Liars' Scissor

Fantastic music video for Liars' "Scissor" directed by Andy Bruntel featured on their upcoming album Sisterworld-Watermarked on Mute Records.

Max Hattler

Digital animator Max Hattler creates some visually stunning short films and projections. He also produces many of the audio tracks for his films as well as collaborates with other sound and video artists. Much of his work is viewed during live performance. There's a nice collection of his work on Vimeo.

LouLou & Tummie

LouLou & Tummie is a Dutch illustration duo who "spend their days building an ever expanding empire of colourful graphics and characters." Great work.

Sleight of Hand

These high speed robotic hands are insane—not because they move at lightning speed, but how they autonomously sense and interact with objects at high speed. Learn more here.

Chaos In Motion

DanseDance is a fantastic little 'making-of' film by Julien Vallée & Nicolas Burrows.

Ghosts of Shopping Past

 Brian Ulrich’s photographs the abandoned spaces of American consumerism. It is scary how many of these forms and textures are recognizable to me.

Gangs of SF

Laureano Faedi moved to California from Buenos Aires and finds his inspiration in the rich history of the many neighborhoods of San Francisco. His new venture “Gangs of San Francisco” showcases his design and silkscreening talents while sharing his appreciation of the city’s history in a fashionable way.

Paper San Francisco

 French transplant, Chloe Fleury, has illustrated her favorite San Francisco neighborhoods in dimensional paper posters. Chloe focuses on design, illustration and animation of the things she loves in life. “Fashion!, Cupcakes!, Cats!”.

Upside Downy Face

This was a good laugh. In photographer Brandon Voges' own words, "This is a series of portriats I made by hanging people upside down. Gross, wierd and super fun. And nobody puked. Promise." Brilliant.

Vans And The Places They Were

Joe Stevens' collection of van photos is a wonderful testament to van culture. The van itself conveys so much about it's identity – each one reading like a tattoo of sorts. Steven's photos up the ante by showing you the van in a deeper context – as curbside totem to subcultural lifestyle. (via ISO50)

Wrong

Fake realities seem to be the theme today. Photographer Asger Carlsen has attained some cult status with his deviant series "Wrong."  The candid quality of his images centered around freakish oddities are brilliant, baffling, or downright perverse. 

The Great Unreal

Swiss photographers Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs create fabricated realities that elicit humor, crudeness, beauty, and mystery. Their series "The Great Unreal", made from their road trip through America, is especially interesting.

This Is Not A Photograph

Well, actually it is. But It's not a real tornado. It's an entirely propped miniature set made using materials such as steel wool, cotton, ground parsley, and moss. Check out Matthew Albanese's work here.

Elephants in Oakland?

A legendary rummage sale takes place each year in Oakland along the estuary. A hundred-member army of volunteers from the Oakland Museum's Women's Board spend the summer and fall gathering, organizing and tagging thousands of donated treasures for their annual White Elephant Sale. There are 17 departments in the football-field sized warehouse, filled with to overflowing with sporting goods, books and furniture, art and electrical items, dishes and shoes, jewelry, toys and vintage clothing.


Proceeds support the Museum's educational programs, exhibitions, acquisitions, and collections preservation. Over the past 50 years, the Women's Board has contributed more than $15 million in support of museum programs.


On sale days, lines form for a half mile as bargain-hunters vie to be first in the door; 2010 sale dates are March 6th and 7th. Visit their website for hours and directions.

Adventures in Plumbing

As a “Popular Science Best Of What’s New”, the PermaFLOW never-clog drain recently came to my attention and I believe I am going to outfit every existing sink in my house with one. This device is such a simple solution for a problem that has plagued homes for decades. The clear drain pipe has a clearing wiper to clear out blockage as well as capture any dropped items that may make it down your drain. No more excuses for not having your wedding ring on. Watch the product video here and then get your credit card out. 

Ruben Brulat

French photographer Ruben Brulat got a late start. After buying his first camera only two years ago, he 'discovered my real passion, and I have not stopped since. I went out all night long, experimenting. I am fascinated by places where the beauty of human beings has gone.’

Anja Mulder

Some real creative work by illustrator/photographer Anja Mulder who uses found objects, typography and texture to create simple and beautiful compositions. Less is always more. Here's her blog and Flickr stream.

Mark Weaver

Some real fantastic illustrations of futurists and forward-thinkers by Mark Weaver for GOOD Magazine.

The Kitten

This bike is nothing like it's name. Weighing in at over 200 lbs., the Kitten is a concept bicycle built by Gregory deGouveia which uses car wheels and employs LED directional headlights. Who needs the ThighMaster anymore?

Lego Kitchen

With two young boys under eight living in my house, I have spent a fair amount of time stepping over piles of Legos in my bare feet. Once my sons have outgrown their fascination with colorful plastic blocks, if ever, I now have a perfect repurposing project.


Munchausen, a duo formed by Parisian designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosetti, took a bold approach with their own kitchen by venturing to IKEA for the basic kitchen island and then spending the next week covering it with more than 20,000 pieces by another Scandinavian brand, Lego. Originally seen on Young And Brilliant.

100% Analog Collages

Virginia Echeverria Whipple creates beautiful handmade collages. She has some nice sets on Flickr as well.