Swimming pool illusion
This is an extraordinary and visually confounding installation by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich.
Leandro is known for installations that seem to defy the basic laws of physics and befuddle the viewer, who is introduced into a sense of balance jarring environments that momentarily threaten or space.
Leandro Erlich constructed a full-size pool, complete with all [...]
Siftables
In the video above, David Merrill of MIT Media Lab demos Siftables.
Created by David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi at the MIT Media Lab, Siftables are cookie-sized computers with motion sensing, neighbor detection, graphical display, and wireless communication. created by David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi at the MIT Media LabThey act in concert to [...]
Entrepreneurs can change the world
Grasshopper, a company that sells to the small business market, has a nice little video on the power of entrepreneurship. Get inspired! [via]
PekiPeki
PekiPeki is an indoor bouldering studio divided in three floors where adults and children can enjoy the beauty of bouldering. The clean white space allow the colorful climbing grips to get all the attention, like a piece of art hanging on a white wall. [via]
Barefoot sneaker
An awesome DIY idea from Okat. Really cool
“having never customized shoes before, i started with a few beers, some left-over acrylic and my own barefeet and ugly toes as inspiration.”
Deskhouse
Mixing work and play. That is the idea behind Deskhouse.
Your kids can use the roof as a desk to draw or write upon, and when they need a break, the structure instantly becomes the perfect shelter for playing or reading underneath. [via]
See Saw bike
See saw bike is a concept design by industrial designer Elad Barouch. This was presented at Design Miami 2008.
Urban Camping
Import Export Architects designed a new type of ‘small scale’ urban camping. The mobile UC can be implanted in any city centre that likes to experiment with this new type of camping. UC is a place where adventurous city wanderers can stay overnight, meet other campers and find a safe shelter with basic designed practical [...]
