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Posted on Nov 24, 2014 by Juste Semetaite Although the first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, the last Thursday in November was officially declared a day of thanksgiving by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, hoping the new national holiday would help unite the nation during the hard times of the Civil War. Today's Thanksgiving celebration is synonymous with feasting, football and family and continues to be a day for Americans to come together around...

Posted on Nov 19, 2014 by Juste Semetaite Our Human Character Challenge has recently closed and I've felt an incredible surge of inspiration to, once again, explore this endless topic. Honestly, it still impresses me; and every single time I'm left with a nagging wondering - how on earth do you achieve this incredible detail, texture and depth? So, to crown the challenge with a special inspirational gemstone and to showcase some kick ass design...

Sajid Diaz is a 36 year old graphic designer from Mexico. Sajid was originally a computer graphics model designer, but after he discovered CGTrader he started making more 3D printing than CG models. His favorite designs are characters, figurines and all other printable ideas for life. Here is his tutorial on making The Catrina - The Dead Fashioned Woman using ZBrush and 3ds Max. Take a look through the guidance and make your own Catrina...

Posted on Nov 6, 2014 by Juste Semetaite Spending the weekend in bed is for lazy schmucks, so don't even think about burying your long-cherished plans to be productive and actually do something fun this time. Although there are hundreds of wonderful ideas how to rock your mini two-day holidays, all people really want to do in chilly weather is not to leave the house. At any cost. Unless it's a dead serious reason, like...

Posted on Oct 29, 2014 by Juste Semetaite Some clinicians believe that having nightmares is a sort of therapy, a way to deal with traumatic events and stress. But if you were blessed with a reasonably sweet night's sleep, we suggest you don't scroll down, because these out-of-hell creatures and too vivid nightmare scenes will rob you of hours and hours of pleasant Zzz's. With Halloween fast approaching, we decided to descend into the deepest...

So let's go back to the core of the universe: what do women want? In all earnestness, we haven't got a clue. What we know is how to make a woman happy without triggering the big questions. It's best to start with giving her something she didn't know she wanted. It's a double punch and trust us when we say - it's a winner. The tricky part here is figuring out what it is that...

Splendid, unexplored, hypnotizing - these could be the words used to describe the 3D-printed ceramic objects featured in this post. What 3D printing seems to be doing here is lifting our expectations. Be good to yourself and take this trip to the world of perfection. Tobacco pipe. This is the first 3D-printed ceramic tobacco pipe we've ever come across. It's a sheek and incredibly clever idea by Michael Mueller, who can be seen here forever...

Unless you're a Shaolin monk, you do get annoyed every day by things that should have been taken care of a long time ago. Problems so trivial that it's way too time-consuming to actually sit down and figure out a way to solve them. Well, we did that for you. Considering the simplicity, speed and production costs, we believe that these 3D-printed life hacks will turn your life upside down. You are welcome. When you...

Many of us were taken by surprise when it emerged that 75% of IKEA's catalog is computer generated imagery. All those times you were wondering how a kitchen can be so pristine or a bedroom so stylishly and compactly arranged...there is your answer right here - they are not real! The truth is, it's not only IKEA that turned to digital furniture in a hope to save money. Computer-generated images are changing the look of...

Some of us may not be planning for the next month or year, so thinking about the methods the world will use to travel in the future might seem irrelevant and even pointless. And yet, in the world of scarce energy resources, one can’t help but wonder what incomprehensible inventions are waiting for us in as far ahead as the world of 2050. Will we be flying in our personal airborne systems? Or stuck in...