This is an entirely non-CGI video created by He Tongxue of HTX Studio featuring a piano keyboard attached to a tank filled with bioluminescent algae. As the piano is played it releases air bubbles, disturbing the algae and making them glow around the bubbles as they travel to the top.
This is a video of Morley Kert building a mini library in the wall of the landing of his stairs (technically his landlord’s stairs), complete with a secret door that takes a special combination to unlock. That’s whimsical. And you know how I feel about whimsy! “It’s your middle name.”
Inspired by bare bear feet, these Bear Claw Mules from Bravest Studios are $115 faux fur mules with real steel claws, perfect for destroying the legs of your favorite furniture. Now I know what you’re wondering — but are they also available in white, grey, black, purple, green, blue, orange,
Because evolution is just an r short of revolution (I don’t know I’m just spitballing here), this is a video featuring a brief evolutionary history of Theo Jansen’s wind-powered Strandbeests, culminating in footage of his most recent species. Do, uh, do these things mate? And do you think they’ll ever
This is a video highlighting the 130-long garden tunnel grown by horticulturist Steve Mills, which features plums, peaches, apples, pumpkins, and pears growing on all sides and overhead. How about that — just reach in any direction and there’s something to eat! It’s not unlike my desk in that regard.
This is a video of Seattle based artist Rudy Willingham placing stickers of Simpsons characters around his neighborhood (Burger King appears to have been a goldmine of content) in places that are contextually appropriate for the characters’ faces or whatever they’re doing. That’s clever. I especially liked the one of
This is an Architectural Digest tour of Casa Organica, the home built by architect Javier Senosiain of Aquitectura Organica for himself in 1984. And what a home it is! Calling it a hobbit house doesn’t really do it justice because it’s so much more, I was just trying to be
Constructed by Joseph of Joseph’s Machines in partnership with LEGO (heck yeah, get that LEGO money!), this is a video of a Rube Goldberg machine featuring a LEGO Mario Kart race. Who wins in the end? We do, because that was delightful. But also Mario, because Mario always wins. Unless