Why not take one of the many Techdecks you have laying around your room and re-purpose it into an awesome looking ring? That’s what jewelry designer Mark Jones did. Made from copper, sterling silver, sourced miniature skateboard trucks and wheels (looks like Girl wheels), grip tape, roller printed and fabricated. Photos by Michael Dale Bernard.
The concept and execution is great but I’m not sure about the grip tape on the outside. That could make for some pretty raw knuckles—but then again, this a piece of art where form rules over function.
Ever wonder what the color of skateboarding is? Fung Kwok Pan (industrial designer/developer/artist) developed a program that figured out just that.In his own words, “This is a system created to find out the colour of anything, by querying and aggregating image data from Flickr, a popular online photo sharing community. It is an attempt at answering a potentially complex and abstract question in an objective manner, by using simple algorithms on data originating from subjective human perceptions.”
Try it yourself, thecolorof.com. Find out the color of anything.
Our good friends over at KARVT have been killing it with these original wood skins for your Apple products. These one-of-a-kind skins come in different flavors–from real bamboo to natural cedar to our favorite, chocolate walnut.Whether you’re looking to pimp out your iPhone, cover a scratch on the back of your iPad or wanting to make your MacBook stand out at a coffee shop, look no further than KARVT.com. Each piece is laser cut for precision, made to order and manufactured right here in Colorado. Go get you one fool! Oh, and for those of you who don’t have an Apple product (for whatever lame reason) they also sell sick wooden dog tags.
From the court to paper, the top 10 players from Hong Kong’s pro basketball league were invited by Nike to silkscreen an image of themselves onto posters. The players were encouraged to have a friendly battle by layering their image on top of one another, creating a unique and personal touch—while maintaining the spirit of competition.
Photographer Nate Bolt created a time lapse video using his digital SLR which took a photo every 2–30 seconds for 11 hours on his flight from San Francisco to Paris. 2,459 photos and 5,576 miles later he made this video. While scanning through the images he noticed a nice little surprise…the aurora borealis. Check out the awesome images below.
Black markers haven’t changed much over the years since trying to sniff them in elementary school—but one man’s collection has.
Allister Lee is a graphic designer who has been collecting “black ink marking devices” for years. In the beginning of 2011, he had accumulated over 523 unique black markers…and that number is still growing. What makes his hobby different from just hoarding a bunch of markers is the fact that he hand draws a replica of each individual marker (with of course, other markers).
