Ever need to explain the life and death of Darth Vader to a friend, but didn’t have time to sit through the 13 hours and 23 minutes of the Star Wars saga with them? Fortunately, some Italian designers have solved that problem with a pictogram that tells someone everything they ...

Ever need to explain the life and death of Darth Vader to a friend, but didn’t have time to sit through the 13 hours and 23 minutes of the Star Wars saga with them? Fortunately, some Italian designers have solved that problem with a pictogram that tells someone everything they ...

Last year, T-Shirt retailer Chop Shop brought us a fantastic movie themed T-Shirt that doubled as a test of your friends’ geeky movie knowledge too. The ’80s Film Selection tee featured 22 of the best movies from that decade, reduced down to simple icons and arranged in a dot matrix ...

This amazing piece of chalk art was completed by a team lead by Leon Keer at the 4th Sarasota Chalkfestival in Florida. The 3D street art piece is inspired by the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, and you get a great sense of the design ...

Why do I like QR codes so much? Well, I think it is the old hypertext writer in me that believes in the value of the hyperlink. A link can take you to anything: there is a mystery and an unknown that once existed in hyperlinks that we are losing. Thanks ...

A couple of nights ago after dinner we cleared the dishes to make room for some creative fun. I gathered up a couple of t-shirts the boys have that are single color with no graphics and we made our own designs with fabric paint. Beautiful has made a couple of ...

I hate shopping for clothes. Always have and I assumed I always would. But, maybe not. Joe Button makes and sells shirts designed by you and me. Well, not completely designed, but with  a smooth and effective online design interface Joe Button allows men and women to customize their own designer ...

After a hike in the Catskill Mountains last winter, 13-year-old Aidan Dwyer noticed the patterns in the branches of trees. Investigation led him to an important insight about how the shape of the branches can be used by the tree to optimize the amount of light collected for photosynthesis. Some ...

A week ago I posted a review of The Steampunk Bible, a nice compendium that tries (and succeeds, I believe) to answer the question, What is Steampunk? While that book chooses to answer the question with a mixture of essays and coverage of music, literature, fashion, and more, a new ...

Vast amounts of time and skill are invested in video game design annually. Everything you see and hear, and every move you make in a game was first drawn, composed and spelled-out in code by someone else for our enjoyment. When gamers geek out about the games we ...