At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed that concluded earlier this month, McLaren had quite a bit to show off. Among the fleet, there was something particularly intriguing. Something a little more jagged than the British automaker’s usual offerings. It was a full-size LEGO McLaren based on the all-new beastly 720S. Yes. It was a 1:1 LEGO replica of the 720S. Obviously, what McLaren pulled off isn’t new. We have seen a number of full-size automobile replica in the past, including the likes of Ford Explorer, LEGO Batman Movie Batmobile, and even a fully-functional camper – just to name a few. But McLaren 280,000+ pieces example was a tad different. Continue reading Full-size LEGO McLaren 720S Finished By Fans At Goodwood Festival of Speed
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Millennium Falcon Violin Makes For A Vibrant Conversational Piece
If Han Solo plays violin, it will probably look like this Custom Millennium Falcon Violin. However, it will probably have strings on it which this sculpture here does not have. Then again, in a galaxy far, far away, they probably need no strings to make music because, sci-fi. Or perhaps, it is powered by miniature SRB42 sunlight engines, heavily modified, of course, which explains the blue LED glow it has at the bottom side of the lower bout. With the galaxy so massive, it is hard to imagine what kind of tech they have. This earthly creation by Etsy seller Richard Symon’s Art, on the other hand, is not loaded with mysterious galactic tech and therefore it will not create any harmonious notes even if you are Vanessa Mae of the galaxy far, far away because of the obvious lack of strings. Continue reading Millennium Falcon Violin Makes For A Vibrant Conversational Piece
These Furniture Are Arts Inspired By Hong Kong’s Dense Urban Landscape
Hong Kong-based Italian designer Andrea Ponti is best known for beautiful, practical designs ranging from air purifier to smartwatch to suitcases, but little known to us consumers is, he is very much a man of art and thus he does what he does. And that, my friends, bring us to an exciting news. Andrea’s studio, Ponti Design Studio, is hitting up Milan Design Week, happening from April 4-9, with a wonderful and representative art project called Shadows in the Windows. Continue reading These Furniture Are Arts Inspired By Hong Kong’s Dense Urban Landscape
Look, Chevrolet Built A Life-size The LEGO Batman Movie’s Batmobile
During the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) last month, American automaker surprised visitors with a unlikely ‘concept car’: a life-size LEGO Batmobile straight out of LEGO animated flick The LEGO Batman Movie. Created in collaboration with students from Detroit’s Cody Rouge community, A World in Motion and First LEGO League, this bricksomeful crimefighting vehicle, which stretches 17 feet long (a little shorter than Sawaya’s creation), measures 9.25 feet across and stands 6.92 feet tall (about 5.2 x 2.8 x 2.1 meters), is made up of a whopping 344,187 LEGO bricks and weighs in at a hefty 1,695.5 pounds (769 kg). The tires alone account for 400 pounds (181 kg), each weighing no less than 100 pounds (45 kg!). Continue reading Look, Chevrolet Built A Life-size The LEGO Batman Movie’s Batmobile
Backed By Geometric Principles, This Shit Is Literally Golden
Look. We are not here to judge, but I will be honest, saints we are not and therefore, we can’t promised we won’t judge a person with a fetish for “decoration defecation.” Oh, you don’t know if you have such fetish? It’s ok. Just take a look at the 3D printed Archimedean Turd and if you kind of fancy it, then you have a fetish for decoration defecation. Don’t be ashamed, though and don’t make excuses like “because it looks like a perfectly laid pile of poop and it is an art.” Well, I got news for you. This ain’t art. It’s poop science, or more accurately, poop mathematics cos’ its geometry is, apparently, backed by geometric principles including the Archimedean spiral (r = a + bθ) and the Golden Ratio/Phi in triangles where a=1, b=√φ, and c = φ. Continue reading Backed By Geometric Principles, This Shit Is Literally Golden
Heard Of Construction Site Disco? Well, There Was One And It Was An Art
Disco is mainly an indoor event, but occasionally, it does occur on beaches and sometimes, even at construction site too. Well, ok, the latter was not true. Though it is true that there was a “construction site disco,” but that was just the one time at Lyon, France last week (December 8-10, 2016) and it wasn’t a real disco per se. It was actually French artist Benedetto Bufalino’s latest work of art. The artist, who has the penchant of the quirky art like phone booth aquariums, stuck a large number of mirrored surface plates on the mixing barrel of a Lafarge cement truck which, effectively turn the cement truck into a big-ass disco ball. Continue reading Heard Of Construction Site Disco? Well, There Was One And It Was An Art
Some Folks Built A 7-Meter Tall Rice Straw Godzilla And It Looks Amazing!
Well, it is time of the year again in Japan. A time where harvested rice’s by-product, rice straws, are put to good use as material for mind-blowing sculptures and one of them was this 23 feet (7 m) tall, 32 feet (10 m) long Godzilla which reportedly took a group of over 150 volunteers four months to built. Like the rice straw sculptures we saw last year, wooden frames were constructed and rice straws added to form this amazingly realistic Gojira and as if the realism wasn’t enough, LEDs were thrown in for good measures to make the eyes, mouth and part of the tail, chest and neck area glows – just like the monster did in the recent Shin Godzilla flick. Continue reading Some Folks Built A 7-Meter Tall Rice Straw Godzilla And It Looks Amazing!
Elongated Sculpture Of Everyday Objects Are Stuff Of Dreamlands
Art comes in many form. Some are straightforward beautiful and some lean towards surreal, and some just look likes they came straight out of a dream. The works by Pennsylvania-based artists, Steven and Billy Dufala (collectively known as Dufala Brothers), belongs to the latter two. Their works may cover a wide range of disciplines, but one thing for sure, they looks like objects or images you will find in world of Alice in Wonderland or Wizard of Oz. The duo’s elongated sculpture of everyday objects are such surrealistic works, featuring everyday items such as sneakers, hand tools and such, in elongated or oversized proportion. Continue reading Elongated Sculpture Of Everyday Objects Are Stuff Of Dreamlands
3D Pen Sculpture Of Full-sized Nissan Qashqai Is Pretty Damn Surreal
You know 3D pen? Yea, the gadget that lets you draw in the air, literally, to create 3D sculpture like you would doodling on paper. Now imagine it being used to create a life-sized car sculpture. Sounds impossible? Well, actually, not quite. I am sure you can given enough time, or in this case, maybe 800 man-hours or around three weeks sounds just about the time you need cos’ that how much time artist Grace Du Prez and her team of artists did when they created what could be the world’s largest 3D pen sculpture. The UK-based 3D printing pen artist, who has been creating with 3Doodler Pen for a few years now, was commissioned by Nissan Europe to create a 3D pen drawn version of Nissan Qashqai Black Edition crossover to mark the car’s launch. Continue reading 3D Pen Sculpture Of Full-sized Nissan Qashqai Is Pretty Damn Surreal
These Inflatable Dinosaur Toys Are Actually Ceramic Sculptures
Ok. Robotic arm with human as brush art is deep and not everyone is able to comprehend, but these ceramic arts made to look like inflatable toys by Brett Kern Ceramics are something I am very sure everyone can appreciate. What? No. That’s no typo. They are really ceramics. Though, I am sure it will not as convincing if you were to touch it (obviously), but as far as photos (or just looking at it) are concerned, they are simply mind-blowing. Just look at the joining lines and the creases typical of a inflatable toy, and that air valve there? It’s just golden! Continue reading These Inflatable Dinosaur Toys Are Actually Ceramic Sculptures