Arts & Design

Inspired somewhat by the strongest known force in the universe, the Blackhole Phone uses its unique design to its advantage, adjusting its display depending on what you’re using the phone for. Using the beauty of outer space and the simplicity of a black and white color scheme, the phone uses its circular inlet to display text messages in a creative ...

If The Simpsons were an average family from Angola, rather than Springfield, things would be a hell of a lot different. Well, maybe not too different. Other than their skin, hair and dress, everything seems to be in typical Simpsons condition. Santa’s Little Helper? Check. Couch? Check. Afro pick? AFRO PICK?! NOOOOOO! Link

Many are familiar with this essential pair. What would the morning be without a cigarette and a strong cup of hot joe? Miserable is what it would be. Mixing your love for coffee, carcinogens, and saving the Earth, this Coffee Ashtray is a green alternative to the material of your other ashtrays, made with compressed coffee grounds. Just as long ...

I always wondered why old-timey radio DJs all talked with the same inflection and same accent, yet no one these days talks the way they did. It was a very specific vocal inflection that was the signature of old-time radio and for the life of me, I could never figure out why they talked like they did. While these days ...

Combat boot specialists Doc Marten have unveiled their awesome “The Skelly” pair of glow-in-the-dark combat boots. Even if you haven’t had the chance to rot in the ground for a few millenia, you can still feel like a hardcore undead creature walking among the living. Damn air breathers. The coolest feature is that your bones will have a special talent ...

The classic iPod design has been standard for so long that even Apple calls the original iPod the iPod Classic. The iPod Slide concept updates the iPod Classic design while keeping all of the device’s classic elements intact. It just makes the classic design a little more… compact. Allowing the iPod to slide sort of like those slide phones that ...

We came across Infectious, a site which allows their users to submit there own iPhone skins and lets the other users vote whether the skin is included in their store. It’s sort of like the Threadless of gadget skins. While peeking around the site we came across this awesome Game Boy iPhone skin, complete with a dual sided design. The ...

Wedding cake toppers are the first image of the wedded couple in holy matrimony. Often, toppers are used to represent the personalities of the couples. So of course, there are a multitude of geeky wedding cake toppers, including this rad zombie topper. Check out a few more geeky toppers after the jump.

Built around a classic Nokia cellphone, this Steampunk Cellphone mod completes my universe. Complete with a leather and metal finish, this Steampunk-infused phone is almost too cool for words. Almost.

Featuring a ridiculous 9900 black and white diamonds, this Diamond Chess Set goes beyond opulence and skips right to “I’m so rich I use hundreds as toilet paper” and “I eat diamond encrusted cupcakes” money. The $224,000 price tag actually seems sort of low considering the crazy amount of craftmanship and the thousands of gems installed in the set. 4500 ...