Ever dream of flying the high skies as a pilot? How about sitting on the edge of a massive jet engine intake? Well, if either has crossed your mind, there’s still a chance to live out your fantasy. All you need is this beautiful, futuristic chair made by Fallen Furniture.
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…
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. These Stools Transform From 2D Wall Art Into 3D Furniture “As the internet and Photoshop has taught us, pictures aren’t always what they seem. Sometimes they’re manipulated to a point where…
In total, there were enough to overtake us blindfolded with all of their whip-arms tied behind their backs. But we had a tub of things they would never suspect. A toothbrush used by Neil, A hollow can enchanted with cat tears by a welder named Larry, two tufts of hair pulled from the back of a half-dead grizzly, and five gallons of fresh-dripped singe from the cave-aged, back fat of these ripened links. Tiago Hoisel – From crazy caricatures to sketchy paintings, inspiration drawn from Dali to Mauricio de Sousa in beautiful illustration of characters and scenes. Spectrum Burst – The wood-based wall art of Joey Slaughter. Geometric, colorful, complex,…
It’s not often I can say a laptop serves well as a shield, serving tray, pillow, media center and power serving CAD/Render workstation, but that’s exactly what this HP ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation has done over the past few months I’ve used it, with emphasis on the last item, of course. I had thought (to do anything substantial anyway) you needed at least a 17″ laptop, at least for that extra 1.5-ish inches of available screen area. Now, this quad-core mobile workstation with a 15.6″ screen has me thinking differently, to the point I don’t notice the smaller screen size, and actually prefer it. Let’s see why.
As both a toy designer and educator in Brooklyn, Assaf Eshet has witnessed a unique perspective of how today’s kids are building their own toys and using modern tools to add new levels of interactivity to them. It was from this unique perspective – and over a decade working for major toy manufacturers – that the idea for Toyish was born. Designed for kids who want to be makers, hackers, inventors, and creators of their own space, the Toyish platform combines multiple opportunities for kids to design their own toys with a controlled end product that resembles a more polished toy design. Starting with a themed page in the included…