These cushions are made from recycled cloth care labels – those little tags with instructions like ‘Do Not Iron’ and such. It’s pretty interesting when they are all lined up though – when I first looked at it, I thought it was actually a section of the newspaper’s Classified sections.
What one man can do with those pesky little .wav files…long live the creatives!
(The entire musical score is written based on the sounds found on Windows XP and 98.)
Sometime back, the director/comedian Stephen Chow made a movie called Shaolin Soccer – in which crazily exaggerated football skills were derived from Shaolin Kungfu. Well, it turns out that it may not really be that far from reality – judging from what this clip shows. Amazingly acrobatic moves in capoeira paired with street football – these people are insane!
Say you have 3 guys and you give them 4 days to reenact one of the epic battles of mankind – the Omaha landing – what do you think they could come up with? How real can they portray the massive scene with hundreds of soldiers, exploding shells and all? Well if you have an astronomical budget you would be able to churn out something somewhat real – but what if you’re on a practically shoestring budget?
Ultimately and fortunately, there’s no limits for human creativity. Here’s how a few guys did it – it’s not a lame production for sure: it was a part of BBC’s Bloody Omaha documentary series. Extremely impressive – watch on to the end to discover their process and the very impressive end results:
After massive interest on the Internet with this very clever and effective ‘making-of’, the BBC is going to rerun the actual show. This is probably the only ‘behind-the-scenes’ that can rally and compel a great desire to watch the actual show itself.
When I first saw the picture of this Nokia mobile phone I thought – “Wow, that look really sleek! A nice, simple and yet certainly stylish phone – is it yet another venture into their premium metal-casing series?” Reality isn’t always skin deep – and in this case, it was certainly a greater pleasure once I discovered the idea behind.
This is a concept phone where Nokia explores the idea of sustainability – certainly a very pertinent issue in a billion-unit-a-year industry:
We drew on a simple insight that in the not too distant future humanity will have extracted and worked much of the valuable minerals once buried in planet Earth. We will be compelled to reuse and celebrate what is essentially “above ground”. Thus we explored the use of reclaimed and upcycled materials that could ultimately change the way we make things.
In remade, recycled materials from metal cans, plastic bottles, and car tires are used beautifully; whilst helping reduce landfill and preserving natural resources. The concept also addresses cleaner engine technologies, and energy efficiency through power saving graphics.
I’m always irked by the common misconception that green products are a compromise to ‘the real thing’, a sacrifice or a trade-off one makes. And I’m glad this exploration shows that sustainable can be really appealing – this phone is certainly sexier than many on the market right now.
Here’s their little promo video:
Wow, this is really taking IKEA on its head and beating it flat (no pun intended). All the furniture that you see on the right came from that one (not-so) little box on the left picture. Just perfect for that somewhat temporary stays like those in college but have to rent their own apartments. Here’s how it’s done:
Designed by Marcel Krings & Sebastian Mühlhäuser, who are looking for production partners to bring this onto mass-market.
It’s going to be the Chinese New Year soon. For those of you who celebrate, I wish you a prosperous and fulfilling new Year of the Rat. And for those who don’t, check out this video of this Mighty Mouse:
Morality of tampering with genetic materials aside, this experiment is rather intriguing. Researchers at Tokyo University stripped the mouse of its inherent ability to fear cats, resulting in this rodent that is fearless even of its own natural nemesis. Weird, or scientific breakthrough?
Absolutely pointless, absolutely cute.
I’ve been a great fan of Improv Everywhere (Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places – they ‘spontaneously’ do something out-of-the-blue in a public space to bring a short, abrupt but memorable twist to a day in life). But I think they really outdid themselves in their latest mission – the Frozen Grand Central:
On a cold Saturday in New York City, the world’s largest train station came to a sudden halt. Over 200 Improv Everywhere Agents froze in place at the exact same second for five minutes in the Main Concourse of Grand Central Station. Over 500,000 people rush through Grand Central every day, but today, things slowed down just a bit as commuters and tourists alike stopped to notice what was happening around them. Enjoy the video first and then go behind the scenes with our mission report and photos.
Amazingly fun! I just wished they have it everywhere in the world!
Here’s an advertisement for Philips shaver, set in a sci-fi futuristic setting. I liked the artistic direction and details of the film – but at the same time, I can’t help but to wonder whether it’s (waaaaay) too elaborate for a shaver. If it was for a car, I can still associate the emotional attachment. But for a shaver, it is attempting to give too much of an mystical aura to a shaver – is there anybody that emotionally engaged and invested in their shavers?
