The History of the Ouija Board

Recalling the ghosts of Ouija, OK Go's drone dance, 3D-printed tattoos and more in our look at the web this week

In his latest weekly podcast on design, Roman Mars tackles the spooky, eccentric history of the much loved, and often feared, Ouija Board. And while the game itself isn’t as old as some may think, the iconography does date back to the 1800s and three sisters claiming to be mediums by way of talking boards. After the Civil War, many folks sought out their dead …

Pop Culture on Coins

Recalling the ghosts of Ouija, OK Go's drone dance, 3D-printed tattoos and more in our look at the web this week

In his project “Tales You Lose,” artist Andre Levy takes the presidents, queens and other political leaders typically found on coins and transforms them into pop culture icons, with just a little bit of paint. Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man on the Italian euro becomes a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle; a head on a Chinese coin becomes René Magritte’s green apple-covered “The Son of Man.” Levy …

3D Printer Tattooing Machine

Recalling the ghosts of Ouija, OK Go's drone dance, 3D-printed tattoos and more in our look at the web this week

Combining a 3D printer with a tattoo needle, Parisian design studio Appropriate Audiences has created possibly the first tattoo printer that works on human skin (RCA grad Jess Fügler presented an automated leather tattoo machine at LDF this year). With the ability to insert ink by puncturing skin at up to 150 times per second, and adjust to a varied surface, the machine is actually …