the steampunk mods, no? Nahh. John Dunn originally made this steampunk laptop for Sony, but can now be yours.
Made from birch plywood, pine wood, copper and brass, Dunn’s steampunk laptop modifies a 16-inch Sony Vaio F, while maintaining its usable ports, backlit keyboard and serviceability.
Strictly speaking, the “eCog Mercury” is really only an exterior mod [...]
A new Shanghai hotel is taking the artist-in-residence idea to a whole new level. Watchmaker Swatch has taken over the former Palace Hotel, on the Bund, and turned it into an exciting new space that’s part hotel, part gallery, part artists’ live-work studios.
The multifunctional building, a turn-of-the-century landmark, will reopen this spring as the Swatch [...]
Spanish artist Maximo Riera knows a thing of two about being an evil overlord. At least I think so, judging by this incredibly awesome chair/throne he’s created. “The octopus sculpture is created from compressed foam sections that are then attached and painted by hand to create the intricate details. [It's] upholstered in luxurious black leather [...]
Another day, another brilliant manifestation of Skyrim’s epic appeal.
This wicked mandolin surfaced over at Etsy last month and has since made the round in various blogs. Dubbed the Dragon Mandolin, the merchant (sounds medieval right?) Tony Templeton claims on his page that the custom-body also applies to guitars. This might be the time to recommend [...]
This is not a new product by any means, but I got to hear a demonstration of the Evertune guitar bridge at The Startup Debut and was really impressed. It’s a specially designed guitar bridge that keeps it in tune at all times. The way it works is as follows. The frequency of a string [...]
Writers are always looking to imbue their work with a little artistry, and visual artists often struggle to find the right words, but now an enterprising tinkerer has found a way to combine the two disciplines to create aesthetic magic.
Tyree Callahan created the Chromatic Typewriter as an entry to the 2012 West Collects “West Prize [...]
Lovely hand made tribute to the classic game, the Pac Man ukulele is $600. It’s made to order so you have to contact Celentano Woodworks on Etsy for an ETA.
The Pac Man ukulele is 12″ wide and 28″ long. The scale length is 19″ with 18 frets. Made out of maple with an ipa fretboard.
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There are a few reasons to write about this giant circular rainbow made out of toy cars. First of all, did I mention it is a rainbow? Made out of 2,500 toy cars? How could you put those two things together and not write about it?
Each little car would be cool on its own (in [...]
Another awesome creation by Love Hultén, this time it is a custom retro wooden video game console called the R-Kaid-6.
The R-Kaid-6 is inspired by the classic Atari 2600 and other retro gaming consoles, and it has been made from a combination of wood, a 10 year old computer, two arcade controllers and more.
I´d like to [...]
We’ve seen all kinds of crazy things being printed — from bones to blood vessels — and now you can add antique violins to that list. Music loving Radiologist Steven Sirr popped his into a CAT scanner to see what it was made of, then showed the results to a violin-making friend. Curiosity soon led [...]
