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First, let me start off by saying that I have a strange infatuation with Motorbikes. If I see one on the street, I just kind of stop everything I’m doing, and watch them go by. I would so love to see this in action...

Okay, this just has to be either the best/funniest, or dumbest idea (for a bed) I’ve ever seen. It’s just so amusing! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this… Someone named “Kevin” has built a computer-controlled, air-compressor Alarm Clock to wake him up...

Gulp! Oooh…this photoshop tutorial is a neat one. Abduzeedo has posted up a cool tutorial on an awesome milk typography effect. Make your own silly drink milk advertisements and more! Source: Abudeezo

I’m sure you’ve all heard of the mandatory software to be sold with all computers in China. It’s called Green Dam and it monitors your internet traffic and the content that you surf...

BKRW x Black Rainbow feat. SHKS Fashion from Alta Media Productions on Vimeo. This is simple and probably one of the best lookbooks I’ve come across. I really love the way that this video lookbook turned out for Black Rainbow’s Capsule Collection for Summer 09...

Dominic of Plastered Tshirts in China approached 5 artists to turn their favorite Chinese Hero into beautiful stain glass. These are some of the designs that are ready for production...

Dina Goldstein has a great photo series called Fallen Princesses which replaces the traditional “happily ever after” stories with much more…umm…realistic outcomes. I especially find this one above with Snow White interesting...

Hey Art freaks, For the second time, we’ve collaborated with one of the best fashion blogs out there Urbanebloc.com to round up some of the best artists in Toronto and are showcasing their work July 11th, 2009. The venue this year is in a great location...

The photo above titled Epidemia de Pánic taken by Eneas represents 2 things. The H1N1 situation in Mexico near the end of April and the status of my server for the past couple months...

If you are a fan of classic rock you’ll need to check this out these creative canvasses by iri5 aka Erika Iris Simmons. The series is titled Ghost in the Machine and uses vintage cassette tapes as it’s medium. There’s a couple more after the jumb but visit her flickr page to see more...

This… is so cool. It’s a vest that immerses you in gameplay. You get shot in the game? Thanks to this vest, you can now feel what it’s like to get shot in real life… except without all the messy bleeding and actual dying...

Goodmorning Technology has designed a new concept for bicycles - an integrated basket into the handlebars. It’s made out of steel and it can easily be attached to any bike as a normal handlebar. Available in only a few styles currently. But as with ups, there are downs...

Went out last night with new Twitter friend @carolynvan to Lens Flare, An exhibition of the graduating portfolios of students in Directed Studio Photography at OCAD. Lots of great talent came out to show including my fave of the night by Samantha Darcy pictured above. Check out the slideshow below...

Hey All, There’s this awesome contest being thrown by the good folks at Nissan. They are giving away 50 Nissan Cubes to 50 lucky canadians and I am one of the 500 Canadians chosen to audition to win. Here’s the thing. I need your vote on hypercube.ca...

This is just a part of a really fun photo set by Polish artist Agata Logonowicz. Besides being a great photographer, Agata also has a great illustration portfolio. Check out the rest of the photoset and her portfolio here. Source: Agata Logonowicz @ Behance

Tim Bret Day’s photography work is simply stunning. He put together this year’s Agent Provocateur campaign and it’s the raciest campaign i’ve seen to date...

Love this wall mural collaboration by talented illustrators Wilmer Murillo and Ana Granera. Freakin’ amazing. I wish I had that near my bathroom. See more images on Wilmer’s blog. Source: WilmerMurillo

It’s Easter Sunday and it’s time to celebrate. Of course, you may need to watch out for those pesky ninja bunnies! I always love new work by Charlene! Source: Charlene Chua Blog

Take a look at some of these rad illustrations and fun parodies by Darryl Graham. The Wolverine parody was created last year but comes just in time for this years X-Men Wolverine movie. I love the illustration below about how he found out about Santa…I had a similar experience...

I went to T&T Supermarket a couple days ago and went picture crazy on all the food packaging designs because I thought it was interesting to see the similarities from North America. One thing that I’ve noticed classic North American brands do is put a face to their brands...

This Saturday (Markedly March 28th, 2009) from 8:30 - 9:30 PM local time, switch your lights off. People from around the world will be doing it - why not you? You’ll be contributing to a world-wide event called “Earth Hour“...

My my my…I have a new favourite illustrator. Yuta Onoda’s paintings and illustrations include stunning images of dragons, tigers, and I even spotted a phoenix in one of the paintings. I have a thing for that rad asian flair and I really love the eyes that Yuta gives her characters...

Hey All, I finally had the chance to upload some of the pictures that I took from friday night. I decided skipped out on the ever popular Cut Copy at Circa nightclub to check this show out instead and I’m glad I did. Lots of great artwork around from up and coming superstars in the art community...

I’m so late on posting this one but it’s too brilliant not to post! Leave it to The Mentalists to make me feel like anyone can be a musician by making this look so easy. I downloaded the music apps immediately after watching this just so i could try this! failed miserably though…...

Everybody’s favorite puzzle game, Tetris, now has the ability to cool your drink! Have fun with your straw! The silicone mold is now available in Orange and Blue at Supermarket and goes for $8.50. Source: Supermarket

Good friend Damion Silver sent over the news that he just released some new work. He’s got some rad looking Laser etched mono prints available for sale in a variety of colours on his website. They look dope and are really reasonably priced at $100...

Those who know me know that I’m a sucker for sexy and simple tech gadgets like these new USB key drives from Lacie. I’ve always thought that a USB key drive should actually look like an actual key...

So I came across a blog post from the Mighty God King from last year and it was about old school videogame box art. It just made me think about what today’s box art looks like compared to the box art from before...

Yin Xiuzhen’s Portable City series uses textiles and reuses old pieces of clothing to create these wonderfully detailed miniature cities inside suitcases. Pictured above is the city of Melbourne, Australia. Apparently, she made this one after living in Melbourne for only 3 months...

I have no idea how i missed it. But I found this great video posted @ Limitedhype.com about the story behind the Obama logo. The logo really was a definite change from past political campaigns...

Jonathan Jarvis server must be overloaded today after getting twitter props from Digg Founder Kevin Rose and other major blogs. His recent video animation, The Crisis of Credit Visualized was part of his thesis work in the Media Design program at the Art Center College of Design...

Check out this eerie painting by Mike Nash. He recently finished a personal painting based on one of a popular ghost story written by M. R. James called ‘The Ash Tree’. And if you haven’t before you should also take 5 and check out some of the other paintings in his portfolio...

This is pretty rad. Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki is apparently going to release her next album on a usb stick. The heart shaped diamond CZ studded 2GB stick with a wing as the cover is to be released on March 25th and man oh man….I can guarantee this thing will be sold out in a day...

Toxel put up a cute collection of creative elevator advertisments. I particularly like this simple Becel one where the elevator opens up to reveal a set of stairs. haha! Source: Toxel.com

Wow…weird news today. Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the famous red, white, and blue Obama Hope posters was arrested in Boston yesterday while heading to his solo exhibit, Supply and Demand. He’s being accused of tagging private property with grafitti...

Saw this post @ SND30 (Syracuse Newspaper Design 30)...

Called the “NR4″, Lit by Electro Luminescent (EL) wires, accompanied with moisture absorbing stretch fabric, this running apparel is powered by a flexible, rechargeable battery that plugs into a standard wall socket for easy charging...

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Who doesn’t like watching fire flicker? Who doesn’t like taking videos of things? Now you can do both with one gadget! It’s beautiful, really. It`s a lighter and a camera in one. It comes with a microphone, SD card slot, USB port… it even comes with an on and off switch...

As we all know, breakfast is an important meal. In fact, it is the most important meal of the day. Unfortunately, too many people don’t eat breakfast. “Not enough time” is usually the reason. This toaster – dubbed as the Trebuchet Toaster – does not make breakfast any faster...

BFF Gloria over @ Urbanebloc has a pretty good contest goin’ on. If you are a fan of MGMT and can’t stop the “do do do do do do do do dooooo do” when the KID’s song comes up then this is for you. She’s got 2…not 1…but 2 autographed MGMT cd’s to giveaway...

Chinese New Year is a big deal for us here at Mindzai. It’s the time of year where we line up for red pockets filled with money (until we are married anyway) and celebrate the good fortune that we have and especially look forward to what is coming this next year...