Artist Imagines Mythical History of 'Pong' Paddles, 'Tetris' Blocks
One of the newer and more interesting voices in video game journalism, the French magazine Amusement makes its home somewhere in the odd, rather untested space between fashion and games. The latest issue includes more of the publication's consistently fantastic photography, including a very special series of photographs from the magazine's Made of Myth feature. In creating the series, ...
He's already tried to enact the Law of Identity and genetically engineer God, but now conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has created a story that will take 1,000 years to read. Thanks to clever, layered printing, his story is printed on the cover of Opium Magazine's current, appropriately dubbed 'Infinity' issue. The story being a mere nine words long (come on, is that really a story?), each word ...
Stored voicemails and text messages can often come back to haunt naive senders, but, in some cases, the saved messages can serve as cherished reminders of departed loved ones. After Motoo Fukuda of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan passed away in 2006 from mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure, his 65-year-old wife Toshiko began sending heartfelt messages lamenting his absence to the departed man's cell ...
For those among you who like a little bit of humanity in your gadgetry, Bubble Head (not to be confused with distant cousin Bobble Head) may be just the answer to all of your webcam woes. Designed by Eric Zhang, the camera itself is mounted atop the neck of Mr. Head -- so, to gaze into the eyes of the person at the other end of the line, you simply look into the doll's eyes. The body contains ...
We've learned that people like gadgets that shred things. There's nothing like a wanton act of destruction in the name of productivity and interesting design. In that vein we present you with the Chrono_Shredder. Another design exercise like the Hamster Powered Paper Shredder. The Chrono_Shredder, from Susanna Hertrich, is a red box that hangs on the wall and holds a daily calendar on a paper ...








