DIY Airsoft Machine Gun

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

The deceptively simple construction of this homemade airsoft gun produces an intimidating fire rate from the plastic soda bottle compartment. Certain to create headaches for parents and educators across the country, the design can be realized with $15 and a basic tool kit.

Glowing Man

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

Fashion photographer Jacob Sutton cast Artec pro snowboarder William Hughes in a glowing short film shot on the slopes of the French resort Tignes in the region of Rhone-Alpes. Hughes coasted down the mountain in a customized L.E.D. suit by electronics designer John Spatcher, saying “Filming in the suit was the most surreal thing I’ve done in 20 years of snowboarding.”

Leanne Shapton Studio Visit

Glowing snowboarders, TED Quotes, DIY Airsoft machine guns and more in our look at the web this week

The graphic novelist and Paris Review contributor invites the publication into her light-filled studio north of Manhattan to talk about her brilliantly organic work process.