Articles exploring digital design, user experience, interfaces, visual trends, creative tools, and how design influences usability, branding, and interaction.
45,000 Hand-Sewn CDs Become Spectacular Sea Dunes
I sometimes wonder what happened to the recording medium that researchers and experts told us would grace the world right after the CD. I think someone was way off when thinking it would be a physical thing we would buy in a store. The mp3 format, even though it's really not the original mp3 format, ...
Delicious Drippy & Gooey Ice Cream Cone Photographs
Yesterday, for the first time, I noticed that we are in the last month of the summer here in Atlanta. It's starting to get dark just a little earlier than it did a month ago. Instead of being 100 degrees or more, today it's only 90 degrees. I realize that if I plan to write about any more summery ar ...
Architecture: A Cozy House Created From Bookshelves
As we all know, now that we are experiencing the era of the iPad and Kindle, traditional books are becoming less and less popular. As a matter of fact, even some elementary schools are replacing books with iPads. I have a friend who just got her packet for attending University in the fall, and it ca ...
Schweeet! The iPhone Case That Opens Beer Bottles
Some people are very motivated to open their beer bottles. If it doesn't have a twist-off cap, it can be really frustrating not to be able to find a bottle opener. I totally get that. I remember when Misty wrote about this robot t-shit with a built in bottle opener. I almost ordered one of those, bu ...
Science: Beautiful Rainbow Colored Ant Stomachs
In the 5th grade, I tried hard to come up with a cool science experiment for my class. I ended up making perfume from flowers, which was a little boring. If I had known about this, it would have been the perfect science experiment to impress all my geeky elementary school friends.
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20 Captivating Photos Shot At Exactly The Right Moment
There are some things in life that make me feel dated (notice I didn't use the word "old" LOL). For example, sending a fax, writing in cursive (with a pen) and talking on any phone with a cord (and twirling it around my fingers) are all things that kids born in 2011 might never have the opportunity ...
Photography: Capturing The Grace & Beauty Of Contortionists
I've always thought that contortionists and gymnasts are insanely talented. Seeing them twist and turn their bodies in ways I could only imagine is always fun to see. I know it probably takes many years to train the human body to be able to move into the shape of a pretzel, or balance in a way that ...
World’s Skinniest House: It’s Only 52 Inches Wide
I suppose the proper way to phrase this would be to write "world's narrowest house," but skinniest is just a fun word, and I hardly ever get to type it. We've written about tiny houses before, many times actually. With the population on earth growing exponentially each year, many designers and archi ...
WTF: The Chopped-Off Hand iPhone Case
I love featuring products from Japan because they are always so different than what we have in the States. I mean different in a good way. They never fail to give us a different perspective and make us want to look at the pictures. Every time I write about one, I think there is no way we'll see some ...
Street Art & Graffiti Notebook: A New Way To Doodle
I don't know how many times I have been walking around in the city and instantly had to stop to take a picture of some awesome graffiti creation or other street art. I gain great inspiration from it, and I keep it all in a folder on my computer which I can easily access to get inspired should I ever ...
Little Steampunk Toys To Brighten Your Day
These little designs combine two things I absolutely love, steampunk and Nintendo. These precious little minions as they are called (I call them toys), are just as cute as can be. They are like little dolls, but much more fun.
According to wikipedia, a minion is "a follower devoted to serving his ...
The Biro Pencil Carpet: Creativity Underneath Your Feet
Interior design is a broad topic, and I don't think I have ever met anyone who is able to manage it all. There are so many elements to it, and yet, there's such a limited area to practice it on. I mean, our house is only so big, and we usually fill it with stuff as we go. We don't typically put ever ...
11 Mind-Numbing Double Exposure Pictures
Creative people are the most interesting people to me. It's not because they continuously show us their skills or express their emotions through an outlet that we can all take part in. It's purely because they never stop dreaming. In order to create, you have to have a goal or a dream of what it is ...
The World’s Largest Connect-The-Dots Puzzle
What do you do if you are in the mood for a puzzle but can't find anything challenging enough? What if you want it to be massive yet brilliantly simple with a complicated twist? If you are Thomas Pavitte, you create your own puzzle just the way you like it.
You may have seen the name Thomas Pavit ...
11 Intriguingly Awesome Cartoon Tattoo Illustrations
Once again we visit the realm of tattoos. Whenever we go there, one thing is for sure, it won't be boring. Sure, there are of course some tattoos that are less impressive than others, and maybe a little less desirable, but overall, how can you say that something you choose to put on your body is bor ...