Entertainment

Confessions of an Idiom / Amanda Koh + Mollie Helms

Confessions of an Idiom from Amanda Koh on Vimeo

Everyone has Skeletons in their Closet but what happens if one day the Elephant in the Room decides to make the Skeleton in the Closet bring the truth to light? The Skeleton isn’t one to confess to his crimes so easily. Mayhem ensues in this power struggle with a world full of idioms.

This film was done by Amanda Koh and Mollie Helms at Ringling College of Art + Design

Design

Campervan Doormat / Urban Outfitters

If you love vintage VWs, you’ll probably like the look of this Campervan Doormat at Urban Outfitters. What you see is effectively what you get here, with the mat based on a vintage van, with welcome sneaking in on the number plate and red being the colour. It’s sized at 68.5 x 48cm and is selling for £20 — via Retro To Go

Science, Wildlife

How Wolves Change Rivers / Sustainable Human

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable trophic cascade occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix — via Youtube

Craft, Wildlife

Midcentury-style birdhouses / KoolBird

If you can’t afford a midcentury gem, you can always invest in one for your feathered friends, courtesy of these midcentury-style birdhouses by KoolBird. The only downside here is (perhaps with the exception of price) is deciding which one to opt for. There are 10 designs in the range.

All are handmade (which perhaps accounts for the price), all are eco-friendly, made from a variety of tropical hardwoods sourced from offcuts via tropical hardwood floor manufacturers and all are available to buy online in limited numbers.

Prices start at around £89 — via Retro To Go

Entertainment, Technology

HTML5 Drum Machine

The HTML5 Drum Machine borrows its aesthetics from classic beat boxes like the TR-808 Rhythm Composer. It’s got five different sound banks: Hip hop, electro, house, techno, and acoustic. Each bank has 13 different sounds for which you can tweak the individual volume and tone. Pick your bank, hit play, and lay down your instruments on the 16-step sequencer interface that runs across the bottom. After you’ve laid down your beat, you can export it as a WAV — via Gizmodo Australia

Art, Wildlife

Octopus Anamorph / Truly Design

At the SAMO space for contemporary art in Italy, the inventive art collective Truly Design have transformed a simple concrete hanger into a B-Movie set, as a giant jungle green coloured octopus spreads it eight tentacles over pillars and the ceiling. They use the space provided to them in ingenious ways, as the dips and cracks of the hanger become places to create perspective illusions — via Illusion Magazine