James Gaddy

Mr. Miyagi Meets The Matrix With a Prosthesis That Replicates “Bullet Time”

Say goodbye to the red pill. An ingenious arm prosthesis slows down your motor skills in an attempt to distort time.

Roof Sculpture, Inspired By Buckyballs, Uses Solar Power To Emit Moonlight

The artist Spencer Finch has installed a sculpture that looks like a lunar landing module that has returned to earth “with moonlight on board.”

Light Sculptures That Look Like Glowing Cocoons

Ayala Serfaty’s light structures, seemingly one step removed from being alive, blur the line between living organisms and interior design.

Meet The Designer Behind David Lynch’s New Nightclub (Yes, Nightclub)

“David has a real passion for furniture.”

A Look Back At The Groundbreaking Drug Ads Of 50 Years Ago

You wouldn’t know it by looking at Cialis commerials today, but for 20 years, beginning in the post-war 1940s, the pharmaceutical industry owed its visual aesthetic to the cutting edge of fine art.

An Electric Bike That Hauls Cargo, And Doesn’t Look Like A Dork Mobile

The electronics for the “Faraday,” created with master framebuilders at Rock Lobster, disappear seamlessly into the bike’s design.

Gorilla Marketing: A Hypercolor Ape Reveals Hidden Meanings When Touched

Two designers sprayed a life-size gorilla sculpture with black heat-sensitive paint: As the sun’s heat warmed it (or little kids touched it), it would turn white, revealing hand-drawn type.

What’s In A Logo? 4 Insights About Nurturing Innovation, Actually

A new institute aimed at nurturing innovation in the Middle East highlights the ways that design responds to social context.

For New Sculpture, Matthew Barney Dredges Up A Drowned 1967 Chrysler

In which 25 tons of iron were poured from five custom-built furnaces into an open, molded pit in the earth at the site of a derelict steel mill along the Detroit River.

Barber Osgerby Celebrate the Hidden Beauty of Boats and Planes

For a new exhibition, the design studio shows eight new pieces that embody the balance required for both floating and flying.

An Imaginary City Made of Delicate, Glass-Blown Architecture

El Ultimo Grito’s “Imaginary Architectures” contains a shopping mall, airport, hotel, gas station, and house, all made entirely of glass.

Nick Cave’s “Sound Suits”: Stunning, Wearable Art For Modern Witch Doctors

Nick Cave’s Soundsuits are made out of stuffed animals, sock monkeys, beanie babies, twigs, and thousands and thousands of buttons. And yes, you can wear them.

A Miniature Apartment Complex Lets Visitors Peep On Korea’s Bizarro Underbelly

“Peeping Tom” is a miniature city block for the Gwanju Design Biennale that’s populated with Wild Goose Daddies, Super Maids, and 2-D Lovers.

Data Viz Wiz Ben Fry Reconstructs “Frankenstein” Using 55,000 Font Fragments

Fry’s Frankenfont project painstakingly recreates the text of Mary Shelley’s classic book with parts of incomplete fonts found on the Internet.

Nike’s New Thermo-Molded Sneakers Are Like Sculptures For Your Feet

The classic Air Force 1, Dunk, and Air Max 90 Nike shoes get the Vac Tech treatment–a thermo-molding technique that produces one-piece, stitch-free sneakers.

Olaf Hajek’s Wallpaper Turns Hotel Rooms Into A Wild Circus

The German artist creates a lively leitmotif for 25hours Hotel, a circus-themed hotel in the Austrian capital, with paint and cardboard.

What Does The World’s Most Average Typeface Look Like? [Video]

Kinda’ blurry!

Social Gift: A Better Way To Wish Friends Happy B-Day On Facebook

Seven Amazing Examples Of African Art And Design

A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum features 200 pieces that trace 2,500 years of African innovation in design.