The Berlin-based design studio eBoy have collaborated with Freeasy for one of their most popular items: a beanbag chair. The large beanbag takes eBoy’s iconic art and digitally prints it on the faux leather bag. Much like with their Amnesty Poster and iPhone app, eBoy creates highly detailed pixelated landscapes, this time London, for the piece. The […]
The release of the original ‘Space Invaders’ arcade game caused a shortage of Yen when it was first released in Japan 1978. Switzerland-based watch designer Romain Jerome was an active participant in that epic arcade frenzy, and his latest innovation is this limited edition blue version of his previous ‘Space Invaders watch which we’ve previously […]
People can’t seem to get over seminal arcade game Space Invaders invading all forms of their design. Its simple, pixelated genius has so sunk so deep in our cultural consciousness that you can find that 2-bit celestial aggressor on everything from Silver Pendents to Multi-Tool Keychains to Limited Edition Watches to of course street artist […]
If you’ve ever wanted to look an Nintendo superhero while you sleep, then Designboom’s got you all straight. For $24 you can pick up their Pixelated Sleeping Masks for long flights or daytime naps at your cubicle. While you’re at it, purchase a pair of those 6 dpi Pixelated Sunglasses and you can look Super […]
The Rotterdam-based artist Florentijn Hofman has created this giant flip-flop sculpture of a fat and colorful monkey, lazily fallen flat on its backside. Constructed with the help of local students in São Paulo, where the “Fat Monkey” project was created, Hofman selected Brazil’s very own infamous flip-flop icon as the material of choice to construct […]
An awesomely gory video by the peerless Flying Lotus that illustrates the dangers of robot parades, and what can go tragically wrong with one flick of the switch. Directed by Beeple, peep it below… Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers from Warp Records on Vimeo.
Austin-based artist Shawn Springs makes wooden sculptures crafted to look as if they were pixelated 8bit creatures manifested into our meat and bones world. Although his pieces normally range from leaping mahi mahi to flaming hats, it’s his latest project, Vicious Venue, that’s taken his craft to the next level. As Springs explains: “My recent […]
The pixel design trend has come up with some great halloween costumes, but could it be moving towards the mainstream? I doubt it, to be honest, but Parisian designer Dzmitry Samal may think differently. His 6 dpi Eyewear collection has a strangely retro future look, embracing technology long gone but yet looking like something teleported […]