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Hyped: The Week In Links 1/13

On the blog this week we championed Kraftwerk as an Original Creator, were wowed by the concept design of a floating cloud blimp, and were more than impressed by a penguin claymation version of The Thing. We also looked at the upcoming Resonate festival in Belgrade, met new Creators SOFTlab, who mix office supplies with digital tools in their stunning designs, and had a tech Q&A with Simpsons glitch artist JK Keller.

· It sounds like witchcraft, but Liquipel is a clear coating for your smartphone that renders it waterproof, while also being completely invisible and undetectable. Plus it doesn’t compromise the look or feel of the phone in any way, so hopefully your toilet can stop claiming the lives of all your mobiles.

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· Korean artist Minjeong An (above) creates incredibly detailed self-portraits that look like complex infographics. [via Colossal]

· Chris Milk directs an engrossing video for “Two Against One” from the Rome album by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi. He previously collaborated with Aaron Koblin for the interactive film 3 Dreams of Black for the song “Black” off the same album.

· Famous album covers recreated with clipart. [via Kottke]

· Brain damage: a montage of heads exploding in Cinemassacre’s Heads Blow Up!.

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