The 80’s were a truly iconic time in American pop culture. The spark or growth of huge series like Star Wars, Back to the Future, and Star Trek began in those years. These massive franchises have enormous fanbases internationally to this day. Chances are, if you’re reading this then you are a fan of something pop ...
Have you ever been stamping with a boring old rubber stamp and thought, “*sigh* I wish they made a stamp of my face.” If this sounds like you, then we have the answer. This custom made product puts your face (or your dog’s face we won’t judge) onto your very own rubber stamp. All you need to do is send in a photo then ...
As perpetually grateful as we are to our heavy-duty OtterBox smartphone cases for the unruly beatings they endure to shield our devices from destruction, this colorful Heat-Sensitive iPhone Case is for iPhone 6 & 7 models right now, gains a stylish leg up on its competition by lending our indispensable Apple gadgets ...
This “The Scream” Electronic Scream-Maker offers a certain sense of soothing clarity to anyone who has ever stared at Edvard Munch’s ode to existential angst and asked, “What would that anguished howl really sound like, anyway?” Would his cry of erupting frustration evoke a song of inescapable torment encapsulated ...
Hammacher Schlemmer’s 3D Pancake Printer gloriously fuses the delightful practicality and creativity of automated multi-dimensional construction with nature’s most perfect staple of any balanced breakfast. This flapjack fabrication griddle measures 19.25 inches long by 10.25 inches wide and strategically dispenses ...
From the award-winning fantasy art and replica sculptors of Design Toscano, we present the only grand accoutrement worthy of succeeding their exceptional life-sized strolling bigfoot statue: the spectacular Warwickshire Dragon Glass-Topped Coffee Table. It’s a masterpiece furnishing worthy of a Targaryen ...
Generations before the Kardashians and Jenners infuriated the length and breadth of humanity with their mere existence, consummate master painters the world over had long since uplifted portraiture to an elegant art form. What, you believed your parents and grandparents when they groused that they grew up in a time ...
If interactive smart home components such as LIFX Tile integrate any more smoothly, we will all have cause to fear the day our domiciles achieve true sentience and begin regarding their residents as frustratingly less-competent burdens upon their existence. Oh, well. Thanks to this surprisingly helpful addition to our ...
Have a blast next time you plan on drinking with some friends with this unique ceramic Cannonball Beer Growler, it is designed and aimed at making it easier for people to store 64 fl. oz. in refrigerators and coolers. Patterned after a cannonball because its spherical shape provides the least surface area to volume ...
Maintaining a yard doesn’t have to be boring and lots of work, that’s why there is creative kinetic yard art like the Hydro-Ball Wind Spinner that helps you water your grass and flower beds. Artfully combining a bronze metal sculptural wind spinner with a water sprinkler, whimsical kinetic yard art is created that ...
Whether you dabble with painting, or you are an up-and-coming artist, then you surely know who the American painter Bob Ross is? From his humble beginnings as host of ‘The Joy of Painting’ - a 1980s television show dedicated to teaching painting techniques, to an Internet celebrity, thanks to Youtube, his videos are ...
Let’s face it, some people are not good with pets, in fact, even taking care of fish can end badly (for the fish). For people who love animals, but just can’t seem to keep even fish alive, there is hope for successful pet ownership with the Jellyfish Art Jelly Cylinder Nano. Jellyfish are hardy little creatures, ...
Goodness, where does the time go? Those of us who have long since greeted a certain age remember a moment when the “smartest” phone any of us had ever laid eyes on was a phone cleverly disguised as a shoe from which Agent 86 could ring up the Chief and their fellow CONTROL cohorts. That was before Sports ...
Some inanimate objects in this world come with an easily weaponized creepiness all their own. Want irrefutable proof? Blindfold a herd of “Doctor Who” fans and station them nose-to-nose with a statue of an angel before returning their sight. Just don’t stand directly between them and the nearest escape route if you ...
The Apple Watch isn’t exactly “for” everyone. Appealing as Apple’s signature sleek, unadorned metallic motifs might forevermore be to devoted gadget-hounds, count us among the aficionados drawn to timepieces that proudly exhibit a dash of authentic character pouring from its appearance. If our tastes should ever ...
We could fill a book or two with the things we would give our back teeth to conjure from our favorite video games into the everyday real world. Blue hedgehogs that piss on the sound barrier, would do things no mother wants to imagine just to get their hands on one ordinary golden ring, and go Super Saiyan when they ...
Just about anyone who has ever begun a creative process from scratch and seen it through to completion has stumbled across Michaelangelo’s recollections of sculpting his Renaissance masterpiece David: he gazed upon the unchiseled marble until he glimpsed the human form imprisoned within. Only then did he take up his ...
Do you like drawing? If you do, then this Cuttlelola Electric Dots Pen is a new fun tool that will let you express your passion in a new Seurat way. It works using a miniature coil-driven radial movement nib that lays down dots as you draw, thus turning even your doodling into amazing Seurat artwork. It’s ...
Looking at a restaurant menu is like choosing a show to watch on Netflix. Our eyes glaze over at the pages of choices presented to us and instead of piquing our curiosity we just go with what we know i.e. a burger or watching 30 Rock again. Chef Robbie Postma, of J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam, and artist Robert ...
Do you sit at home a lot, watching the TV or looking outside the window? Well, if you get board with your regular viewing regime, then you will surely find this little Electric Jellyfish Aquarium, interesting enough. Jellyfish are underrated, sure they are poisonous, but these strange yet graceful creatures are ...
Are you looking for a fun sleep aid and alarm for your kids, to help improve their sleep quality, and help them to get up in the mornings? Well, then you need to have a look at the Divoom TimeBox because it is unlike any alarm clock you’ve ever seen. This 8-bit pixel art themed functional alarm clock has 30 preset ...
The world would be a far more vivid, wondrous place if mankind imbued its every creation with the imaginative attention to detail that artistically inclined horror aficionados thrive on tapping into. Answer us this: after nursing a beverage from any of these macabre mugs by Etsy artisan Jo Scravis, why would you ...
Fire safety should always be a top concern for residential and commercial properties, especially when people like these take playing with fire to a whole new level. That is why fire extinguishers are mandatory in businesses. However, it is also recommended that every home have a fire extinguisher handy, just in case. ...
Michaelangelo once explained his approach to sculpture as gazing contemplatively at his marble until he could clearly see a form imprisoned inside. He would then meticulously chisel away the stone around it until the figure was free. Anyone who has ever deigned to create works of fine art using an Etch A Sketch’s ...
Trust us, we are perfectly accustomed to drinking coffee that looks like it could have dripped from a Formula One motor. The Italian-made Espresso Veloce Nero Carbonio 380 Espresso Machine is a limited-edition piece of functional “engine art” designed to pour the piping-hot lifeblood of creativity and wise wakeful ...
The Etsy proprietors of RiserArt returned from visiting the delightfully adorned stairways at Moraga & 16th Street in San Francisco with an inspired notion. Over 100 steps individually tiled with brilliant mosaics comprise each stairway, forming a greater naturally themed picture when viewed together from the ...
These Video Game Shadow Boxes made by Toronto-based Etsy artists Glitch Artwork capture exactly the singular simplicity that has kept the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of gaming so timelessly satisfying. These retro works of art harken to a time when pioneering creators such as Shigeru Miyamoto, Richard “Lord British” ...
Watching This Will Make You Regret Every Time You Ever Called Your Cat An Asshole Meet Bart Jansen. After hearing his story, we strongly suggest giving your pets one giant reassuring hug. More importantly, this is the story of Jansen’s two beloved cats, Orville and Wilbur. Goodness, how those mischievous felines ...
If you or someone you know likes art, then you definitely need to cast your eyes on OXYGAMI – paper craft art. Yes, it is art reminiscent of low-polygon count forms that were part of the 1990’s latest video games, but some find these fun animal forms to be very retro looking and cool. The collection of art that you ...
This world could always use a few more beautiful surprises. Surprising glow-in-the-dark murals created in the urban wild? Yes, that's a fine start. Known together as Reskate Studio, Javier de Riba and Maria López have added more than meets the eye to some seemingly ordinary creations and gifted us a welcome ...
A few members of our Unique Hunters family grew up in the midwestern United States with a clever phrase that describes a certain kind of rare kindness: "I could tell you to go to Hell and you would enjoy the trip." A similar sentiment comes about as close as anything we could suggest to describe Austrian artist ...
Some pain simply defies the idea of "restraint." As in, "If you don't immediately pump me so full of opioids that I crap heroin, you had best restrain me or I will punch you hard enough to bruise your DNA." Hey, pain tolerance differs vastly from one individual to the next. Some people can happily twiddle their ...
Ukrainian Artist's Handmade Felt Cat Caves Are Seussian Treat to Owners As Much As Their Pets Cat owners around the world, let's just all admit it at once: the feline roommates who tolerate us barely as long as we keep the food topped up - even then, only until they figure can-openers out for themselves - could ...
It baffles us that some critics still refuse to acknowledge meticulously edited Photoshop pastiches as "art." Just survey these lighthearted split-image juxtapositions by Atlanta art director and photographer Stephen McMennamy without marveling at how seamlessly he stitches his surreal visions together. We've showed ...
Hey, nobody ever said every "art" was a delicate flower in some serene meadow. In "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: the Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life," ace blogger Mark Manson dispenses with blowing smoke about always remaining "positive" up anyone's ass and gets real about what letting go life's ...
This is a first: Hasbro's Play-Doh Touch Shape To Life Studio app is one of those rare genuinely impressive enhancements to a sacred chunk of our childhoods that still makes us say to today's tykes, "Nope. Better you than us, kids." The free iPhone and iPad app turns Play-Doh creatures captured by either device's ...
Hey, everybody who has ever moaned about Hollywood "destroying/raping/burning your childhood?" Not another word until you prove to us that you didn't just look at Pikachu re-imagined to look like one of the uber-vampires from "Blade II" and feel a warm trickle run down your leg. Credit where it's due to Disse86: ...
If you've ever seen the "Doctor Who" travesty known as "Fear Her," you understand why we love and fear Dom. It isn't exactly an original premise for a sci-fi adventure: set against the backdrop of the Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics, the Tenth Doctor and companion Martha Jones encounter a little ...
OK, America. We're calling a timeout. We may only have just under one more month to go until possibly the most embarrassing presidential election in U.S. history comes to an end and we can all go about the business of lamenting what awaits over the next four years. That's going to feel like a longer wait than it ...
Now here is something you don’t see everyday – automotive art chairs. Adorable little handmade themed chairs that are crafted to honor classic cars. What makes them so special is that these are functional pieces of automotive art that are made to order. The artist, Phil Curren, is a retired firefighter captain from ...
It’s true, a genuine artist can make art out of nearly anything, although, the most common form of artwork that most people use to outwardly express their inner creativeness is through drawing. Well, if you dabble with pens, pencils, and paper, then you will be very interested to know there is a new and easier way ...
Until now, we probably wouldn't have ever described the New York City subway as a realm of imagination and wonderment. Sure, we see plenty every day that makes us stop, stare, and then walk away muttering, "What the blue f*** was that, I don't even...?" Let's just say, with the exceptions of the charming buskers and ...
Finally, somebody else understands the one burning question we have never answered: if people had wings, wouldn't they make for brilliantly convenient concealed storage? Thank you, Volha Kotova. Yes. The answer is, yes, they certainly would. The Belarussian artist clearly saw us coming when she fashioned these ...
Books will never go out of style. In fact, when books abound in a room, such as a library in a home’s den with a bookcase filled with them, people see them and get the impression that the owner of the home is well-read and educated. Educated or not, having your own self-adhesive vintage library mural displayed on a ...
Shark Sushi Plate goes on the table, sushi goes on the table. Cat's on the table. Our cat. Shark doesn't scare the cat. One of the two had to go. Since we're illogically attached to this charming white handmade stoneware, Chairman Meow went to live on a farm upstate. For clarifications sake, "farm" actually means ...
Since there have been Pokemon, there have been artists who have dared to imagine a world wherein humankind existed side-by-side with real pocket-sized monsters. Consequently, for as long as fan-art has crossed that Rubicon into anime-made-flesh, the ultimate creations have spanned from soul-crushingly adorable ...
Art, it is everywhere we look, however, some of the best, creative art comes from working with nature. This a wonderful example, this minimalist sliced firewood lamp, its simple, raw, alluring and will lighten your home or office space in a tranquil, soothing light. What makes these minimalist log lamps special is ...
Sure, you could say we're fans of the acclaimed Doodle Duvet Cover. That's certainly one way to describe us. You could also do our ambitions justice and note that we "might" have ordered a gross of these massive 200-thread-count Turkish cotton bed coverings, drawn up plans to stitch them together side-by-side, and ...
Every time we come across the work of a body-painting virtuoso such as Lisha, we end up asking ourselves the exact same question the next time we watch some special effects-laden spectacle of a television series or movie: why do we even bother with CGI? Is it a matter of exceptional digital effects being less ...
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