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Musical guest Foo Fighters perform a medley of “Everlong,” “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and “Linus and Lucy” on Saturday Night Live…(Read…)

Universal Pictures just released the first look at Mortal Engines an upcoming 2018 science fiction action film, from acclaimed director Peter Jackson, that’s based on Philip Reeve’s novel of the same name. The film stars Robert Sheehan, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Jihae, and Stephen Lang, and is scheduled to hit theaters on December 14, 2018.”Thousands of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new way of living has evolved. Gigantic moving cities now roam the Earth, ruthlessly preying upon smaller traction towns. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan)—who hails from a Lower Tier of the great traction city of London—finds himself fighting for his own survival after he encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Two opposites, whose paths should never have crossed, forge an unlikely alliance that is destined to change the course of the future.”..(Read…)

Le céramiste coréen  Jae Yong Kim créée de délicieux donuts en céramiques aux glaçages inspirés d’éléments de la pop-culture. Entre références vintage et motifs modernes, ses décorations sont magnifiques et appétissantes. Retrouvez ses sculptures sur Instagram, et sur son website.

I went to the Apple Store in SoHo to get a new screen protector for my iPhone. It’s a thin film of transparent material. I was fascinated to see that Belkin has invented a little gadget that flawlessly applies it to the phone.

“They developed this specifically for Apple Stores,” the employee applying my screen told me. “Before that we wasted a lot of product, trying to install them manually then screwing up.” I went to record the process–but of course couldn’t, since my phone was inside the gadget. But there’s footage of these things in action on YouTube, check it out:

I am really impressed with how the designers of this object thought through the entire process. The first green-skinned film you see being applied to the phone is to remove any dust or lint from the screen, the Apple employee explained to me. After that’s removed they drop it into the machine, and as you can see the tabs keep everything perfectly aligned. It seems pretty idiot-proof.

The screen protector was expensive ($40) and I kind of think that that level of protection ought have been built right into something that costs at $649, rather than forcing you to buy it after the fact. Then again, if a $57,000 BMW doesn’t come with protection either, I guess this is just the way of the world these days.

Anyways, my hat’s off to the unknown designers of the Belkin tool. Great work!

Here’s what sucks about being an industrial designer: We have to make physical objects work in the real world. How awesome would it be to work in motion graphics instead, where you don’t have to worry about pesky things like tolerances, friction and gravity? As an example, check out the mesmerizing work of Swedish designer/motion graphics artist Andreas Wannerstedt:

There’s tons more on Wannerstedt’s Instagram page. Watch at your own risk–it’s quite the rabbit hole!