Bronia Sawyer's book sculptures are just fantastic. I personally didn't know you could craft something as detailed and elegant as these book sculptures. Each sculpture has such great colors, folds and rolls to create these birds and flowers. It's very intriguing as well to hear her take on why she got into designing book sculptures.
I love to take something like a book and turning it in to something visually pleasing. With book sculpture I like the fact that books are flat and square they have order but by cutting them and folding them you can create organic and random shapes. I also like to add colors but mainly for the way it looks in photographs.
Kristian Jones series Lost in Youth is quiet interesting. His take on these is exploring the modern youth culture and the imagination of the youth. This series has that minimal feel to them but also has an impact of understanding the youth of having a blob friend or spilling your ice cream.
If you want to check out more of Kristian Jones work then click here
An Australian designer Chris Malloy claims to have built a real Hoverbike. This hoverbike is powered by a 1170 cc engine and is capable of lifting 595 pound off the ground. It can be expect to travel at an upwards of 170 mph, and you can take it to 10,000 feet or maybe even higher. It weighs in at about 242 pounds which is actually light and the body is made of carbon fiber and kevlar-wrapped foam. There currently is no price tag yet for this bad boy. It's still in the testings phase but if you really can't wait and would like to purchase a Hoverbike, they can build you a working prototype. So happy hovering.
Santa Monica architect Ray Kappa has put some modern in this module home. The RK1 is a two story 5 bedrooms 4 bath home with simple lines, open spaces and lots of glass. The home also has multiple decks with indoor and outdoor space with a roof-top green space.
Living Homes worked with Ray to create this modular home which, has eleven pieces to it and weighs over 10,000 pounds, it only took about eight hours to assemble this house. So for $590,000 you can have a brand new home built for you in less than eight hours. That is quite interesting.
The City Cycle is a unique party bus that allows 14 people to drink beer while they pedal and power the vehicle.
This concept was inspired by a similar invention like the pedal pub and beer bike. Although this pedal powered bar has adjustable chairs, six loud speakers, LED lighting and a spot for the DD to steer drunken peddlers. It was created to appeal to bike riders, beer connoisseurs and more. Well I'm on board, I want to take a drunken ride on this City Cycle.
So you don't want your family to hear that twelve your old talking trash to you on Modern Warfare 3. Well your in luck then, Sony has released it's sleek and clean Sony PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset ($100). It connects to your PS3 via a small USB-based wireless adapter and it features a 7.1 virtual surround sound, a built-in retractable mic with an on board volume and mute controls. These babies have over-sized ear pads so that you can enjoy hours of play while still listening to those young kids tell you that you have no skills.
Supakitch and Koralie are two street artists from France who have joined together to create this magnificent piece of art. In this video it shows you just how it started and was completed. It also gives you an insight as well to the process it takes to make this mural. Just watching this video is enough to get anyone motivated to work on art.
It has arrived! After three long years Death Cab for Cutie has released their new album Codes and Keys. This being their 7th album it seems that on this new album they worked more on using experimental sounds which gives the album a more flourished sound. Setting aside their acoustic guitars they chose to use analog synths and soothing strings, which slowly unfolds throughout the album.
Codes and Keys is an album full of catchy melodies and beautiful compositions while Ben Gibbard sings of the growth of adulthood and the stability and optimism of the future. This album may just out do Death Cabs previous albums or not I will let you be the judge of that. Death Cab though is one of those few bands that have been able to evolve with their audience without leaving behind that magic that captured our ears in the early days of emotional and melancholy music.
If you want to hear the whole album then head over to NPR where you can stream the new album Codes and Keys.
