Beautiful, Intricate Cut Paper Artworks by Calvin Nicholls

Beautiful, Intricate Cut Paper Artworks by Calvin Nicholls:
Ontario-based artist Calvin Nicholls, whose work we recently spotted over at My Design Stories, has combined a lifelong interest in wildlife with an equally long love of art to create these gorgeous white-on-white paper sculptures depicting nature scenes and portraits of animals that bristle with depth. It’s amazing to us how real his animals feel, even with the barrier of a computer screen, without any attempt to colorize them. Click through to see a few of our favorites of Nicholls’s work, and then be sure to head on over to his website to see much more.

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

Image credit: Calvin Nicholls

The Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project

The Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project:
Chris Lee and his friends have embarked on a project to build a 1:1 scale model of the Millennium Falcon, complete with a correctly scaled interior.

I own a secluded 88 acre tract of wooded land where we'll be building. We have selected a site on the property that is low enough so that the top of the Falcon can be seen easily from several vantage points. A flat area roughly 400' x 400' is being cleared. And yes, I am aware that it will eventually show up on Google Earth and Google Maps. I'm counting on that.

Tags: Star Wars

The Very Best of Foldable, Functional Furniture Origami

The Very Best of Foldable, Functional Furniture Origami:
It’s no secret that here at Flavorwire, we love ourselves some good, clever design. We’ve looked at everything from innovative furniture that makes the work day more fun to decadent designs for chocolate lovers. Today we’re exploring a new niche design category that addresses one of the inevitable woes of urban living: the unfortunately cramped spaces we call home.
Offering space-saving solutions for those times when our tiny apartment feels like it just can’t hang, and we dream of airy loft living, consider these fundamental furniture pieces that maximize your minimal environs. From folding your own furniture (check out the free downloadable instructions!) to collapsible chairs that double as wall art, put your inner origami enthusiast to work with these fun, fabulous, and functional designs.
FoldSchool by Nicola Enrico Stäubli


Image credit: FoldSchool

Yksi chair by Alexander Brink + Antti Pulli


Image credit: designboom

itBed by it Design


Image credit: fulguro via swiss-architects; it Design

Folding Table by Brainstream


Image credit: Brainstream Design

Falter folding table and stools by dreipunkt4


Image credit: mobilia collection; Blockproject

Fläpp folding chairs by Ambivalenz


Image credit: Ambivalenz

Desile Chair by Christian Desile for Vange

Image credit: Vange via DesignCrave

Flux Chair by Flux


Image credit: The Design Home

Rising Chair by Robert Van Embricqs


Image credit: Robert Van Embricqs

Rising Table by Robert Van Embricqs


Image credit: Robert Van Embricqs

Sculpting by numbers lets you pass for Michaelangelo

Sculpting by numbers lets you pass for Michaelangelo: Watch how a new digital aid can help recreate intricate shapes and rescale models using different materials

Google Field Trip: Explore the Hidden History in Your Own City [App Of The Day]

Google Field Trip: Explore the Hidden History in Your Own City [App Of The Day]:

Between the pizza joint on your corner and the very building you live in, your block could be full of history and you could be completely unaware. Google Field Trip will inform you of all those hidden facts you never knew as you walk the streets. More »