It's only a tiny battery-driven plastic box that plays different ambient sound loops through a tiny speaker. But it is such a minimal and coherent piece of techy art, it is incredibly cool. And the sound loops are genius. At least they were in the Buddha Machine 2, which I have on my iPhone and gave away as christmas presents some years ago. Now the third version rolls out, in translucent plastic. Instant buy.

Not only is John Carey of fiftyfootshadows.net an excellent photographer, he is also kind enough to bundle up 33 of his images optimized to use it as a background on a iPhone 4 high res display. Sweet!

Alex Varanese is not only someone who can create great retro graphics, but also has some weird imagination. He asked himself: What would have happened if the gadgets of today – mp3-players, mobile phones, laptops, etc. – would have been available in the seventies? And how would they have been marketed? The result is a series of 14 wonderful and interesting graphic posters full of warm orange/red tones, cool typography and heaps of clever ideas.