Co.DesignWind-Up Gadgets Give Eskimo Kisses And Golf ClapsAre Gary Schott’s delicate “wonder objects” toys, products, or art? Who cares?
Innovation By DesignMr. 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.
Co.DesignRoof Sculpture, Inspired By Buckyballs, Uses Solar Power To Emit MoonlightThe artist Spencer Finch has installed a sculpture that looks like a lunar landing module that has returned to earth “with moonlight on board.”
Innovation By DesignLight Sculptures That Look Like Glowing CocoonsAyala Serfaty’s light structures, seemingly one step removed from being alive, blur the line between living organisms and interior design.
Co.DesignMeet The Designer Behind David Lynch’s New Nightclub (Yes, Nightclub)“David has a real passion for furniture.”
Co.DesignA Look Back At The Groundbreaking Drug Ads Of 50 Years AgoYou 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.
Co.DesignAn Electric Bike That Hauls Cargo, And Doesn’t Look Like A Dork MobileThe electronics for the “Faraday,” created with master framebuilders at Rock Lobster, disappear seamlessly into the bike’s design.
Co.DesignGorilla Marketing: A Hypercolor Ape Reveals Hidden Meanings When TouchedTwo 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.
Co.DesignWhat’s In A Logo? 4 Insights About Nurturing Innovation, ActuallyA new institute aimed at nurturing innovation in the Middle East highlights the ways that design responds to social context.
Co.DesignFor New Sculpture, Matthew Barney Dredges Up A Drowned 1967 ChryslerIn 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.
Co.DesignBarber Osgerby Celebrate the Hidden Beauty of Boats and PlanesFor a new exhibition, the design studio shows eight new pieces that embody the balance required for both floating and flying.
Innovation By DesignAn Imaginary City Made of Delicate, Glass-Blown ArchitectureEl Ultimo Grito’s “Imaginary Architectures” contains a shopping mall, airport, hotel, gas station, and house, all made entirely of glass.
Innovation By DesignNick Cave’s “Sound Suits”: Stunning, Wearable Art For Modern Witch DoctorsNick 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.
Co.DesignA 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.
Co.DesignData Viz Wiz Ben Fry Reconstructs “Frankenstein” Using 55,000 Font FragmentsFry’s Frankenfont project painstakingly recreates the text of Mary Shelley’s classic book with parts of incomplete fonts found on the Internet.
Co.DesignNike’s New Thermo-Molded Sneakers Are Like Sculptures For Your FeetThe 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.
Co.DesignOlaf Hajek’s Wallpaper Turns Hotel Rooms Into A Wild CircusThe German artist creates a lively leitmotif for 25hours Hotel, a circus-themed hotel in the Austrian capital, with paint and cardboard.
Co.DesignSeven Amazing Examples Of African Art And DesignA new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum features 200 pieces that trace 2,500 years of African innovation in design.
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