They spread from the ground like black ink from a swollen tear duct. How would ink come to be in a tear duct? Well, when the virus takes hold, you never know how it will manifests itself. Sometimes, the sky goes sparkly, sometimes your skin bubbles, sometimes birds shoot out of the ground. One thing is always certain though. Your hair will be whitened by the intensity it adds to these links. Elizabeth Leggett – The work of award winning illustrator and art director who has a knack for capturing emotion and has especially beautiful work of horses. Writing Ball – It’s like if a toddler was a large, floating…

After spending decades developing a flying ring that set the Guinness world record for the farthest thrown object when it was hurled 1,257 feet in 1985, you might think that American inventor Alan Adler – who also lectures in mechanical engineering at Stanford University – would slow down a little bit. Yet Adler, whose signature pink Aerobie Pro flying ring is instantly-recognizable pretty much everywhere, has only picked up the pace leading into his late 70s. Although he has spent the last few decades developing additional flying objects including a triangular boomerang and a toy football with fins that allows almost anyone to throw a perfect bullet pass (the sign…

When you’re marketing your product as “the first pressure-sensitive, multi-touch input device that enables users to interact with the digital world like never before” in today’s age of portable Cintiq Wacom tablets and Force Touch screens on smart devices, it would be foolish to release anything other than an entirely new knockout product. Yet – just days out of their first Kickstarter campaign – computer science whiz kid Ilya Rosenberg and electrical engineering expert Aaron Zarranga have already managed to prove their concept by raising nearly $250K – with an original campaign goal of just $60K – with over 40 days left to go in their crowdfunding campaign. Their product,…

When it comes to drool-worthy retro gaming device customizations, Swedish designer, craftsman and innovator Love Hultén never fails to disappoint. Previously, Hultén has channeled his inspiration in early space travels, vintage audio mixing consoles and industrial cabinets to develop his Pixelkabinett 42 Collection – a collection that aims to bring the past to the present while simultaneously running a customized built-in modern computer that can emulate multiple arcade games through MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator). Prior to that, Hultén sent ripples through the design community with his Brix System, a conceptual collection consisting of eight 6:1 scale versions of classic LEGO brick shapes that are each fully functional in some…

Love ’em or dislike ’em, it’s hard to argue that work aprons are one of the most unsung heroes in the workshop environment. Aside from keeping a worker clean from foam shavings and sawdust – or simply just providing more pockets for keeping tools close – the work apron is also a uniform of sorts that helps craftsmen identify with being in the workshop and leaving the outside world behind. But just like a well-tailored suit, there’s a range of work apron types and materials for everybody – and needless to say, some are more functional than others. Inspired by a scene from The Godfather, London apron maker Nigel Ruwende…

For the most part, everyday objects such as toothbrushes, spoons, hairdryers and hair combs are used exactly as they were designed for. Yet – thanks to a number of tv shows and Hollywood films ranging from MacGyver to Mystery Men, we’ve seen time and time again how traditional objects can just as easily be used as a weapon. Between the bike pedals used by Jason Statham in Transporter to the afro picks used by Eddie Griffin in Undercover Brother, it would appear that nearly anything can be used as a tool in self-defense – at least in Hollywood. But aside from the entertainment value, the choice of object used (and…