Arts & Design

Nowadays, you can get almost anything Hello Kitty-themed. It reminds of how the Kiss Army was in the late 70’s. Everything was emblazoned with Gene Simmons’ mug. The NEC LaVie G Laptop is disgustingly laced with girly thingamabobs, with Hello Kitty playing a starring roll. Not only is the LaVie as pink as a laptop can get (not even neon, ...

Porsche just announced their cellphone, and we guess Hummer felt left out? In totally gaudy move, Hummer has decided that the world was lacking a phone with a camouflage theme. The GSM slider doesn’t really come with special features either, other than a Hummer logo if you consider that cool. The Hummer phone rocks a 2.2 inch touchscreen supporting 262k ...

The Vader Project is just another example of the Star Wars anniversary gone wild. But it sure is a cool one. A slew of artists have come together to present over 60 customized Vader helmets. They all prove to be geek-tacular eye candy. Curator of the Vader Project, Dov Kelemer, says “Star Wars was getting very nerdy … and watching ...

  The M60M doesn’t work with both hands tied behind its back. It works with no hands at all. This concept design from Roger Kellenberger operates with one rotating disc showing the time instead of the hands. The M60M uses spring tension to strap to your wrist, so all you need to do to remove it is press the open ...

Smeg Italian joins hands with Mini-Cooper to create the Mini-Cooper S replica refrigerator, of which there are only 250 being produced. Using the traditional blue color with white racing stripes, the fridge is completely inspired from the 2007 Cooper. Even if your not a Mini-Cooper fan, these fridges look wonderful. Sure as hell prettier than my off-white piece of junk. ...

Tokyoflash is known for its head-scratching induced confusion with their watch designs and this 3rd release of the popular Eleeno model, which is availalbe for around $80, is no exception. To read the time, first read the number of LCD blocks in the top row of windows for hours, the second block of windows for 10-minute increments, and the bottom ...

What’s the difference between a Lego builder and a Lego artist? The answer is simple. Nathan Sawaya. Formerly studying law, Sawaya decided his life needed to go in a different direction. That direction happened to be a professional Lego artist. He currently displays his “brick” works in exhibitions. Legos have never held this much cultural significance. Or something like that. ...

Recently installed in Helsinki is this huge touch display called CityWall, a collaborative way of uniting the cities people in a social, fun, and playful method of interaction, while still integrating the fantastic wonder of technology. Public content from YouTube and Flickr fills the wall with Web 2.0 goodness. You can even submit your own files to the wall display ...

Using 60 feet of pure recycled Boeing jet, Lot-ek has made a student pavilion over at the University of Washington in Seattle. This student lounge area looks like a great outdoors area for people to hang out, do homework, and expand their mind in, ahem, not quite legal ways. The jet overlooks Lake Union in what looks like an excellent ...

Made from the same people who brought you the King Kong ride at Universal Studio’s and the T-Rex from Jurassic Park, the Talking Mirror Butler is a pretty neat animatron. When not being used as a butler, it’s just like any other mirror until its handy driveway sensor gets notified by an upcoming visitor. When a visitor approaches, the Talking ...