Design

August 1, 2011

Predator Motorcycle Built with Recycled Car Parts

A worker takes the motorcycle for a spin in Bangkok. Bangkok-based artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn collects discarded car and bicycle parts and uses them to create elaborate Predator-inspired motorcycles that are actually drivable. The 54-year-old owns four shops across Thailand and exports his works of art all over the world. You can see one of his other free-standing sculptures, below. Shockingly cool, don't you think? Artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn inflates the rear tire of the Predator motorcycle.

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July 26, 2011

Saul Bass Meets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Many of today's artists and designers have and will always be inspired by the one and only Saul Bass, an American graphic designer and filmmaker who was best known for designing innovative title sequences and posters for movies like North by Northwest, Vertigo, and Psycho. Nathan Boyd is one of Bass' admirers. “Saul Bass just blows my mind!,” he tells us. “His style is so simple yet so complex!

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May 30, 2011

Funny Pop Art Illustrations

What happens when cinema meets art? You get cinemart! Triple threat Fernando Degross (who's equally adept at design and illustration as he is to branding) blends art and cinema to create these fantastic illustrations. By combining different pop culture references – or even icons together like Bart and Charlie Brown – Degross makes us believe that we're all living in one small, silly and spectacularly funny world!

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May 20, 2011

Melting Mirrors

If you're tired of all the cookie cutter designs at Ikea and you can't imagine stepping into another Pottery Barn, do we have something unique for you. The new Mizukagami Water mirrors are just what you've been looking for! Designed by ad agency expert Rikako Nagashim and acrylic designer Hideto Hyoudou, the mirrors look as they're melting off walls or tables. Love the incredible illusion!

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.