Arts & Design

Canstruction is an awesome annual international design competition in which designers create their own pieces of pop art using nothing but canned food. With each piece taking 8-12 weeks to complete, thousands of cans are used during the competition. They are all later donated to food banks. Ok, great, so the homeless evidently love it, but what about us? Just ...

First we saw a zombie pony. Then we posted about Gears of War and Zelda-inspired My Little Pony dolls. Now, we have the privilege to introduce the Silent Hill-themed Pony dolls, available on eBay. Specifically, these two Little Ponies are inspired by the Pyramid Head and Zombie Nurse characters. The current bid is $32, but there is eight days left ...

This Transformer mash-up toy is built using discarded Thomas the Tank Engine toys. Composed of Thomas and some of his best train friends, Thomas the Transformer is a locomotive Frankenstein monster. Included on this Transformer are Thomas himself, his green friend Percy and the red engine James. This excellent toy sold on the Singapore eBay site for only S$10. Do ...

This Haute Charcuterie pair of Nike Air Force 1s puts the pedal to the metal and the metal to the muscle. Designer BlackYard created these anatomical pair of Nikes, which divides your foot into prime slices of meat. I’m sure this has some sort of snazzy concept, like “Oh, Nike is just one of those corporations filled with porky pigs.” ...

BCake as put together an amazing display of Apple cake goodness. Including the iPhone, the Macbook Pro, the Mighty Mouse and even more geeky goodness, such as pens, Apple’s trademark white USB cables and post-it notes, this cake creation is a multi-faceted geek dream. If it tastes half as good as it looks I’ll be halfway to diabetes by the ...

Russia is known for two things. Commies and Matryoshka dolls. Over the years, there have been some super creative Matryoshka nesting dolls designed and displayed, and this set is one of the coolest I’ve seen. Instead of the typical pear shaped Russian broad, this Matryoshka set is composed of a visual evolution of the mobile phone. Starting from the days ...

If you live anywhere near a church or public school, this Marquee Picture Frame shouldn’t be a mystery. Sold with a set of of white punch-out letters, you can create your own messages and post them on the frame, changing the message whenever you want. The frame allows for lettering to appear on all sides of the photo, if you ...

These customized Nike Dunks by Daniel Reese are some of the coolest, geekiest shoe designs I’ve ever seen. Without exception, I would rock every single pair of these bad boys, including the pink and cutesy Princess Peach pair. They’d actually go great with my Bubblebum Pants. I dare you to find a cooler Nike shoe design than these. Each pair ...

Ever since LEGO and Disney announced their little partnership back in February, I’ve been eagerly awaiting some sort of joint project between the two companies. My wait has finally been rewarded. In January 2010, LEGO will release this awesome set of Toy Story minifigs, followed later in the year by sets inspired by Cars, and the upcoming Prince of Persia ...

This is why I friggen’ love street art. His arms might be by his ears and his head might be slightly too pointy, but the Super Mario Fire Hydrant piece of street graffiti is an awesome piece of work. Now where’s the Luigi light post or the Yoshi park bench? Link [via]