Build A Speaker Workshop

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After bringing his sound installation “Center of Attention” to the recently opened Sonos Studio, Luke Fischbeck continues to enthrall crowds at the LA outpost with a project showing the city’s young creative minds how to make their own speakers out of everyday recyclable materials. Check out the video for tips on how to make your own.

Inked

Yayoi Kusama at The Whitney, LGA's new boutique, Xbox aquariums and more in our weekly look at the web

Chinese born, Japan-based artist Pinpin Co draws intricate and potentially disturbing designs directly on her subject’s skin for a uniquely powerful display. Sketched with a 0.38 ink gel pen, each piece takes on a life and history of its own as Co develops a relationship with each subject. An exhibition of the work runs through 16 July at BankART Studio NYK in Yokohama, Japan.

Xbox 360 Pico-Reef Aquarium

Yayoi Kusama at The Whitney, LGA's new boutique, Xbox aquariums and more in our weekly look at the web

Blue World Aquariums’ newest creation was made by using a gutted Xbox as a frame and rewiring the existing electrical components for lighting. The small aquarium looks like a piece of living art as “live rock”, a type of old coral skeleton that has been overgrown with new organisms, is illuminated inside the Xbox. The Xbox 360 Pico-Reef Aquarium includes an external filtration system and …