OnelargeprawnInvented by Naoki Yoshimoto in 1971, the Yoshimoto Cube transforms into two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons. These dodecahedrons then fold again as two cubes the same size as the original cube. Say what?
Check out the video.
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Ex movie star now wanna be rapper Joaquin Phoenix made his debut this past friday. J. Pizzle performed three hip-hop tracks in front of a full house at nightclub LAVO in Las Vegas. The audience was reportedly unenthusiastic about the set but Phoenix remains passionate, saying:
Are there people out there who think I’m a joke? I’m sure there will be. Are there people who think it’s going to suck? Probably, but I can’t worry about that.
Watch J. Pizzle drop it like it’s hot – it’s worth a laugh at the very least.
Another clip after the jump.
Keeping things simple is great but there comes a point when it’s hard to figure out what a minimalist design is intended for…
Recycled Paper Side Table
Matt Gagnon’s recycled side table looks like a sculptural masterpiece, and people will be wowed by your new lamp stand. Gagnon must have been on crack when he decided the pricing – $2798! GTFO!
Fuksas Mocha Cups
These are designer coffee cups. Make sure to tell your less-knowledgeable friends before they ash in them.
Pano Logic Computer
The Pano device has no CPU, no memory, no operating system, no hard drive, and no drivers. Supposedly Pano delivers a complete Microsoft Windows experience through the use of magic server virtualization.
See more at Cool Material.
I’m terrible at drawing. Elephants in Thailand can draw better than me. But not any more, British designer Thomas Forsyth came up with an awesome way for me to outdraw those fiendish pachyderms. It is the Drawing Top – with a pen or pencil as the spindle, Forsyth’s wooden drawing tops spin on a sheet of paper creating some unpredictable results.
More images after the jump.
I LOL’d.
– via Neatorama.
More at See Mike Draw – The funniest cartoons on earth – guaranteed!* (*guarantee not actually guaranteed).
Mike is also at Urf creating classics like these:
Split ’em up is a fun, unique retro shooter that pits you against an aggressive alien horde. Wipe out all of the invaders with minimum damage to your shields!
How to play
Left/Right = Move laser cannons around the perimeter
Up/Down = Toggle between modes: red cannons are linked together, blue cannons will travel independently of one another
Space bar= Fire!
Play the game at Let’s Design. (Game removed from post due to noise pollution – thanks tipster Tim!)
Amanda is a chick. She’s only seen bits and pieces of the Star Wars trilogy but does an amazing job of telling the story in 3 minutes which took George Lucas 6 hours to do.
– via Totally Crap.
Since 2002, Google has been creating custom-made versions of their logo to honour influential scientists, artist, and architects who have left their mark on the world.
See a couple below.
Louis Braille
(1809 – 1852) The inventor of braille, a widely used reading and writing system for the blind and visually impaired (he was blind himself).
Frank Lloyd Wright
(1867 – 1959) American architect and interior designer. The American Institute of Architecture has named him “the greatest American architect of all time”.
Vincent van Gogh
(1853 – 1890) Dutch Post-Impressionist artist and a pioneer of Expressionism. And yes, he’s the one who cut off part of his own ear.
Walter Gropius
(1883 – 1969) German architect, founder of Bauhaus and a pioneer of modern architecture.
Albert Einstein
(1879 – 1955) German theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity but contributed greatly to multiple fields within physics, for which he also received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is regarded as one of the most influential people in human history.
See the full set at Royal Pingdom.
A handy guide for making you even more paranoid and distrustful of the people around you. Click image to see it bigger.
– via Reddit.