Modern House Design in Lithuania

Architektu Biuras G.Natkevičius are the architects responsible for this original design in Lithuania. "The architects preserved the architectural remains, an old yellow brick lodge with a basement, by wrapping it with an outer glass construction."

 "Thanks to the glass shell, the ground floor area offers a 360 degrees view of the regional park surrounding the house."

"In the basement we find a turkish bath with a rest room, a garage for two cars and a library for the ancient book collection of the owners. In the ground floor we find the living and dining room, the kitchen, a wardrobe and the children’s rooms. In the attic we find the master bedroom."

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James Dawe Photo Collage

James Dawe is an illustrator & image maker who grew up and still operates out of East London. James specialises in contemporary photo collage, working both digitally and analog with a tendency to assemble imagery in the form of portraits. Pride is taken in composition and interpreting the everyday in a surreal & fantastical way....Clients have included Tim Exile (Warp Records), Illustrated Ape, Rojo Magazine, GQ Style Mag & Sky Sports.

Thanks to James from Studio Creme for the info!

PSP2 Codename NGP News

The much anticipated PSP2 has been previewed in Japan this past week. Dubbed, NGP (Next Generation portable), Sony claims its graphics will rival the PlayStation 3.The NGP contains a touch screen on top and a touch pad on the bottom. This will allow players to interact with games through "touch, grab, trace, push and pull" moves of the fingers. Specs in brief: 4-core ARM A9 CPU, 4-core GPU, 5″ OLED touchscreen, rear multi-touchpad, dual cameras, dual analog sticks, 3G, Wi-FI, Bluetooth, no UMD drive....looks incredible!!

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Robo-Rainbow Grafffmobile

Robo-Rainbow, by Swedish graffiti artist Akay is described by him as a "complicated technical solutions to aide in a simple act of vandalism.”

Everything about this video made me smile. The concept, the technicality, and the cinematography.

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Always Read The Small Print 2010 Art Review

Another great read for you art-heads...this time its the Always Read The Small Print 2010 Art Review...with interviews and articles on artists such as Connor Harrington, Chloe Early, Alex Trochut, Darren Firth and many more...

You can also Download/Read it HERE

Graphic Surgery

Graphic Surgery do graphics on walls like no other....

Stanley ArtGerm Lau

Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, one of the top artists on Deviantart.com with close to 9 million pageviews is also one of the founders of Imaginary Friends Studios, a concept art, comics and illustration studio that has worked on titles such as GI Joe, Batman, Justice League, Superman, Contra 4, NBA Street Basketball, Dungeons & Dragons, Powerpuff Girls, Call of Duty, DOTA, World of Warcraft, Warhammer, Soul Calibur 3 & 4, Street Fighter & Sleepy Hollow...

Bruno Borges

There's a good interview with Brazilian graphic designer & illustrator, Bruno Borges over on PSDTuts....

See lots more of his work HERE

Hammerhead Custom PC Mod Build

It's been a while since I posted any custom PC mods but here's one that really caught my eye: The Hammerhead HMR989 is a custom, high-performance desktop computer designed by DARWINmachine. Each chassis is made to order and is hand-built from brushed, anodized aluminum and ecoresin. With its unique design and functionality, it is perfect for the hardcore gamer or PC enthusiast. With top of the range specs, it's available for $2899.00 + Shipping...

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Vintage Japanese Postcards

Here is an example of three Japanese postcards circa 1920's...love the designs!

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Mutant Bicycles

Todd Kundla makes and rides these crazy bicycles!

Shoe Bike

Car Tire Bike

Scorpion Bike

Pirouette Bike

Unnamed tricycle

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Custom ZARB Champagne Bottles

Interesting custom champagne bottle designs by Dutch design label, "They" for the new ZARB Champagne brand...

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Octopus Chair

"This ltd edition chair is the first piece of the Animal Chair collection from the Spanish designer Maximo Riera. The artistic piece of furniture is a combined effort of a team of over 30 professionals and four different companies. The chair was produced using a CNC milling machine, and each part was assembled, glued, sanded and painted by hand. The collection will feature more than 15 different works inspired by animals including, rhino, lion, beetle, whale and walrus."

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$1Bn 'Streets Of Monaco' Floating City

A Lavish new yacht, designed by Yacht Island Design, recreating the billionaire's playground of Monaco is set to become the world's most expensive.
The staggering 155m Streets of Monaco yacht is expected to cost over $1.1 billion to build and is modelled on a section of Monte Carlo.
Currently in the design stage, the super-ship will feature smaller versions of the state’s famous landmarks such as the Monte Carlo Casino and racetrack, as well as swimming pools, tennis courts, a cinema, a go kart track and a Hotel de Paris.

Instead of traditional decks the one-of-a-kind ship will have buildings, and instead of a swimming platform it will have a beach. Travellers will also spot waterfalls, a swim-in Jacuzzi-bar, helicopters and submarines on board.

The one-of a kind ship could be home to 16 guests and 70 crew with the main apartment spread over three floors and 445 sq m.

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