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Known for protecting America against the Germans in WWII, and the Russians and Cubans during the Cold War, Captain America, famed and beloved comic book hero, is said to have passed away in the pages of his newest comic which hit shelves today. Captain America’s death is the result of sniper fire as he is leaving a court house. A ...

We all have our mood swings. Sometimes you just want to let people know that you’re in a shitty mood. For times like those, theres the Universal Doormat. Like the famous “Princess / Old Lady” optical illusion, the message on the mat changes when you change its direction. One angle reads as “Come in”, the other, less polite side, reads ...

Apparently, China isn’t as cuddly with the free world as we thought them to be. Aside from blocking our sites from their Internet networks, they also seemed to be propaganda pros. Spitting out these tin Propaganda Revolution Clocks for every Chinese family to sport proudly. Sure, the clocks were produced from 1966-76, but that really isn’t even that long ago. ...

The Monaco Nokia 8800 stands out like the other Nokia special editions have. ISSE from Russia designs this 8800 permutation with sleek colors and shimmering jewels set into the face of the phone. ISSE is known for their jewelery design, which really shows on the Monaco. The luxury wristwatch like jewel design adds a certain grace to the phone that ...

Some really cool things can be done with Photoshop. Most people really don’t want to spend the money to purchase a plug-in to do something that you can supposedly do yourself. But dammit if it isn’t a whole lot easier. The Panos Cube effect from PanosFX allows Photoshop users to add pictures onto a cool looking cube graphic in 18 ...

Inspired by the #1 rated cartoon of the 80’s comes these Voltron themed Reebok sneakers, creatively dubbed “The Voltron Collection”. Reebok has created a specially made sneaker for each of the 5 lions featured on the show, including the Court Victory (Black Lion), Pump Omni Light (Yellow Lion), Ventilator (Blue Lion), and the Insta Pump Fury (Red Lion). Sources are ...

Located in Legoland California, this incredible mini-replica of Allianz Arena is one of the coolest LEGO design projects we have ever seen. Maybe even the coolest period. The replica is detailed down to the last fan. Including luxury suites, accurate lighting, and thousands of fans in the seats. How awesome is this? We say “very much so”. Check out more ...

Designer cellphones have been popping up out of the woodwork for the last year or so. They’ve shown an intriguing sense of mobile style and design. This special edition 3250 joins skateboard fashion company, WESC with mobile manufacture, Nokia, to produce a very pretty looking new model. This special edition of the popular Nokia 3250 with camera and music capabilities, ...

Hourglasses are known mostly for sitting on wizards desks and counting down how long people have left to live, but the Digital Hourglass should be known as one of the coolest time pieces ever. We love old ideas made anew. This is one of those products. The Digital Hourglass is a German design project from Susann Humann and Fabian Hemmert, ...

Why should our electronics be the only thing that comes in compact sizes? This Hideaway Desk from Orange22 Design Lab is the compact answer to the office. The entire desk, including chair, fits into a blue acrylic rectangular cube. The company describes the desk as “revolutionary”. While we don’t see a revolution being caused from the Hideaway, it is still ...