Monthly Archives: October 2010

KiBiSi's Brick Couch

Sold. My boys at KiBiSi designed this Brick couch as part of a series for Versus.KiBiSi set out to make a sofa with strong architectural references since KiBiSi partner Bjarke Ingels couldn’t really find the right architect’s sofa for his apart… Continue reading

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Video: Epic showdown pits Ford rookie against GM vet in final laps of V8 Supercar race

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Ford, GM, Holden, Australia
Showdown at the Gold Coast Corral – Click above to watch the video after the jump

Back in the Mad Men days, just about everyone was either a General Motors man or a Ford man. Cadillac or Li… Continue reading

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Coffee Bench by BEYOND Standards

Poland-based BEYOND standards is a collaborative design and production studio led by Karolina Tylka (product designer) and Szymon Nawój (interior architect). They are dedicated to research material, technology and space relations, with a focus on sear… Continue reading

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A Dynamic Approach to Architecture : Inverness Residence in California

Inverness Residence comes from Studios Architecture and has a striking, unusual design. Located 400 feet away from Tomales Bay on California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, this home is very well integrated in its environment, characterized by woodl… Continue reading

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Glenn Jones

Glenn Jones, a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Auckland, New Zealand, creates deceptively simple images that always have a twist or hook, usually leaving you smiling if not laughing out loud.
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The PlayStation Phone

It’s hard to believe that what we’re looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you’ve long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boa… Continue reading

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Communication With 50 Nuke Missiles Dropped in ICBM Snafu

The Air Force swears there was no panic. But for three-quarters of an hour Saturday morning, launch control officers at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming couldn’t reliably communicate or monitor the status of 50 Minuteman III nuclear missiles. G… Continue reading

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DARPA/Boeing’s DiscRotor: A ‘copter with retractable rotors

Check out this nutty video of DARPA/Boeing’s DiscRotor concept, a flying craft that combines the VTOL (vertical takeoff/landing) capabilities of a helicopter with the long-range capacity of an airplane. It starts off looking like a normal ‘copter, bu… Continue reading

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Do these gears really work?

Gearfans have gotta check out this cool video showing all sorts of crazy gears, created by Clayton Boyer. [Thanks, baz]

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The physics of everyday life

Christoph Niemann hits another one out of the park with an illustrated look at the how physics governs everything we do in life.

I loved his idea for calorie-neutral foods:

All you need is to freeze a pint of ice cream to -3706 F. The energy it wil… Continue reading

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