Holy crap—just look at this gorgeous 3D rendering of a composite bow design by deviantARTist Samouel. It looks like something a steampunk Serah Farron would use.
Check out an additional image of the design after the break.
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Blade Runner has stood the test of time. To say the 1982 film is a classic is an understatement, but the look of the movie especially stands out, even now. A sketchbook with contributions from Ridley Scott, production artists, and the costume designer is available online in its entirety that shows the progress of sets and wardrobe. It’s 100 pages full of the sorts of drawings that make fans feel like fainting, and you can view it all online at no charge. Really.
See a gallery of sketches after the break.
The Dream House became a nightmare when Ken turned. Fortunately, Barbie had worked as a ninja and dated a G.I. Joe in the past, so she was well prepared to take on her new role as a zombie killer.
From graphic designer Sarah Anne Langton:
From the 1950s onwards girls were encouraged to hone their zombie slaughtering skills in preparation for the inevitable apocalypse. Though young ladies dispose of the undead with ease today, toys such as Mattel’s 1962 ‘Zombie Attack Barbie’ were instrumental in helping to habituate girls to a new social norm where zombie disposal would become a very necessary life skill.
Now a collectors item ‘Zombie Attack Barbie’ played a salient role in ensuring the survival of countless young girls who grew up ready and willing to slaughter the zombie menace. This much loved toy still holds fond memories for so many of the lovely ladies from our Zombie Clearance Squads today.
(via Laughing Squid)
Bustler’s annual Zombie Safe House Design Competition recently concluded, and the winner this year was the ‘Vagabond Mobile Safe House Device’ by Austin Fleming.
Features include a reflective photovoltaic surface (zombies don’t attack other zombies), portable (can be carried like a backpack), water filtration, wind-powered ventilation system and a tracking unit that’s iPhone compatible.
Sounds far fetched, but it just might end up saving your ass from a zombie horde one day. Check out an additional image after the break (click images to enlarge).
Push bikes (or balance bikes) are a great way for kids to learn, but this custom Light Cycle version from Trek designer Ryan Callahan is clearly too cool for preschool. The only problem is that it’s a one-off concept bike created for a recent TrekWorld trade show.
However, we’re still holding out hope that your kid could be derezzing other kids on the playground sometime in the near future.
(Bicycle Design via Wired)
Using the original studio 3-D digital model of Viper Mark II seen in the Sci-Fi TV series, QMx’s designers have created a completely maxed-out image of the Colonial space interceptor, right down to the battle damage.
I don’t know about you, but I dig it. 
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Gaming site SideQuesting has announced the winners of it’s Light Cycle redesign contest with John A. Frye taking the US category and Raphael Laurent taking the international category. Their submissions are pictured in the image above on the top and bottom respectively.
Hit the jump to see some sweet-looking honorable mentions.
The name “Slide-Eat” pretty much says it all. This concept table from Studio Klass is designed to allow kids to eat their dinner, then slide off when finished.
So, maybe it should be called Eat-Slide then. And you know that this might be a little too much excitement for kids right after eating, so maybe Eat-Slide-Vomit would be a better name. Not only for this table, but as a sequel to the book Eat, Pray, Love.
(Studio Klass via chictip via Neatorama)
From That’s Nerdalicious!: See if you can solve the maze before the drip dries.
Unfortunately, this coaster and coffee cup combo appear to be concepts at the moment.
(erdemselek via Super Punch)
After decades of invasions, karma has caught up with these little aliens in the form of a couch concept from designer Igor Chak. Unfortunately, he has no cannons to fend off the invasion of fat asses.
(Igor Chack via Kotaku)
