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Lingo New Tee Release 2008-04-09 14:18:37 UKAdapta's design team Lingo
have just released their new tee design with BeamsT of Japan. Hope you like it! If you would like one, hurry to the BeamsT Website as they are almost all sold-out. Read more:Release
Local River Fish Tank Concept 2008-04-09 13:56:53 Thought that this was a great conceptual piece that I would like to see more in people's homes. I have always loved the idea of controlling a self-sustaining ecosystem in a tank (I'm a bit of a bio-nerd)"LocalRiver
is the "home storage unit for fish and greens" as conceived by Mathieu Lehanneur with Anthony van den Bossche. Inspired by the Locavores, a group of culinary adventurers who eat foods produced in a radius of 100 miles around their city, they have proposed a home storage unit for live freshwater fish combined with a mini vegetable patch. This DIY fish-farm-cum-kitchen-garden is based on the principle of aquaponics coupled with the exchange and interdependence of two living organisms - plants and fish. The plants extract nutrients from the nitrate-rich dejecta of the fish. In doi Read more:Concept
Amanda Visell Underwater Carnivorous Giraffe 2008-04-09 13:38:13 Amanda Visell is going to be releasing a very special "Underwater" version of her very cool resin-made Carnivorous Giraffe
toy. This blue non-herbivore will be available at Vinyl Toy Network in May but is limited to a precious 25 signed sets only. (Prints are avaialble too!) This is the original version of the Carnivorous Giraffe.[VIA] Read more:Amanda
DropClock Screensaver 2008-04-12 13:26:50 A lovely screensaver for all you time nerds. Watch as black or white Helvetically challenged numerical objects drop into water and do a slo-mo splash. Really mesmerising. Goodbye 3D Pipes!Download it HERE. Read more:Screensaver
Zirca Custom Mecha Munny 2008-04-11 16:35:58 Zirca has made a briliant custom bionic Munny out of circuit boards, computer parts, transistors, wire, bulbs and much much more. One of the best customs I have seen in some time! You can tell alot of love went into this work of wonder....[VIA]
Robot with an Expressive Face 2008-04-11 16:14:58 This is the test video for the MDS (Mobile Dextrous Social) Robot
that can talk and express its "feelings". Amazing work by the lab.[VIA]
Spiderman Tattoo 2008-04-11 16:00:01 Was emailed another random image. This one comes from JonB.....IMHO, the best Spidderman tattoo one could ask for! Read more:Spiderman
Andre Kutscherauer 3D Sculpture 2008-04-13 09:31:06 Some great CGI images done by the 3D artist, Andre
Kutscherauer. Super-detailed, with a message of some sort leaves us with a taste of iron in our mouths. Great work and I hope to see more in the near future.[VIA]
Herakut US Show Streichelzoo 2008-04-13 09:09:08 Herakut have just opened their first US show at the Carmichael gallery in West Hollywood. Again, very much like their last show in London (Jump HERE to see UK pics)they painted most of it freestyle at the gallery itself. We have been serious fans of Herakut for quite some time now and I feel that they are definitely going places.For more amazing pics of the show visit HERE.[VIA]
Melbourne Art: Part 3 2008-04-15 04:44:19 PHilfy has been busy doing allot of recon in Melbourne
recently and checking out the local streetart and graffiti scene. And there’s plenty of it. There’s art in the shopping malls, art in train stations, art in skate parks, art along the streets, in the CBD and in outer suburb areas – and all of it is pretty good stuff. (CBD area) (Shopping mall)(Inner suburb train station)(Skate park) One cool area that many of yall would have heard of is Brunswick Street. This funky area in Melbourne is not too different to East London’s Brick Lane and Shoreditch areas. On Brunswick there are allot of cool cafes and shops and places to chill and have a beer outside. Within the side streets there is allot of great art, both graffiti and streetart. Rose Street, off Brunswick, is
Barry the Beaver Vibrating Toy 2008-04-14 14:19:37 Looks like ESPV were beaten to it! We were all joking about this two years ago, that someone should make a toy that could be used in a sexual-kind of way and Boom! Jeremyfish goes and produces Barry
The Beaver
.Barry the Beaver (original colorway), your vibrating vinyl friend, is designed by Jeremy Fish, in conjunction with Upper Playground, SuperFishal, and Ningyoushi. Turn the tree stump to activate the vibration. Features a cool bendy tail. Includes one AA battery.Examples of Jeremyfish illustrations which IMHO, rock hard! His TurtleCamper is still my favourite toy I own![VIA] Read more:Vibrating
Cosmic Motors Automobile Futurism 2008-04-14 14:05:34 A great post from Irieman on the UKAdapta Blog: Cosmic Motors
. Role-Playing fantasy at its best! Automotive futurist, Daniel Simon (the real creator) has invented a brilliant galaxy of hyper-realistic racing vehicles that come from the four corners of the Galaxion system. In a style reminiscent of the Steampunk genre, he has fabricated the story of Cosmic Motors brilliantly. According to Simon, the whole thing was setup by the Redooa brothers in the year 8966-B! It's a really great website to check out with fully in-depth and realistic ideas/concepts for any car enthusiasts/futurists. See more from Cosmic Motors HERE.[VIA] Read more:Automobile
Lucy Mclauchlan Solo Show at Fifty24SF 2008-04-14 13:19:05 UK-based artist Lucy Mclauchlan just opened her first ever solo show entitled "Restricted Freedom" for the US. The show was held at Upper Playground’s FIFTY24SF Gallery. Like the Herakut show I just posted about yesterday, the show was a site specific installation that allowed for the artists to work freely on their art within the confines of the gallery. An excellent concept that we will definitely see more of this year I reckon.Have a look at her website, sometimes the most simple formats of black and white can be the most effective and visually striking.[VIA] Read more:Fifty
Inkfetish Website Update 2008-04-16 14:59:13 Inkfetish, an extremely talented British illustrator/designer/aerosol head has just put some new touches to his website and is well worth a look. Check out the talent of Inkfetish HERE. Read more:Update
Mysterious Al X Volvo 2008-04-16 14:31:41 My very good friend Mysterious Al has just done a collab with Volvo for their new C-30 R Design car. Major props mate! Photos [VIA]
Duster 132 Update 2008-04-15 17:19:15 More fresh work from Duster
132 in Paris. I know that I said last week that Ramak was the mecha-king, but Duster132 is definitely the mecha-king of streetart/graffiti robots! (It's interesting that they are both French creatives....)See my original post on Duster132 HERE.See more of Duster's work HERE. Read more:Update
China Rush Hour Squeeze 2008-04-17 17:25:21 glumbert - Rush Hour Squeeze
WTF?! I would get a home-based job.....there is no way you'd see me in this train! Read more:China
Fullmetal Alchemist: fullmetal fun 2008-04-20 08:04:00 Fullmetal Alchemist started out as a manga series created by Hiromu Arakawa (and is still going). Studio Bones adapted the manga into 51 episodes for the anime; which was directed by Seiji Mizushema. Fullmetal Alchemist first aired on Japanese TV on October 2, 2003 and ended on October 2, 2004. A one-hour OAV Fullmetal Alchemist: Reflections was released in 2005, and in March 2006 a DVD with 3 new OAVs was released in Japan, (so we only have to wait a few more years for those to come over here). This series has been very popular in both Japan and North America, and has also won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 2003. The 2005 TV Asahi web poll saw Fullmetal Alchemist voted the most popular anime prize in 2003. The of all time in Japan. But unfortunately the anime series has fi
PS3 Modded into a Laptop 2008-04-19 10:26:36 Holy Shit, Ben Heckendorn is truly the master of console modding. He has already made an XBox 360 and Wii laptop which were amazing and revolutionary but his newest PS3 custom laptop just takes the cake! It looks like a factory standard model, not something that was actually made in a geek's garage!!!Original backwards compatible 60GB model 17-inch LCD HDTV screen: 720p HDMI-DVI connection (same as last Xbox 360 laptop) Built-in keyboard, USB ports, stereo speakers, headphone jack Size: 17 x 13.75 x 3-inches Weight: 16 pounds! The machine is being auctioned off for charity on Ebay and last time I checked it was going for $17,100 USD!!!![VIA] Read more:Laptop
Joseph OMalley New Website 2008-04-19 09:57:24 A very old Fotolog friend contacted me this morning with news of his new website. Joseph
O'Malley is an artist, designer, illustrator and copyrighter who's work deserves a mention on the ESPV blog. Long Live the Germ!Check more of his work HERE.
Take G Wooden Mecha Toys 2008-04-19 09:51:40 This Japanese designer is going back to the old-school with his toy designs. Last Millenium, toys were being made in wood and Take-g is trying to make it into a revival. I would love to get my hands one of his hand-crafter mecha-walkers. See more of his incredible toys HERE.[VIA] Read more:Wooden
Pixeloo The Art of Untoon 2008-04-20 10:11:06 "Untoon". A new word I learnt this Sunday afternoon. To make a cartoon more realistic and to take the toon out out of it. Pixeloo is a relatively new artist on the blogging scene but has been secretly developing his skills for many years. His Photoshop skills are excellent and his choice of skin textures, hair etc is great.There must be a million different untoon requests you could come up with. I mean, who wouldn't want to see an untooned She-Ra! Check out his blog HERE.
Urwerk Turbine Watch 2008-04-20 10:04:06 Haven't been inspired by too many watches since those steampunk ones I posted HERE last year. However, Urwerk UR-202 is a piece of class. It has a self-winding kinetic motor, telescopic minute hands, orbiting and revolving hour satellites, and fancy, mechanical turbines that look great, but fuck knows if they actually have any specific purpose![VIA] Read more:Turbine
Fake Street Signs For Sale 2008-04-25 09:23:16 Found this interesting post on Grafik Warfare regarding a certain person who is selling genuine "street-signs" and doctoring them to make them look like they are priceless works of art. According to Grafik Warfare;""This sign for instance I know from the bottom of my road in Brighton, so it’s not from London. also that D*Face stencil was never on there. The whole thing is bullshit."If this is true, then the person who just bought this for £4,000 GBP has been seriously duped and I feel sorry for them. It's unbelievable how far people will go to make a quick buck in this age of streetart/graffiti mania. To make fake stencils of others work is appalling.See more of the fake signage HERE. Read more:Street
Tokyoplastic Koguma X MPH Labs 2008-04-25 08:47:56 Tokyoplastic have done it again at NYCC and made another seriously beautiful toy which will drop very shortly for those lucky enough to get their hands on it. I present to you Koguma. A visual treat. [VIA]
UKAdapta Effect Festival Tees Available 2008-04-25 08:41:28 Just wanted to inform you that UKAdapta have just teamed up with amazing designer George Barron to create some commemorative Tee designs for the upcoming Effect Music Festival
in Kagoshima, Japan. Design ADesign BThis is the back of the Tee.Hi and sorry for the lack of updates. I have just moved house and being in the primitive city they call London, my internet connection won't be up and running for a bit. So posts will be sporadic.
Banksy Art Show At Schoeni Gallery 2008-04-29 05:16:01 ESPV's and UKAdapta's super good friend Nicole Schoeni of the famous Schoeni Gallery
is helping to host the Banksy show in HKG with a few extra days to view the art at her gallery. The Banksy exhibition will be a continuation of the Love Art show, which took place at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from 23-28 April, highlighting Banksy's rare and previously unseen in Hong Kong originals. The showing at Schoeni Art Gallery will then be enhanced by additional unique examples of his work, such as his famous policemen with iconic smiley faces of the acid house music, rats with drills, monkeys carrying written messages and weapons of mass destruction.All artworks exhibited at the Banksy exhibition are secondary market originals and prints.Vernissage: 6:30pm - 8:30pm, 29 April 2008 (Thats tonight, so
McBess 3D and 2D Talent 2008-04-30 04:31:44 His illustrative work may seem to give off a slightly vintage whiff, but I think he puts just enough contemporary elements to make you feel like it's a completely new style. His 3D animation is damn fine and looks 100% professional too making this one of my new fave all-rounded artists from the last couple years. Apparently, he also has some music which will be released in a couple months and I'm really looking forward to that. Visit his entertaining website HERE.The video is definitely worth a watch. A 2 minute visual portfolio of his 3D work...stunning!You can read an interview with him HERE. Read more:Talent
Mike Rea Wooden Constructions 2008-04-30 04:17:44 Mike Rea makes things out of wood. Pretty frikkin awesome things actually. From fish tanks, to space-age war tanks, to Mecha-suits for Stephen Hawking. This guy has a wild imagination and his design realisation skills are second to none.The artist's statement:"The intent of my work is to create something short of its outcome. My goal is to create the idea of an object that remains a dream. The objects I create are based on fictions, rather than realities. I have always been interested in the ephemeral worlds established in film, or even in popular culture. Fictions or established hearsay allow for a flawed interpretation, which leads to a flawed result. The sublime is unattainable, and not an option."[VIA] Read more:Wooden
, Constructions
Master Street Painter Kurt Wenner 2008-05-01 08:17:41 Kurt Wenner has been around longer than Julian Beevers, but wasn't lucky enough to have the viral email element that Beevers had. Some say Wenner was the creator/pioneer of Anamorphic Street
Art (using geometry to create an illusion of depth). His work may seem same-same but he was the first. And there's no denying that he knows how to paint that Italian Master
s style![VIA] Read more:Painter
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