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John Nolan: a look under the hood of animatronics

Animatronic designer John Nolan has put up an awesome gallery showing his work without makeup. Nolan has worked on movies such as Hellboy 2, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, and- you guessed it from the image above- Where The Wild Things Are. Love it! Two more images after the break, full gallery and more info on John Nolan over at his website.

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The Praystation

Work by Joshua Davis. Some of you might know his pieces which consist of non-commercial and commercial projects.

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Westminster chiming grandfather clock …the nerd way

Look at that, somebody finally found a way to hide all these toys you would love to spend a pile of money on in something more, well, practical. This 2.2m westminster chiming grandfather clock is a piece of designer Ryan McElhinney, who also gets some credits over at imdb. I would just love to have one of these reminding me every 15 minutes that time is ticking, but i guess these beauties are not priced to sell to the average geek. You can enjoy some more images plus a golden lamp after the break, for the full product catalog, visit Ryan´s website. (Found that at Gizmodo who found it at Dezeen)

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