Design and Wonder in the Everyday

Everything is better in cake form!

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Avatar: The Last Airbender's Appa in cake form

Cake Sushi

Yes, that’s Appa from “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” a serving of beautiful sushi, and a Canon in cake form. Sugar artist Ann Sumimoto makes cake look so cool you almost don’t want to eat them. Almost. We found Sumimoto’s work through a mutual friend on Facebook who told us that not only do her cakes look incredible, they taste delicious. Amazingly, Sumimoto currently doesn’t make a living at this, she does it for fun. She’s considering going pro in Honolulu, but needs a gentle nudge. If you like cake (and we know you do), please leave her some encouragement by becoming a fan of her Facebook fan page and leaving some comments. We who love cake salute you!

Out of the mouths of babes come Axe Cop

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Axe Cop is, without a doubt, the funniest online comic there is. Written by 5-year-old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his 29-year-old brother Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop holds all the charm of a little boy’s comically absurdist and gruesome imagination. We’ve never laughed so much reading a comic.

And if there’s any doubt whether Malachai is the true genius behind the writing, they’ve posted a video of their process.

The illustrations of Guy-Pascal Vallez

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Illustrator Guy-Pascal Vallez uses high contrast and vibrant old-world colors to evoke a sense of the sacred. Indeed his illustrations almost look as though they are stained glass set in some twisted — yet impeccably cool — church. (Thanks to Gorilla Artfare for featuring his work.)

Hold Your Horses

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Brilliant video by Hold Your Horses for their song 70 Million. How many paintings do you recognize?

Bad ass mutha-posters

Friday, March 19th, 2010



Notice a trend in designers creating movie poster remakes? It may be a sign of jobless designers creating money-making side projects or an emergent theme of inspiration wafting through the ethers. Whatever the case, here’s Ibraheem Youssef’s take on some Quentin Tarantino films. We’ve been following this guy on Flickr, but have failed to feature him yet. Well, it’s about time!

The Incredible Polo

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

French beatbox artist Incredible Polo is making the Web that much funkier with his Flash beatbox website. Warning: these beats will build a nest in your brain and refuse to move out. Check him out in some of his You Tube videos below.




Preternatural craftsmanship in a mobile phone

Friday, March 12th, 2010




This is the Remontage Papillon (butterfly rewinding), a cell phone that is a hybrid of micromechanics and microelectronics. That’s right, it is the world’s first micromechanical phone. Touted as having “high emotional value” the Papillon is a result of three years of development by the four-year-old French company Celsiuis X VI II. With a starting price of $275,000, the Papillon is undoubtedly a prestige item. Watchismo has the full run down of the phone, which is set to debut next week.

Kids these days

Thursday, March 11th, 2010




Vectortuts interviewed illustrator Christian San Jose and featured some of his vibrant artwork. He may be only 20 years old, but this young artist already has a lot of work under his belt.  He’s worked for Nike Philippines, Coca-Cola Company Philippines, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, and Paramore. (Yes, that’s right, those last three are names of bands you’re too uncool to know.) Check San Jose out.

Thanks to @valdezign for the story.

Tron pron

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010




It’s good to be a geek. For proof, I submit to you the Tron Legacy trailer. New desktop wallpaper anyone?

The Infomancer Michael Paukner raises facts from the dead

Friday, March 5th, 2010




Designer Michael Paukner is an infographic wizard level 25. We’ve seen his work before, but thanks to to a Fubiz feature on him, our interests have been rekindled to a height bordering fanboy love. Not only is Paukner a splendid designer, but he strums all the strings of our nerd love by illustrating cool concepts of astronomy, cosmologygeometry, epistemology and many other cool topics. He’s even kind enough to provide a free zipped download of iPhone compatible wallpapers of his artwork. If he were to sell his character (Infographic Wizard 25lv.) on Ebay, we would put up my house for it. Be sure to check out his online shop.