Burning Man, the huge annual festival held in the middle of the Nevada Desert, encourages an atmosphere of radical self expression and acceptance. Some say it is impossible to capture the experience on the flat playa, but this 19 minute time lapse video has come close to the feeling you get while you explore. We don’t have much information about who made this film but the description states it was created by James Cole, Jason Phipps and Byron Mason. We highly recommend playing it in 1080p HD and full screen. Captivating [Read more...]
Legless Football Player Has NFL Dreams
Bobby Martin was born without any legs. Born in 1987 with Caudal Regression Syndrome, he dreams of one day playing in the American National Football League (NFL). He lives with his mom and 3 year old son in Dayton, Ohio. For more game-day pictures, head over to 22 Words [Read more...]
Snap Shots: Hitchhiking Across the USA
Using over 3000 photographs, Benjamin Oliver Jenks has put together a stop motion film about his hitchhiking journey across the USA. Having done this adventure myself, I think he has really captured what it feels like to cross the continent, randomly meeting new friends, sharing stories and creating fond memories. Want more hitchhiking inspiration? Check out the time I hitched across the USA dressed as a monk or watch the excellent series Thumbs Up by David Choe. [Read more...]
Pyrographs: Painting With Fiery, Molten Glass
At the red hot temperature of 2100 degrees Fahrenheit, Japanese artist Etsuko Ichikawa draws molten glass snakes over paper to create what she calls, pyrographs. The abstract, curvaceous forms are scorched into the paper in shades from brown to black as she spreads, presses and loops the glowing mass over the floor. [Read more...]
Kickflips on Water: Taking Wakeskating To New Heights
One of the most exciting new sports, this teaser will introduce you to the new and free world of wakeskating. An evolution of wakeboarding, wakeskating uses a specially designed board free of the constraints of bindings, enabling a skilled rider to pull wild skateboard like maneuvers. Water born kickflips anyone? [Read more...]
CUBE: Dieter Rams and Others on a Simple Black Box
Just what is the design viability of a shiny black box? When design students at the Köln International School of Design asked that question of a sizable group of famous graphic, product and architectural designers, the answers where as varied as they where surprisingly deep. Here we bring you the full 8 interviews in the series, including Dieter Rams, van Stammen, Stefan Sagmeister, Marco Piva, Steven Heller, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Michael Erlhoff and Ruedi Baur. It’s an insightful and revealing look inside some very inspiring minds. [Read more...]
Dinner Time Inside A Brachiosaurus
We like that designer and artist Shyama Golden points out that her first name rhymes with Llama and that the y is silent. Even more, we enjoy her excellent paintings of human life happening inside prehistoric animals… yes it has a distinct Pee-Wee Herman meets dinosaur feel to it, and that doesn’t hurt. Residing in Austin, TX, Golden works independently and has clients that include such varied examples as Mattel, Gibson Guitars, Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine and NASA. [Read more...]
Two Names, One Artist, One Mind
Visual files of unusual bugs and beetles from his native Oaxaca got stuck in his mind like a database, says artist Sego y Ovbal. Sego, or Ovbal, draws and paints fantastical images of these and other things, along with large-scale graffiti style murals. [Read more...]
Screwed Up: A Love Story Told With Hardware
This film gets down to the nuts and bolts of many relationships: a story about love and not knowing how good it is until it’s gone. Screwed Up is a colorful stop-motion animation by Kris Hofmann that uses only hardware in a classic workshop to tell it’s story… and what a poignant job with such un-emotional objects. Hofmann says, “After a short honeymoon period monotony and arguments settle in. One deserts the other, but regrets that very decision soon after and embarks on a search for the missing other half.” Supported with pitch perfect sound and music by Alexander Zlamal, this is a film I could love for a long time. [Read more...]















