Creations
Check out these very cool interactive creations using D3 (a java script library for manipulating documents based on data). Below is a list of the creations I found most interesting and artsy.
Cool Ways to Reuse your old Skateboard Decks
Who knew there were so many uses for old skateboard decks….
AK-47 Art
Just as we decorate our skateboards and cars with stickers to add a personal stamp, Afghan soldiers do the same to their Ak-47′s. Through observing this parallel, Bran Symondson and colleagues created “AKA PEACE,” an artistic movement that seeks to transform the ugly into something beautiful. The art is on exhibit in London’s Institute of...
Barry McGee at the Berkeley Art Museum
Barry McGee, aka “Twist,” is a street artist in San Francisco known for his eccentric urban characters. McGee went to the San Francisco Art Institute to study painting and printmaking, but in the 80s decided to move onto a different canvas. Using the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco, McGee paints, etches, sculpts,...
The Impossible Instant Lab
This one’s for all you Polaroid snapping, Insta-obsessed, Hipstamatic aficionados. Impossible Project Instant Lab is trying to create a device that transforms your Iphone images into real polaroid pictures. All you do is select an iPhone pic from the Instant Lab app, put your iPhone on the cradle on the extended tower, expose the image...
Heisenberg
I randomly stumbled upon this very unique interpretation of Heisenberg from Breaking Bad by artist Cesar Moreno. Check out more of his work on his website here.
Solar Gets a Trendy Makeover
We all know that it’s hip to be green, but your standard PV solar cells haven’t gotten the message. German architect André Broessel with Rawlemon designs is changing that with his spherical-lens/generator combo. Not only is the cell 35% more efficient than its two-dimensional counterparts, it can track the sun and function on almost all incline...
Moment Factory “Duality”
Since 2001, Moment Factory has been blowing minds with their innovative “new media.” The design studio has put together over 300 breathtaking exhibits, most of them interactive, from its studio in Montreal. You can look at their website here and see a bunch of ridiculous pieces the studio has put together. ”Duality” is an 8...
This Is Ibiza
Ibiza is know as the Spanish party island that is constantly ready to implode like some sort of electronic Atlantis. Photographer Alejandro Iborra crafted this tantalizing compilation of time-lapses shot on the island that show a very different side. Sigur Ros is performs the background music, an eccentric Icelandic band know for using the bowed...
