Be still my beating heart. This site is beautiful. Thngs.co is a website dedicated to preserving a memory of every imaginable thing we have produced thus far. I don’t believe I’ve ever liked THINGS so much. It’s a feast for the eyes you and future generations are sure to appreciate. As they put it Thngs is a simple tool for the preservation and structuring of data about physical things, a Noah’s ark for the tangible world. But beyond the scope of historical value, this site can be a useful tool for many research disciplines, from design to sociology. Me? I think I’m just going to spend a couple hours looking…

As you are well aware, those wonderful 3D models you create each day are traditionally crafted with a mouse, a keyboard, too many mouse clicks and an occasional flinging of the keyboard across the room. Now this is all well and good, but it’s the 21st century–the age of (almost) flying cars and (almost) colonizing moons. Fortunately, one Belgian student has a knob and slider concept that will have you modeling like it’s the future… or 1927. One of those. Product Designer, Simon Van Pottelbergh, a soon-to-be graduate of the LUCA School of Arts, recently posted a video of his design for an analog interface for 3D modeling, TAC.TILES. The…

While it may not be up there with Christmas, Easter, and your wedding anniversary, Amazon’s Prime Day is slowly but surely making it’s way into a bigger event each passing year. For one day and one day only (July 11th), Amazon celebrates its own version of Black Friday where Prime members can catch up on some products they’ve been holding out for at a steep discount. If you’re not an Amazon Prime member yet, you’re still in luck. Set up your free trial membership here. Prime Day runs from now until 2:59AM EST (July 12th) / 11:59PM PST (July 11th) on Amazon’s website. We’ve got our eyes on a few…

Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Each Monday, we’ll link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you. Be sure to check in each Monday morning for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.…

Don your favorite bathrobe, cream that coffee, and get comfortable with this week’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader. The Weekend Reader features a handful of the most interesting articles featured on the ‘Smack over the past week ranging from tips and tricks to inspirational designs, processes, and more. So lay back, relax and take a load off while reading the top ten stories on SolidSmack this past week. Oh and uh…don’t forget to shed some much-needed sunlight on your face, too. 5 Reasons Designers Shouldn’t Do Their Own CAD If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When all you know is SolidWorks, everything you design will look…

Bottles of cheap shaving cream lined the shelves, half of them roasted and exploded with a glancing laser. A countertop made with wood and old blades reflecting the glow of its eyes beneath the visor. Slowly sharpening the straight razor on its leather cheek, it jeered at us, then spit out these links. Filip Hodas – This freelance 3D artist from Prague has a lot of great and interesting art, from experiments in surreal concrete structures to pop culture icons affected by time. Painted over NES – Speaking of icons. Andrés Moncayo took screenshot of old NES and Super NES games, painting over them to make a modern version that…