Cool Hunting Video: Reverend Gadget’s Art Car

Electric innovation at Burning Man 2013 with a solar-powered art car

Among the dust in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, we spent six days braving the mayhem of the 2013 Burning Man Festival. There were plenty of interesting and strange characters roaming the playa, but one of our favorites was Reverend Gadget. He gave us a tour of his wacky, solar-powered electric art car which—in the vein of the entire festival—combines art, design, technology and …

Cerebella Design

Patterns found in nature under the lab microscope, turned into artistic accessories

If you’ve ever peered into a microscope, it’s likely that you’ve been wowed by the microscopic world of colors and texture; the patterns of nature caught under a lens. That was certainly the case for Ariele Faber, founder of Cerebella Design, a Vermont-based company that brings the visual wonders of biology to textiles. With the aim to provide an outlet for endless curiosity, while also …

Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space

Professor Astro Cat is the illustrated star of a beautiful book aimed at space-interested youngsters. Created by quantum physicist Dr Dominic Walliman and award-winning illustrator Ben Newman—and published by Nobrow’s children’s book imprint, London-based Flying Eye Books—the tale looks to divulge all that is known about the sun, our planet, the solar system, our galaxy and the universe, by fusing facts and theories with charming …