Steam Punk All in One PC

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 29 2008 Published in: Steam Punk Tags: , , , ,

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Jake Von Slatt from Steam Punk Workshop has created this shiny 24″ Steam Punk Victorian All-in-One PC. On his blog he is showing you step by step of how he made this shiny shiny Steam Punk PC. This man live and breath Steam Punk, on the same blog he had an interview with Tom Sepe, I just love the Steam Punk motorcycle that Tom made, check the photo below.

A Steampunk Warrior Defending the Electronic Frontier

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 28 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , ,

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Berkeley artist Suzanne Rachel Forbes aka slurkgirl on Etsy has her ‘Defending the Electronic Frontier’ print on sale over there for $22 USD, half of which goes to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco liberties group defending our rights in the digital world. The prints are a limited edition of only 2,800, professionally printed with soy-based inks on 8.5×11 100# gloss cover stock, individually signed by Suzanne, numbered and dated.

Brilliant Nicholas Jones Book Sculptures

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 28 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , ,

Melbourne artist Nicholas Jones creates book sculptures from beautiful old books, most are donated to him by Melbourne University library. The overwhelming response to his works has been positive and enthusiastic, but some people have been offended by him cutting up of old books in the name of art. You can read a recent interview of Nicholas by Lucy from ‘the design files’.

The Amazing Art of Li Wei

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 27 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , ,

Look at these amazing stills by Chinese artist Li Wei, 39, Beijing, I don’t know how he did them, but they look really realistic. Li said his work is a mixture of performance art and photography to create these dangerous reality, he also stated that he does not use computer tricks to create the images and instead they were made with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics.

Milk Gone Bad Lamps, Turn On Your Imaginary World

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 27 2008 Published in: Household Tags: , , ,

milk gone badEver wanted some bad milk beside your bed? Milk Gone Bad is a project by Anatomic Factory and Bomboland’s illustrations. It is a collection of of eight lamps, made in a shape of milk cartons and each carton is one of a series.

Front Design: The Shade Collection

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 27 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , ,

Swedish designers at Front have a new collection “Shade” , by using standard common household items which include a table, 2 vases, a rug, a plate and a tea cup, the designers hand drawn them with shadows and texture as if they’re on paper, making them look as though they’re 2D drawings.

Johan Lorbeer’s Amazing Still Life Performance

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 25 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , ,

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Johan Lorbeer is a German street performer who became famous for his public “Still-Life Performances”, such as, the famous “Proletarian Mural” and “Tarzan”. Several of these performances feature Lorbeer in an apparently impossible positions, where seems to unhinge the laws of gravity. In his performances he would elevated or reduced to the state of a sculpture for hours on end and he would interact with his often bewildered and irritated audience.

Interactive Real Size Hologram: Embedding the Digital World into Real Life

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 25 2008 Published in: Technology Tags: , , , ,

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This is a demo of AirStrike, which is a new interactive pointing device by LM3LABS. It lets users use their finger in the air to interact with holograms. AirStrike is not a concept btw, but version 1 is actually available to buy for out-of-home installations. According to Nicholas Loeillot “We reserve it to exclusive projects but are working with industrials for embedding into keyboards and laptops.”

Jedi Church Founder Attacked by Darth Vader Impersonator

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 25 2008 Published in: Funny Stuffs Tags: , , , ,

Star Wars fan and founder of the Jedi Church Barney Jones was assaulted by a man posing as Darth Vader.

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Social Cost of Clone Wars

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 25 2008 Published in: Funny Stuffs Tags: , , , , ,

Darth Vader babble:

Help me I’m a disabled clone war vet. Need $$$ to build deth star

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