Macro Snowflakes by Andrey Osokin

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As winter came super fast and while splashing our way through piles of snow, we hardly ever consider how unique its components actually are. Thanks to Andrey Osokin’s macro photography we can take a glimpse at the miniscule snowflakes from up close. The Moscow-based photographer demonstrates incredible patience that has to be a prerequisite in order to capture such stunning shots of the objects, which might melt shortly after touching the ground.

Feline Zegers illustration

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Feline Zegers is an artist with a love for illustration and photography. "My work plays with the combination of good and evil, beauty and degeneration. I’m often dealing with relationships between people and their environments. My work offers alternate views of reality. The value of storytelling and it’s ability to connect us to each other through our cultural, humanistic and emotional similarities is very present in my work. The figures displayed take on different roles, although the role itself is sometimes vague, flickering between seducer and victim, preacher and sinner, woman and child. Riddles which may, or may not, have a solution."

The Outer Child by Cristian Girotto

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Without bothering Jung and its "Puer aeternus" or Pascoli with its "Little Boy", we can certainly agree that, somewhere inside each of us, there's a young core, instinctive, creative but also innocent and naïve. Check the personal project of Cristian Girotto "L' Enfant Extérieur" (The Outer Child) where he did an impressive retouch on Quentin Curtat's photography.

1 Second Everyday App by Cesar Kuriyama

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I think we posted the video made by Cesar Kuriyama "1 Second Everyday" when he started to record a second of each day of his life. They say if you have a doze of persistence and an idea anything can be done. That what happened with Cesar Kuriyama after he published the video. So the next full year he was busy between speaking at TED Conferences and finding a proper developing team for his application. Now he is looking for the audience support at Kickstarter and ready to deliver the app in December.

1 Second Everyday Original Video: http://vimeo.com/37792362

Application: http://vimeo.com/53827400

Read more about the project on Kickstarter

Nebula 12 - Indoor Weather Center

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As it stated in subject Nebula 12 is an indoor lighting appliance that brings outside weather into our homes. Designed by Micasa LAB in Zurich, the revolutionary weather station predicts and recreates the weather for the next 48 hours. By using LEDs, liquid nitrogen and wireless technology, Nebula 12 is able to change its aspect from a warm yellow sun to a real cloud on gloomy days. The user can adjust its settings and designate the preferred meteorological data provider.

http://vimeo.com/54555114

Pinball art by Sam van Doorn

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STYN is the graduation project of Dutch designer Sam van Doorn. It is an interactive pinball table that generates drawings with the help of a players. A poster is placed on top of the machine, which has a grid printed on it. Based on this grid you can structure your playing field to your desire. By playing the machine the balls create an unpredictable pattern, dependent on the interaction between the user and the machine.

Floppy Table by Neulant van Exel

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There was a time I bought a copy of "Jurassic Park" PC game on 3 branded floppies, and it is still a time we have "Save" function in all computer systems replaced by the iconic methaphor of a floppy disk. The triumph of the icon continues and take strange forms from post-its to coffee tables. Berlin-based design duo Neulant van Exel have the broad portfolio you might expect from a collaboration between an architect and sculptor, and their latest project, "Floppy Table" is a surefire hit.