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In a video by Vox, Joe Posner interviews graphic designer Michael Bierut about what makes a logo great, but Bierut also explains why logos themselves ultimately don’t matter much on their own. Bierut is known for creating logos for Hillary Clinton, Verizon, and the Museum of Sex, among many others.

For their 23rd annual Gingerbread Village event, the Sheraton Seattle hotel culinary staff teamed up with local architecture and construction firms to build a gigantic Star Wars themed gingerbread town in honor of the release of The Force Awakens. The event, hosted by the Sheraton Seattle hotel and the JDRF Northwest Chapter, is currently on […]

An animated visualization by Dr. Stuart Grey shows the increase of space debris between 1957 and 2015 using data from Space-Track.org. Grey shows that as humanity increases its space exploration we are leaving more and more things behind. The video was featured as part of the Royal Institution‘s 2015 Advent Calendar. via The Presurfer

Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister, the beloved bass player and larger than life frontman of the legendary heavy metal band Motörhead, suddenly and sadly passed away on December 28, 2015 from a very aggressive form of cancer that was only recently diagnosed. Lemmy had just turned 70 years old on December 24. Messages of condolence, memories […]

During a live BBC performance in 1971, a smiling 26-year old Neil Young spoke with the audience about a new song that he had written. The song, he explained, was about the caretaker of a ranch he recently purchased from “two lawyers” and was called “Old Man“. This is a new song I wrote about […]

News Be Funny has posted their year-end compilation of some of the best weather news bloopers of 2015.

Every year with the lunar cycle, the red crabs of Christmas Island make their way across land and to the beach. AJ+ explains why this happens and how the residents of the island accommodate the amazing migration. Tens of millions of red crabs live on Christmas Island, a small Australian territory near Indonesia. Each year, […]

The heroes of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow have one chance to save the future in the new trailer for the CW series. Legends of Tomorrow centers on a team of DC superheroes and villains as they travel through time to prevent a catastrophic future. The series premieres on January 21, 2016. image via DC’s Legends of […]

Without a single word being uttered, Earth Touch demonstrates how a teeny tiny pygmy seahorse is able to completely camouflage itself into the coral sea fans where the petite syngnathid will spend the rest of its life. Now you see me, now you don’t! These pygmy seahorses are the masters of disguise. Smaller than a […]

Photographers Emily Dryden and Zahydé Pietri have created “Fresh Faces“, a remarkable photo series in which faces are constructed out of strategically placed produce. The portraits are reminiscent of the 16th century works of Giuseppe Arcimboldo and the series won second place in the Professional: Advertising, Food section of the 2015 International Photography Awards. images […]

Envious of all the attention that a tiny toddler was getting, a playful yellow lab stole the show when she successfully slid across the snow on her belly. This dog is very reminiscent of another yellow lab named Stella who drags her legs across the lawn whenever she wants to stop.

Portland, Oregon based Brian Kidd (aka “The Unipiper“) recently dressed as Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and rode BB-8 while playing the song, “The Final Countdown” by Europe, on his flaming bagpipes in the rain.

GoPro takes a look back at some of the best moments in 2015 that were captured using a GoPro camera.

In a video posted by DJ Mark Zabala, his girlfriend Maggie tries to recap the story of the original Star Wars trilogy after a few glasses of wine and despite the fact that she’s never seen the films. Maggie’s version tells the story of Lucas (played by Richard Gere), as he uses his army of […]

photo by Michael Muller Benedict Cumberbatch brings the magic in Entertainment Weekly‘s first look of him as Marvel‘s superhero and powerful sorcerer, Doctor Strange. The Sherlock star will play Doctor Strange is the upcoming live-action Marvel film of the same name, which is currently scheduled to release in theaters on November 4th, 2016. The entire […]

“Rise and Shine” by filmmaker Robert McIntosh is a stunning aerial tour of Venice, California at taken at the quiet of sunrise before the seaside community wakes up and starts their respective days. McIntosh used a GoPro Hero mounted onto a 250 sized mini-quadcopter in order to get the tight shots just right. Using a […]

Ryan and David of Eclectical Engineering built a custom air cannon and 3D-printed a projectile housing to launch a GoPro HERO4 Session camera across a San Francisco park. For anyone interested in replicating the launch, the Eclictical Engineering duo has posted instructions and a how-to video on their site. via 3D Print, Technabob

HunterNormandy demonstrates 100 different ways the Sole Survivor can die in the video game Fallout 4. Ever thought of all the ridiculous possibilities of ways to die in Fallout? Well I set out on a quest to find 100 ways to meet an unfortunate end in our latest and greatest fallout game. Join me and […]

They Might Be Giants has released “I Love You for Psychological Reasons”, the new music video directed by Paul Sahre, that was created for week 51 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

NASA has released a spectacular Earthrise image composite captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The images used were captured on October 12, 2015 while the LRO was about 83 miles above the Compton crater on the far side of the Moon. image via NASA

With the premiere of the X-Files reboot less than a month away, the cast and crew of the iconic show offer an extended behind-the-scenes view of the upcoming series and how the mythology of the original series continues. Show runner Chris Carter explains much of what is being planned without revealing too much while actors […]

Norwegian musician and home-brewer Espen Westum has put a heavy metal spin on Dudolf’s “Find the Panda” visual search paradigm. Instead of snowmen, however Westum hid a panda in a room full raven-haired, corpse-painted black metal frontmen whose kohl-lined eyes can easily be mistaken as those o a panda. Most people have seen the “find […]

Sesame Street has released a new trailer for its upcoming season on HBO. The new season premieres on January 16, 2016 with episodes that will debut on HBO nine months before they are freely available on Sesame Street‘s longtime home at PBS.

Animal photographer Christian Vieler who is based out of Waltrop, Germany, has captured the confused elation of dogs as their muzzles flapped, their eyes focused and their mouths opened in eager anticipation of an incoming treat. In an interview with Design You Trust, Vieler explained his technique. Every shoot I am looking for that specific […]

Four-time international whistling champion Christopher Ullman demonstrated his winning techniques for the cameras of National Geographic. Ullman also offered up handy advice such as drinking ice water, not kissing before a performance and the copious use of Chapstick in order to create the clearest sound possible. Four-time national and international whistling champion Christopher Ullman believes […]

Tom BetGeorge decorated his Tracy, California home with approximately 70,000 LED lights for Christmas and synced them all to iconic songs from the original and the prequel Star Wars trilogies. We previously wrote about Tom’s elaborate Star Wars Christmas light show from 2014. I sequenced the show using LOR, mixed the music/sound effects with Digital […]

The ArcaBoard by ArcaSpace is a $20,000 hoverboard powered by 36 electric fans that put out 272 horsepower. The vehicle can hover up to one foot over land, water, rough terrain, and snow at a top speed of 12.5mph for six minutes. ArcaSpace is taking preorders now and will begin shipping on April 15, 2016. […]

In the short film “The Christmas Light Killer“, director James Gannon of Pocket Storms Productions profiles city worker James D. Cochran whose job it is to turn off the plethora of lights used in a suburban Philadelphia holiday show on a daily basis. While performing his duties, Cochran offered his rather forthright opinion about the […]

Star Wars fan Marshal Banana spent the last year building an amazingly detailed version of the Millennium Falcon from The Force Awakens out of approximately 7,500 LEGO bricks. Marshal’s entire collection of LEGO Millennium Falcon photos are available to view on Flickr. It took me a whole year to accomplish this build (including planning and […]

Engineer Simone Giertz has created a fake television commercial for her nightmarish chopping machine. Giertz demonstrates how the two motorized and spring-loaded knives make short work of a variety of vegetables while making a series of lightly veiled threats.

CrazyRussianHacker shows the power of bleach by mixing it into Coca-Cola, which ends up turning it clear.

The RocketJump offices fall into chaos when Jimmy Wong tries to give out the terrible new Wi-Fi password.

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Kenneth Carnes recently captured awesome footage of an adorable little girl getting super excited while watching the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. via reddit

Alex Lewis, Chris Reinacher, and Eugene Lee Yang of the BuzzFeed Motion Picture team has created a new video where the trio take on the upcoming New Year with a look back at 16 of the weirdest misheard song lyrics from 2015. images via BuzzFeed

On December 24, beautiful rare underwater footage was captured of a stray giant squid who was swimming near boat moorings in the shallow waters of Toyama Bay in Honshu, Japan. The elusive cephalopod has been incredibly difficult to capture on film due to its deep sea habitat and highly reclusive nature. It is thought, however […]

As promised for Christmas day, 20th Century Fox has released a new action-packed, age-restricted “red band” trailer for the upcoming Marvel film Deadpool, which hits theaters on Feburary 12, 2016. Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected […]

Tito4re takes a look at what happens when molten copper is poured on top of a Christmas snow globe.

In celebration of Christmas, Green Day has released the Christmas themed single “Xmas Time Of The Year”, their first new song in three years. Happy Holidays from Green Day! Listen to a brand new song now!https://t.co/18LhdGRhRr — Green Day (@GreenDay) December 24, 2015

CommitStrip takes a look at one of the added bonuses of going home for the holidays. In my case I often end up working on improving the security of their home network and suggesting that they use a stronger password, but it is nice when you go back and everything just works (because you set […]

LCD Soundsystem surprised everyone this Christmas Eve by releasing the new single “Christmas Will Break Your Heart”, their first new song in five years. The band broke up in 2011, but are rumored to be getting back together in 2016 for a reunion tour. LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy released the song with the following […]

A smart little calico named Mine certainly knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. In this case, the clever kitty used her protective collar to gather up water that she was able to easily lap up, efficiently quenching her thirst in no time. According to her human, Mine “had surgery and […]

The Fine Brothers partnered up with the Brooklyn based comedy group POYKPAC to create “Movie Title Drug Deal”, a clever video that features a drug deal being conducted through the titles of 160 films throughout the transaction. In this episode, 160 movie titles bring the video to life, again, no other words are said in […]

Sony Pictures has released the international trailer for I Saw the Light the upcoming Hank Williams biography that stars Tom Hiddleston as the country star and Elizabeth Olsen as his wife. The film is based on “Hank Williams: The Biography” by music journalist Colin Escott and was adapted for film by Marc Abraham. Writer-director Marc […]

Filmmaking twins Aaron Keeling and Austin Keeling along with the rest of their family have created an amazingly detailed Overlook Hotel out of gingerbread into which they painstakingly recreated a number of key scenes from the classic horror film The Shining. Made entirely out of gingerbread, icing, fondant, candy, and Rice Krispie Treats! images by […]

In her new series “Conceptual 2015“, artist Juana Gómez breathed new life into black-and-white photos by embroidering correct anatomy atop – the pulmonary system over the chest, the veins running through the hand, the muscles onto the face and the brain within the head. Gómez stated on her site that she wanted to focus on […]

MinuteEarth gives a quick explanation for what is and what is not a pine tree by pointing out distinction in other types of similar trees like firs and spruces, all of which fall under the Pinaceae family.

Science Channel show “How It’s Made” takes a facinating look at how traditional Christmas nutcrackers are made, from carving the torso out of blocks of linden wood to hand painting the face. via Sploid

AJ+ offers a quick animated lesson about the Pagan roots of time-honored Christmas traditions such as decorating the tree (from Latvia and Northern Europe), Santa Claus (Odin), La Befana, 8 flying reindeer (Sleipnir, Odin’s 8-legged horse) and even the date of Christmas (Sol Invictus, Balder, Mithras). Whether you’re putting up the tree or decking the […]

Tito4re is a YouTube channel dedicated to pouring molten copper over various objects to see how they react, usually by melting or catching fire. The copper, which melts at 1984.32 °F, is poured on a wide variety of items and materials like popcorn, a coconut, orange jello, and salt. via reddit

Comedian, writer and filmmaker Owen Weber has created “How The Troll Stole YouTube“, a hilarious parody of the classic Dr. Suess tale “How the Grinch Stole Christmas“. The video, which was animated by Dave Jablonski, calls out anonymous negative commenters for who they really are. Every Tube down in Tubeville liked YouTube a lot But […]