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The Nippon Foundation put out a call to 16 famous Japanese architects to renovate 17 public bathrooms for The Tokyo Toilet project. Each architect re-designed the space to be safer, non-gender specific in order to recognize and embrace diversity. They were also tasked with dispelling the common perception that public...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Colorful Public Restrooms in Tokyo With Transparent Glass Walls That Become Opaque When Locked first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The traditional Japanese textile art of “tsumekaki hon tsuzure ori” is a precise handwoven brocade weave that goes back many centuries and is unique to the Shiga prefecture of Japan. This ancient art form requires workers to specifically file their nails in a particular way so as to use them...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Traditional Japanese Textile Art That Requires Specially Filed Fingernails to Properly Line Up Threads first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Adrian Smith of Ant Lab, who is also a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, posted a fascinating ultra slow motion video that captured the surprising, ethereal beauty of unusual insects as they spread their wings and took flight. Each insect was filmed at an incredible rate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Surprising Ethereal Beauty of Insects Spreading Their Wings to Take Flight In Ultra Slow Motion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco artist, art director and prankster Pablo Rochat, who previously tacked up a hanging tag flyer that asked pigeons if they were “Tired of Being a Bird?”, decided to give the streetwise Columbiformes something to live for. Similar to his Airpod prank, Rochat stuck tiny saxophone stickers on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post San Francisco Prankster Hilariously Places Saxophone Stickers on the Ground For Pigeons to Play first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Rob Sheridan, a talented artist, photographer, former creative director for Nine Inch Nails and friend of Laughing Squid, and his wife Stephanie have created a wonderful line of protective face masks that feature the very recognizable lower face of some very infamous monsters. Our growing collection of horror-inspired designs are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Creepy Movie Monster Face Masks by Rob Sheridan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dominic of ViralVideoLab (previously) explained how to make a piece of penne pasta spin in endless circles over a flat heating element like a hot plate. The magic behind this cool looking trick has to do with heat flow and explansion. The principle behind this experiment is simple: the heat...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make Penne Pasta Spin in Endless Circles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a short visual fan-based riff on the Bongo Cat Meme, Alex Pogorelov created a 3D animated version of the musical feline who blasts into space with his “Bongo 909” synthesizer in order to bring the joy of music to all beings throughout the galaxy. A short music fan-video based...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Animated Bongo Cat Blasts Into Space to Bring Music to All Beings Throughout the Galaxy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate moving into his new workshop, metal fabricator Paul Pinto of Fairfield Steel Works decided to build the world’s longest skateboard. The board measures an incredible 25 feet and can hold several riders at once. In this video I make and ride the worlds longest skateboard in my metal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Builds an Incredible 25 Foot Long Skateboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very clever little miniature Australian shepherd named Tesla sat on a blanket that looks like a giant tortilla and listened intently as her human said “Tesla, burrito”. Tesla immediately responded by rolling up into the blanket like filling for a burrito. Tesla! Burrito! Best blanket EVER for this trick....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dog Rolls Up Like a Burrito Using a Tortilla Blanket first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Rudy Willingham, an artist, advertising creative, and music producer, very cleverly places stickers of Disney, Pixar, The Simpsons and other pop culture characters in some very strategic spots around his Seattle neighborhood. Willingham stated that he enjoys doing this because he wants to make his neighbors smile. I leave stickers...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Cleverly Places Pop Culture Character Stickers in Strategic Spots Around His Seattle Neighborhood first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Irish artist and children’s book illustrator Chris Judge amusingly turns clouds over Dublin and Galway into adorable little animals with quick outline doodles, thus giving a nostalgic nod those times many of us have seen recognizable objects in the skies. This ability is known as pareidolia (previously), a common type...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Illustrator Turns Clouds Into Doodles of Animals first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The ever effervescent Jack Black quite hilariously took a big pair of black-handled scissors and began lopping off large pieces of his bushy beard while staring straight into the camera. He also released his hair from a ponytail holder did much of the same. Black then put the scissors down...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jack Black Cuts Off His Long Hair and Big Bushy Beard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Shirley created a map of the worst attraction in every state according to his Instagram followers. Related PostsHilarious Illustrations That Generalize the Typical Layout of Cities Across Europe and the United StatesHow the Original 1831 London Bridge Crossed the Atlantic to Become a Lake Havasu, Arizona AttractionHigh School Student...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Worst Attraction in Every State first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the surreal film short “Fork” by Fabrice Le Nezet of Optical Arts, a lone museum attendee finds herself confronted by seemingly infinitely reproducing objects as she regards a fork exhibit. The objects surround her as they take on lives of their own. The woman remains completely unbothered by the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Woman Is Confronted by Quickly Reproducing Random Objects While Looking at Museum Fork Exhibit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1996 I shot footage of the legendary San Francisco Cacophony Society “Breakers to Bay” event, where people wearing salmon outfits run in the opposite direction during the annual Bay to Breakers race through San Francisco. The salmon enter at the midpoint of the course and then spawn their way...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Salmon Spawn Upstream During the San Francisco Cacophony Society ‘Breakers to Bay’ Event in 1996 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Kal Spelletich, a San Francisco robotics artist and longtime friend of Laughing Squid has created “The Burnell Galactic Positioning System” an incredible robotic installation that uses lasers and spinning double-sided mirrors to create sound. A laser beam is pointed at a two-sided spinning variable speed concave mirror. Each side of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Burnell Galactic Positioning System, A Robotic Laser and Spinning Mirror System That Creates Sound first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Loup Barrow performed a gorgeously haunting acoustic cover of the Hans Zimmer composed theme from the film Interstellar on a Cristal Baschet. This curious instrument, which was created in 1952 by French brothers François and Bernard Baschet, uses metal and glass rods, heavy plates, and springs to create multi-timbre...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gorgeous Cover of ‘Interstellar’ on a Cristal Baschet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yiying Lu, the very cleverly self-described “Artrepreneur”, talented designer behind the famous piece “Lifting A Dreamer” aka “Twitter Fail Whale”, and very good friend of Laughing Squid, has created a series of wonderful illustrations of endangered animals, including an orangutan, a wolf, an elephant, a lion and a clouded leopard....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful Illustrations of Endangered Animals for a Children’s Book About a ‘Very Hungry Red Panda’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aldekas Studio in Mexico created “Bugkart Wasowski”, an artistic rendering of an absolutely beautiful mini kart made out of a recycled fender from vintage Type 1 Volkswagen Beetle. The kart was finished in a beautiful olive green paint that not only gives it a retro feel but contrasts beautifully with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Rendering of an Olive Green Mini Kart Made From the Fender of a Vintage Volkswagen Beetle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Stoxart very cleverly uses the data from individual company stock charts and turns them into minimalist modern landscapes. These innovative visualizations offer a sense of serenity to otherwise volatile, anxiety-inducing financial information. The stock market never looked so beautiful. via Digg Related PostsA Look Inside the National Audio Company,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Turns Stock Market Charts Into Landscapes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A ridiculously cute litter of ten tiny golden retriever puppies in Redlands, California sat absolutely transfixed as Dalton the Storytelling Dragon sat at the front of the room and read to them the classic story of “Jack and The Beanstalk”. Four week old Golden Retriever puppies from my litter experiencing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ten Golden Retriever Puppies Sit Adorably Transfixed by a Purple Dragon Reading to Them at Storytime first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Employees at Eaglehawk Innes, a cattle breeder in Kings Plains Valley, NSW, Australia quite humorously strapped miniature cowboy dolls onto the backs of a couple of bull herding cattle dogs as they were working hard in the pasture. We strapped some cowboys to our cattle dogs while they were herding...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Couple of Matching Miniature Cowboys Ride Out to Pasture on the Backs of Bull Herding Cattle Dogs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inventor Katsumoto Yuichiro has created two different shape-shifting kinetic robots that move rather humorously. One is a cube that constantly folds into itself, using telescoping arms to turn itself inside out. The other is a triangle that rather vigorously turns itself upside down and onto its head. My new bot....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Shape-Shifting Kinetic Robots That Repeatedly Turn Themselves Inside Out and Upside Down first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canadian-Afghan artist Bashir Sultani, who makes clever images out of perfectly arranged pencils, also creates incredible portraits out of different colors of ordinary table salt. Sultani shares how he makes these in well-produced timelapse video. Real Time – 40 Min. • I Reuse The Same Salt All The Time •...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Incredibly Detailed Portraits Made Out of Table Salt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The rather forthright Captain Disillusion (previously) explains how the human eye processes light wavelengths from the electromagnetic spectrum and converts them into what we know as color. The Captain further explains that the part of the spectrum we view is very, very small and that color does not exist outside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Human Eye Converts Light Waves to Color first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Indian artist Dr. Bks Varma creates wonderful India ink drawings using string instead of a paintbrush or pen. Varma’s works are incredibly detailed, wonderfully spiritual in theme, and evidently can be done in no time at all. painting Sri Krishna with just thread and Indian ink, in 4 minutes!! via...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful India Ink Portraits Drawn With String first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the Yoann Bourgeois performance entitled “Celui Qui tombe”, performers dressed in casual clothing appear to have just found themselves upon a giant rotating platform that keeps threatening to throw them off balance. While each person appears to independently attempt to stand upright against the grain of the spin, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dancers Attempt to Stand Upright on a Giant Rotating Platform in a Marvelously Choreographed Performance first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British artist Sandy Gardner, who creates absolutely gorgeous cotton scarves that feature the colorful wingspans of birds, was invited by the Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire, England to create a bespoke piece for them. After studying the local avian population, Gardner decided upon the Bewick’s swan, a small holarctic bird,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gorgeous Digitally Printed Cotton Scarf That Features The Stunning Wingspan of Endangered Bewick’s Swans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While stuck at home during the lockdown in Barcelona, Spain, the very talented Johnny Wilson of Eclectic Method (previously) had the opportunity to play around with some new animation tools. After a bit, he decided to build a band with a CGI lion on bass, a panda on drums, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Hoo Hoo Trio, A Jazz Group Featuring a CGI Lion, Panda and Owl Performing at an Animated Jazz Club first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the three-part BBC Four series Stewart Copeland’s Adventures In Music, the former drummer of The Police travels around the world to meet with fellow musicians, producers, composers, and other musical expert to find out exactly how music works to transcend all sorts of barriers and to bring people together....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stewart Copeland of The Police Travels the World to Learn How Music Works to Bring People Together first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1991, the incredibly talented performer Brent Spiner recorded Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back, an album of popular songs from the 1930s and 1940s. The album title paid clever homage to both the Frank Sinatra album Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back and to Lieutenant Commander Data, the android character he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back, An Album of Crooning Oldies by Brent Spiner of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the Apollo lunar landers, boatbuilder Kurt Hughes of Multihull Designs decided to design one for himself as a tiny home that he built in the backyard of his Seattle home. Using boat design tactics, Hughes made his new vacation home ultra-light and extremely portable. The 250 square foot,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Apollo Lunar Lander Tiny Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jill Bearup, a maker of “nerdy video essays”, quite hilariously offered sage advice in choosing the perfect dress that will most conveniently and discreetly hide a sword. She advises staying away from dresses that are too short, too tight, or too provincial. Anything too short is going to require some...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Choose the Perfect Dress for Hiding a Sword first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In response to a viewer’s question, Erin Lundy, a mammologist at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, asked Cain, a resident sea lion to roar at the top of his lungs. Cain obliged with a big bark. Another mammologist then asked sea lion Parker to give his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Loudly Vocal Sea Lions at the Aquarium of the Pacific Engage In a Hilarious Barking Contest first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly powerful National Geographic short film “Akashinga: The Brave Ones” takes a detailed look at the Akashinga (Nature Protected by Women) arm of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation in Zimbabwe, an all-female troupe of brave warriors whose mission is to protect the critically endangered animals of Africa. The group was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Akashinga, Brave All-Female Warriors Who Fiercely Protect Endangered Animals From Poachers in Africa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a very clever commercial for the New Zealand broadband service Chorus, a man named Carl experiences glitches, slowdowns, buffering, spinning beach balls and other technical difficulties throughout his day. Luckily, Carl has a number of friends who know when to call in for help. Is glitch-face, the spinny wheel,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post What Glitches and Buffering Might Look Like in Real Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canine Instagram star A Golden Named Kevin visited the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida, where he met beautiful a rescued dolphin named Winter. The two became the best of buddies in no time at all. Anything is paw-sible including a golden retriever and a rescued dolphin becoming friends! Kevin made...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Golden Retriever Becomes Best Buddies With a Rescued Dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Eddy Torigoe Pellot quite hilariously and brilliantly digitally inserted the distinctive face of the great Bill Murray into several very famous and historical paintings by such historical luminaries as Vincent Van Gogh, Grant Wood, Gilbert Stuart, Frida Kahlo, Rembrandt, and Jacques-Louis David. Pellot told Digg that he was inspired...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Adds Bill Murray’s Face to Famous Paintings first appeared on Laughing Squid.

GAMAGO has created “Pizza Bandages”, adhesive strips in the shape of a yummy slice of pepperoni pizza. While the bandages don’t smell like pizza, it’s still a mouth-watering way to cover up boo-boos. If pizza isn’t appealing, however, Gamago also has bandages in the shape of Bob Ross, zombies, sloths,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Slice of Pizza Bandages first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vancouver makeup artist Mimi Choi (previously) creates amazing optical illusions using the tools of her trade. Choi, who in 2017, turned her face into a hamburger and pizza and her hand into a hot dog, has extended this culinary theme to include other parts of her body – namely her...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Makeup Artist Transforms Her Body Into Various Foods first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A viscid episode of KQED Deep Look takes a look at the old saying “like water off a duck’s back” and proceeds to explain exactly the physiological reasons why this adage is quite literally accurate. They go over the difference between down and feathers, how their feathers make ducks, geese,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Reason Why Water Rolls Off a Duck’s Back first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swedish artist and craftsman Love Hulten (previously) has created a beautiful tribute to musician Martin Molin and Wintergatan with MMXS, a miniature version of Molin’s incredible Marble Machine X. The difference between the two, other than size, is that Hulten’s miniature version runs on a motor to drive the gears...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Miniature Marble Music Machine Made In Tribute to the Original Hand-Cranked Version by Wintergatan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British photographer Craig Gibson traveled to Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia to attend Mulletfest, an annual event that celebrates the once chic hairstyle “that’s all about business at the front, party at the back”. While at the fest, Gibson captured incredible shots of the participants and their elaborate coiffures. From these...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Photos From the Australian Mulletfest 2020 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The incredibly imaginative group known as AnonyMouse, who previously fashioned an incredibly detailed, wonderfully mouse-sized version of an Italian café called “Il Topolino” (Mickey Mouse), determined that the mice of Sweden required food for their little ears as well as their little tummies. So they constructed “Ricotta Records” a tiny,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post AnonyMouse Artists Create an Incredibly Detailed Tiny Record Shop With Music for Mice in Lund, Sweden first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After a long day of playing in the forest while their juvenile counterparts were at Orangutan Jungle School, an active congress of orphaned baby orangutans at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in Indonesia adorably piled themselves into wheelbarrows in order to catch a ride back to the nursery where they’d...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rescued Baby Orangutans Pile Into Wheelbarrows to Catch a Ride Back Home to the Nursery first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Seb Skelly (previously) and the members of the Stretchy Legs Big Band performed a beautiful cover of the song Skyfall that also contained every other James Bond theme. Skelly, who composed the arrangement, showed up at the end to explain that there were at 25 other themes to count,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Virtual Performance of Almost Every James Bond Theme Inside a Beautifully Arranged Cover of ‘Skyfall’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Right after the great Brent Spiner (Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation) concluded a slightly awkward Zoom interview about his roles in Picard and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels with Kristen of “Fan News”, he literally broke out into song. Spiner crooned and crowed about how he’s finally...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brent Spiner Breaks Out Into Song About His Recent Acting Success After a Reassuring Online Interview first appeared on Laughing Squid.

At some point one summer, Brian Stanley decided to cut a hole in the fence surrounding his house so that his dogs Burger and Ripley would be able to see outside. More recently, Stanley had some time on his hands due to the shutdown, so he and his son began...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Father and Son Paint Art and Pop Culture Images Around the Fence Cutout Where Their Dogs Peek Out first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online retailer Brave New Look is selling a wonderful protective, reusable face mask covered in colorful octopus tentacles. The mask itself is made of soft breathable cotton and has a pocket on the inside to insert a PM 2.5 filter. The 2.5 refers to the 2.5 micron measurement (and smaller)...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Face Mask Covered in Colorful Octopus Tentacles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Black & White & Weird All Over is an upcoming hardcover book by 1984 Publishing about ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic featuring previously unreleased photos taken by Yankovic’s longtime drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz. Since the two met in 1980, Schwartz has taken more than 20,000 behind the scenes, black and white images...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Black & White & Weird All Over’, A Hardcover Book of Lost ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Photos From 1983 to 1986 first appeared on Laughing Squid.