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DeskSpace Simulated Lunar Surface

Who knows, we might all be quarantined to space someday, but in the meantime, we’ll have to enjoy the moon by looking up at the night sky or, better yet, get DeskSpace’s Lunar Surface to…

This Japanese Chef Rendered 1,000 of His Meals in Notebooks for 32 Years

If a love for food and art can coexist in equal amounts, Japanese chef Itsuo Kobayashi has nailed them both in his copious hand-painted expressions of his meals for over three decades. Kobyashi painstakingly replicated…

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Three Jerks Beef Jerky

Beef jerky is a keto-friendly, low calorie and high-protein snack that's easy to pack, eat and travel with. But all beef jerky is not created equal. Skip the usual options in favor of premium, 100% filet mignon Three Jerks Original Beef Jerky. This old school jerky flavor hits all the right notes of salty, sweet and tangy with just the right amount of black pepper to round it out.

These Famous Logos Have Been Remade for the Coronavirus Age

No one needs to tell you that we’re living in the Covid-19 times because you’re probably already following the news, sheltering in place and listening to people belt Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” from…

Take One Last Look at the (Many) Plastic Bags of New York

In case you weren’t aware, there’s a statewide plastic bag ban coming into effect on March 1st in New York. It’s been almost four decades since the ubiquitous, carry groceries and then recycle for animal…

Alessandro Paglia ‘Smashed’ Iconic Movie Cars

In case you haven’t heard of Alessandro Paglia, he’s a Milan-based artist and designer educated in the world of product design that made his bones creating one-off, realistic drawings of iconic cars getting smashed to…

Amalgam Scale Model Cars Are as Detailed as the Real Thing

Whether it was LEGO, Technic, Erector or the plastic kits for cars or planes, most of you reading this grew up building models of some kind. When it comes to scale model cars, there’s Amalgam…

‘Printing Money’ Visualizes How Fast You Earn a Dollar

Neal Agarwal is a Computer Science geek and data visualization specialist that has never known a statistic he couldn’t make interesting. His latest project is called “Printing Money,” and it’s a scrolling visualization of the…

Invader Rubik’s Cube Mona Lisa

There’s no denying the fact that Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is one of the most iconic paintings of all time. There’s also no denying the fact that the Rubik’s Cube is one of the…

Adobe Fresco Will Change the Way You Draw on Your iPad

For the past few years now, Adobe has been making a huge push to get all the functionality you’ve come to rely on from their desktop apps into mobile versions that make creating on the…

Ai Weiwei Limited-Edition ‘Bombs’ Print

Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei has been making waves and artistic statements for as long as we’ve been aware of him. While the middle finger sculpture he’s responsible for is one of the…

These Are the Official Art Posters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

There’s absolutely no denying the fact that the Olympics are a huge deal every other year they happen. Since the early 20th century, posters created by the Olympic Organising Committees of the Olympic Games have…

You Could Own David Hockney’s ‘The Splash’

David Hockney’s The Splash is one of those contemporary works that ranks up there with the best and brightest–we’re talking Munch, Monet, Warhol, John, Lichtenstein and the like–despite the fact that it’s a relatively simplistic…

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Anthony Bourdain Print by Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman is a name that probably needs no introduction around these parts thanks to his Breaking Bad Illustrations and his work with Hunter S. Thompson. In 2017, Steadman was visited by another Cool Material…

Daniel Keogh Illustrates All the Best Parts of the Internet

Daniel Keogh is a self-taught illustrator out of Bendigo, Australia that creates ‘Where’s Waldo’ style pictures that combine all aspects of the Internet into single pieces that are as fun and engaging as they are…

Edward Hopper in Motion

No trip to the Art Institute in Chicago is complete without a trip to visit Edward Hopper’s iconic Nighthawks painting. That piece might be his most famous work, but Hopper spent his entire life creating…

The Doodle Boy

If you didn’t catch the recent news, Joe Whale is a nine-year-old boy from Shrewsbury that, as he says, “absolutely LOVES to doodle!” He loves making monsters come to life and doodling in general, but…

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Rare Star Wars Boba Fett Figure Could Auction for up to $500k

Star Wars is a phenomenon, a cultural touchpoint and a collection of movies–outside of the prequels–that everyone needs to see so they can experience the wonder of the “galaxy far, far away.” In addition to…

Kurt Cobain’s Guitar and Cardigan Sweater Among Items for Sale in Rock N’ Roll Auction

What do Kurt Cobain, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John all have in common other than being famous rock stars? Each one…

Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Art Can Contest

Whether you’re talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon’s new beers for 2019, their PBR Whiskey, or their White Claw-crushing PBR Stronger Seltzer, everyone’s favorite blue ribbon beverage label has been having a big year. Despite those…

Black versus Color Wedding

When it comes to wedding planning, the options are generally limited to “will there be a bar during dinner?”, “is the ceremony going to be held in a church,” and “how much white do we…

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