[architecture] - NOHO Loft and Pixel House by Slade Architecture.
yasuhiro yamashita / atelier tekuto
kengo kuma interview and pictures of lotus house, 2005, japan.
THE ACTIVE WALL- a global study of performative architecture
Tacoma's Deriugin house to be demolished - kinda nifty. I'd call it outsider construction art. (usually I can't stand "outsider art") a pity it's coming down, but then I sure wouldnt want to be his neighbour (especially in a storm).
SANAA : kazuyo sejima + ryue nishiwaza. see also their stunning artworks and models.
[film] - from greylodge, Tim Burton's Vincent. His first six minute short. Marvellous.
Greylodge also points out links to full (bittorrent) downloads of Metropolis (1927) and Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921), at Public Domain Movie Torrents. ooo la la, archive dive...
See also: Internet Archive: Charlie Chaplin Festival
Darkstrider - an archive of stopmotion animation.
See also: Katch(27mb mov) (via)
Grass Collective makes video pictures. (small sample movie(12mb mov), or go to "free downloads" for the 141mb and 92mb samples (.mp4 (quicktime7)))
i still think this is going to be a huge industry soon. the new cellphone ringtones. aquaria and fireplaces and forests and nests. both live and pre-edited. hanging on your walls. being your windows. (similar to the rainforest sounds piped to starbucks)
[transport] - Funny cars you see in London
Brent and Eivind's Couchbike Adventure (good pictures on pages 2, 7, 8, 10+)
Tiny 3-wheeled car - The CLEVER Project tilts through corners, same as the earlier (and already in production) Carver One (€30,000) (videos). See also the Volkswagen GX3 concept.
Arbortech Airboard - movie(.mov 3.5mb). crazy aussies.
[music] - Jazz and Blues Figurine's Gallery (via)
Music thing: How to sync a 16-tonne steam engine to your laptop
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2005 (be advised, #1 is quite disturbing)
Sound Wave Sculpture - Experiment with Parabolic Flight (download/watch the movie)
Trashy vintage novels as iPod cases (no, i dont have an ipod, yet..)
Wikipedia:Sound/list - a list of full length copyleft/public domain songs available on Wikipedia. free classical by the barrel.
[art] - Bella Feldman. see it all. inspiring.
Mark Jenkins: Meter Pops (via)
Tatjana van Vark. mechanical nerd-porn.
genus belua florus lovely soft sculpture piece.
yokohama 2005. the second international triennale of contemporary art - scroll for some diverse oddities, incl giant foosball and yoshitomo nara.
[art] - more sillhouettes (previously)
"Carrying On", Janet Zweig (2004)
Aldrich Museum Installation by Michael DeFeo
a vertical map for ships from the Drawings On Geology book (via)
[toys] - Joe Ledbetter's Mr. Bunny and Fire Cat and paintings
Naal - designed by Nathan Jurevicius i like their little pipes.
Monty Python Black Knight Plush Toy
Keidolls - the egg series, and sun/moon/star series.
and 5 short videos on toy shopping in L.A. Off the Map
[fashion] - Lego head earrings
Miss Macdonald scroll down and "click!" the archives for single photos.
Burl Veneer's Tie Blog: Wassily Kandinsky tie
and a lovely long post from William Gibson on the MA-1 jacket that appears in his novel Pattern Recognition
[design] - Wing Nut Designs. Metal artwork and furnishings by my friend Bert. Site design by my friend Owen. Good stuff :)
Karim Rashid Compact Design Portfolio
MoCo Loco: Tokyo Design Week: 100% Design: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Student Exhibition
Designboom: tokyo design week. yow. that's a lot.
Rapid Products. 3d rapid-prototyping experiments by students in London.
[lists] - The Best Lists from the List of "Best Of" lists: 2005
jay is games: Best of 2005: Top 20
The Top 10 weirdest case mods and The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
[transport] - Bicycle roller skates
Rube Goldberg, Your Bike is Here (via)
Porsche 968 Snowplow for when your Antarctic Snow Cruiser is broken. (via)
Piranha, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Car (via)
Rhoades Car Showroom - The 4-Wheel Bike That Drives Like A Car!
[art] - Rebecca Silus | Time-Based Urban Landscapes paintings
Audrey Kawasaki paintings
Walter Vasconcelos illustration and collage.
imascared check the illustration and sketches sections.
symptomatica illustration blog of ragnar
[read] - Oblivio - Mirror
Following Robert Coover’s “Suit”
An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski (Phil Gyford: Notes)
Put off procrastination, a link fest
Before electricity, night determined how we lived, loved and slept and Slumber's Unexplored Landscape