A Suspended Bonsai Installed Inside an Abandoned Power Plant
In the city of Charleroi just north of Brussels in Belgium sits an abandoned power station. Originally built in 1921, the coal-burning Power Plant IM remained operational for almost …
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Papa’s Maze 1 & 2 (Limited Time Set)
It’s been exactly 1 year since we released Papa’s Maze 2.0. To commemorate, we’re offering both the original (1.0) and the newer version (2.0) for a special price this week only! …
Sculptures of Kids Made From Books to Bring Librarians Back Into Libraries
all photos courtesy Miharu Matsunaga | click to enlarge We carry our childhood books with us to adulthood: the morals, the lessons, the values. In fact, “books shape who …
Chappie: the human shaped graphic design system is now an app
the chappie app allows you to configure your chappie avatar What is graphic design? We often think of it in the form of advertisements, books or magazines. But AIGA (Amer…
Henn-na Hotel: World’s First Fully Robot-Staffed Hotel Opens in Japan
In Japan there’s now a hotel you can stay in without ever having to deal with another human being. Instead, robot attendants – a miniature, a humanoid and a dinosaur – will greet you and check you in…
PSA: What If 17th Century Samurai Had Smartphones?
We’ve all been told of the perils of walking while texting. And yet we do it anyway. In fact, the problem only seems to worsen. But what if edo-period samurai had smartphones? Well, a humorous p…
A Surrealist Film Shot Entirely With A Droplet of Water on an iPhone
What would it be like to view the world as a dewdrop on a leaf, or a droplet of water from a faucet? That’s the idea behind a new surrealist short film shot using an iPhone. The dreamy, watery state …