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Art and design that challenge expectations. Discover creative works, clever concepts, and beautifully executed ideas across multiple disciplines. Designs that highlight form, function, and innovation.
In this world of AI-generated imagery, it’s important for us humans to remain grounded in creativity. Author Kale James’ How to Draw book series teaches artists to illustrate 40 designs using a 12-step drawing system. With a bent toward tattoo artistry, the books include skulls, superheroes, anime, animals, monsters, and more. Each includes a free
Star Wars fans will want to hang this print of 120 canon symbols by Jasper van de Ree of BREEN Studio. The 16.5 × 23.4 in matte-finish print includes symbols from factions, clans, organizations, military designations, and personal symbols, all cataloged in a clean white-on-black image. He’s also posted a comprehensive online guide to the
We’ve seen coffee tables with screens built in, but this over-engineered table from Axes: Garage is significantly geekier. Inspired by the green computer displays in The Matrix, these guys built a tabletop loaded with LEDs which serve as backlights for a laser-cut grille packed with katakana characters that light up to replicate the movie’s falling
Designer Andrew Kaefer made one of the coolest bags ever. As part of his Junk Drawer collection, he created a super-size Rubik’s Cube purse that actually spins. Beyond looking amazing, it’s practical, with three large storage compartments. He assembled it using more than 150 squares covered with dyed leather and using lazy Susan spinners to
Artist Soroush JWL has wowed us with the detail work on his metalcraft. In this video, he shows how he created a tiny violin (which we could definitely use for whiners). Inspired by a 19th-century match safe, he created his version by melting brass, flattening, cutting, and shaping its body, then soldering its pieces together.
Watch artisans make an intricate porcelain sculpture of Sonic the Hedgehog. The video follows YOYOYO’s “Infinite Blue,” from mold making and casting to meticulous hand-painting, glazing, and firing. Cobalt pigment gives Sonic his signature blue, with a twisting red infinity trail for speed. Limited to 50 pieces, the sculptures cost a wallet-busting $7,000 each.
Fancy furniture can cost thousands of dollars. Connor Creates thought it would be a fun challenge to make an artful chair mostly out of popsicle sticks and hot glue. He assembled the chair from more than 3100 sticks, which is surprisingly sturdy thanks to lots of layering. Not bad for about $100 in supplies.
One of our favorite house sigils from Game of Thrones is House Stark’s wolf. In this video, Gader from Black Beard Projects shows how he used a low-poly papercraft model of the wolf’s head and made a version out of sheet metal. He used xTool’s MetalFab laser cutter and welder to slice, score, and assemble
Scorch Marker’s heat-activated paint lets you create detailed wood-burned designs with a brush and a heat gun. Paint freehand or use stencils, then apply heat to permanently burn your artwork into the surface. The water-based formula cleans up with soap and water before heating, and each 2 oz jar covers 30+ projects. Pre-treatment and Heat
Wynnie the Corgi realized there was more to life than lazing on the couch and barking at strangers, so she opened an Etsy shop (and enlisted her people to make things). Clever Corgi Customs turns your pet and people photos into stained-glass-style portraits on acrylic blocks. They come in 2×2″ and 4×4″ sizes, plus a
Random Hands shows how they turned a stack of stainless steel rulers into a unique Damascus pattern, which he sandwiched around high-carbon steel to make a beautiful Japanese-style meat cleaver. He fitted it with a hexagonal wood handle and a hand-stitched leather sheath. We’d love this knife in our kitchen, but sadly, this one isn’t
Tree Art Store combines puzzle building with wall art. Each colorful, laser-cut puzzle is a reproduction of an original painting by artist, architect, and teacher Sylvia Levy. Each includes a frame and mounting hardware, so after you complete a puzzle, it can be hung on the wall as a permanent piece of art. They look