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Lego Salt and Pepper Shakers

Filed Under Art, Gadgets & Hardware, Lifehacks | 2007-07-20, 17:25

Finally, mom will let me bring my Legos to the dinner table! In a neat use of a childhood toy near and dear to my heart, designer Joel Hesselgren has put together a simple yet ingenous salt and pepper shaker made out of legos. Rather than create separate shakers, he combines them into one. By moving the top lego piece you can control the amount of each flavor enhancer.

Source: Yanko design via

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Octapult – a kinetic sculpture

Filed Under Art, Gadgets & Hardware, Video | 2007-07-19, 20:23

We stumbled upone this video and were strangely mesmerized. Something about the rhythmic movement and the sounds that it made were entrancing. The engineering behind it is beautiful and the resulting product is great.

Here’s what the artist has to say:
The “Octapult” is a kinetic sculpture designed and built on commission by Bradley N. Litwin of Philadelphia, PA. With 8 synchronized catapults, 160 plastic balls per minute are launched, caught, and recirculated. Made mostly of wood, the work is ~36 inches in diameter. On permanent display in the lobby of Lower Merion Elementary School, Merion Station, PA. Also a performing jazz musician, more of Litwin’s work may be seen and heard at www.bradlitwin.com.

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The Graffiti Project on Kelburn Castle

Filed Under Art, Video | 2007-07-08, 14:10

Kelburn Castle, one of the oldest castles in Scotland to have been inhabited by the same family, got nailed with spray-paint. This pre-1200s castle is now the canvas for Brazilian graffiti by some of the top artists in the world. The aim of the project is to create great art “whilst challenging the public’s understanding of both urban graffiti art and the British institution the building represents.” The idea stemmed from members of the family who inhabit the castle wondering if they could convince the world-famous Banksy to create a piece on the wall of the castle. The idea soon evolved into recruiting graffiti artists from Brazil to fly out to Scotland, spend a month in the castle and paint the walls and turret along with the help of some local artists.

Before you start questioning whether or not this is disrespectful and whatnot, there’s a few facts. This is supported by the Historic Scotland and of course the owners of the castle. Only two walls and a turret will be covered. This ‘canvas’ was chosen because the concrete currently on the walls is causing damage and will need to be removed in 2 years anyways. So the graffiti will only be displayed for 2 years, so book your flights now if you want to take a look at it. Or you can check out photos of the completed work over on their site. There is also a really neat time lapse video of it being created as well:

The Graffiti Project: Kelburn Castle via pranks.com

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ASCII Curtains

Filed Under Art | 2007-07-06, 15:54

Wow, I want a set of these.

Beton & Garten (German site) via Neatorama

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Avatar Machine Video

Filed Under Art, Video | 2007-07-06, 15:43

Remember the avatar machine I posted about awhile back? Here’s a video of it in action. It looks like it would be fun to see a whole new perspective on life.

via Next Nature

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Animusic’s Pipe Dream

Filed Under Art, Video | 2007-07-02, 17:15

Ok, I might be dating myself some here, but this was a nice blast from the past:

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Warped Wallpaper

Filed Under Art | 2007-07-01, 00:00

I want some of this, but I imagine it would be prohibitively expensive to get it for my studio with all the molding and windows and whatnot. Regardless, a nice new take on wall decoration that makes you wonder “why didn’t anyone think of this earlier?”

surrealien.de via NextNature

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Johan Lippowitz, interpretive miming

Filed Under Art, Funny, Video | 2007-06-29, 23:58

Want to see what his duet with Natalie Imbruglia?

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