Just Another Night as a Locksmith

The Girl Became a Woman

 Natalie Portman

Scarlett Johansson

Mila Kunis

Christina Ricci

Jennifer Connelly

 Evan Rachel Wood

Jodie Foster

Angelina Jolie

Kirsten Dunst

Reese Witherspoon

Drew Barrymore

100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco

 Artist Scott Weaver begun work on this insanely complex kinetic sculpture, Rolling through the Bay 35 years ago and continues to modify and expand even today. The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple “tours” that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco, all recreated with a little glue, some toothpicks, and an incredible amount of ingenuity. He admits in the video that there are several toothpick sculptures even larger than his, but none has the unique kinetic components he’s constructed. Via his website Weaver estimates he’s spent over 3,000 hours on the project, and the toothpicks have been sourced from around the world:

I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding.

Scott Weaver's Rolling through the Bay

Last Resort: Floating Green Home Sets Sail w/ Solar Panel Power System

One of the biggest problems of truly living on the water is, of course, power: where do you plug in your floating home when you are off on an adventure, or simply spending some time a little ways out from the shore? Solar power is an obvious solution to living off the grid and on the ocean, but this design is stunning even aside from its sustainable off-the-grid energy strategies.


This award-winning design from RAFAA Architecture & Design has not only already won awards but – unlike so many similar visionary concept designs – is also scheduled for actual mass-production, so you should be able to buy (or at least rent) one in the next few years. Its shape is both seductive but also sensible – a creative blend of boating curves and house-like walls, livable layouts and functional floor plans.
The title has a bit of a wordplay mystery: called the  ”Last Resort”, this floating house is perhaps a safer way to escape the end of the world than a land-locked bomb shelter would be, though, and certainly more stylish setting from which to watch the planet implode.

creative architecture !

This house is just fantastic. you won't feel that its just 43 sqm. Well done Mr. designer!!