Good tidings and strange findings, it’s an internet depths edition of Friday Props. We’ve got another round of things that only exist because of the internet, starting with this list of airport’s baggage carousels, and the directions they turn in. Found via the Dull Men’s Club website, which sports taglines such as “wherever you go, there you are” the list is exactly what you’d expect it to be, but here’s the link nonetheless. We’ll follow up with a project from French telecom company Orange that lets you virtually age yourself 20 years, and interact with the result. The project is Read More >>

It’s Friday once more, and despite the festivities, we managed to steal some time to find a couple of props-worthy gems. We’ll open with this unique music video for Wilkinson's “Afterglow”. Director Remy Cayuela has picked up multiple awards for the video, including first prize in the Young Directors Award at the Cannes Festival this year and a nomination for ‘Best dance video’ award at the UK Music Video Awards. The video breaks down a romantic relationship into statistics to create an interesting profile of two people through numbers. Watch it below, but be warned it does contain some NSFW Read More >>

Props this week are short on words, but rich in visual and audible intrigue. We’ve scoured the internet for some of the most props-worthy, music heavy videos we could find. We’ll kick off with a beatbox breakfast sequence by Finnish artist Felix Zengar. Felix’s work heavily on looped audio tracks to deliver some sweet beats. You can find more of his work via his website, and if you find Zengar’s work compelling check out similar artist Beardyman. His Ted talk, “The Polyphonic Me”, is especially interesting and shows how modern musicians can overcome the restrictions of the human voice.  Moving on from Read More >>

It’s clear that the internet is an invaluable tool in modern society, and it’s chock full of interesting, useful, items, all just a click away. Last weeks props came at you with a collection of useful tools from around the web. That being said, today's props go out to some of the most useless websites we could find. Those that dare to embrace the freedom of the internet to do nothing of particular use. We’ll open with a throwback to an internet sensation circa 2006, Loituma Girl. Also known as the leek spinner, this clip is a prime example of some of Read More >>

Todays props go out to some of the incredibly useful tools of the internet. From planning your next vacation to figuring out what to watch on Netflix, there’s a plethora of projects on the web that help make your life easier. First up is Adioso, a great flight comparison tool for those who want to travel, but don’t have specific dates or destinations. Adioso allows the use of natural language in its search tools. For example, you could search for a flight from Boston to Northern Europe for about a month, and you’ll be given a variety of destinations, dates, Read More >>

Props broke its stride last week, but we’re stepping back up to the plate with a plethora of props worthy findings. This weeks props celebrate patterns! Patterns have garnered human attention for some time; for their ability to add intrigue, organize, or even visually obscure objects. First up is a project by Claudio Guglieri and Tim Holman. http://thepatternlibrary.com is a library of gorgeous, repeatable,  patterns, free to download, use, and share. The project is open for submissions as well so hopefully, given time, it will become an extensive resource. Second up this week are some artists using pattern extensively in their Read More >>

Friday Props 85- Scale Today’s Friday! But what does Friday mean, aside from Friday Props? Friday is a day in a week, in a month, in a year, in a decade, etc. But Friday only has meaning if it has context. Todays Props go out to those who have wondered about, and visualized various scales. From time, to size, to bytes, data has been given context through visual interpretation and, spoiler alert, it’s cool stuff.   Here Is Today is an interactive, visual representation of time created by freelance designer/ illustrator Luke Twyman.  The visualization features a diagram of today Read More >>

Friday has rolled around once again, and with it comes a whole new round of Friday Props. This weeks props delve into the world of culinary.  Starting off is a series of pancake based projects by collected over at Saipancakes. The most recent project features the creation pancakes more reminiscent of spirograph art than breakfast food. The “spirocakes” are created with a custom built “pangraph” device. (plans to build your own can be found here) The site also features pancake portraits, a pancake pendulum, and various other flapjack inspired creations. Kickstarter Project  Food Truck Revolution also caught our attention this week. The Read More >>

Friday Props is back for another week of cool stuff. This week we’re keeping things simple; starting off with a project by freelance Designer and Art Director Jack Hughes. “The Colour Clock” displays colors by hex value corresponding to time. The Project operates in the web browser but has also been offered as a desktop screensaver and has a live background for android devices, Check out the project over at thecolourclock.co.uk Second up in this weeks round of props is an ongoing project by Mike Joyce, graphic designer, and owner of stereotype design in New York City. The project “swissted” is Read More >>

Friday Props are back with a vengeance. A flashy, neon colored vengeance. Kicking things off this round of friday props is Toronto based indie game design studio Astroid Base. They’re currently working on Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, a flashy Co-op micro-platformer. Featuring lasers, colorful explosions, a quirky soundtrack,  and a space dog named Dash, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime looks to be a  uniquely compelling co-op game A release date hasn’t been set yet, but we have been told the game will be released on Xbox One as well as via Steam for both PC and Mac. Read More >>