After being commisioned to cover an entire train station consisting of  8-bit artwork, Finnish artist Lars Arrhenius went to work. The Thorildsplan Tunnelbana station, a train station in Stockholm, Sweden, was redecoratred in 2008.

 

The entire station is covered in artwork inspired by early 1980′s Nintendo games. The artowrk consists of Dig Dug, Pacman, Super Mario Bros, and Legend of Zelda.

It is a quite the popular piece of artwork. It has even been used in a video. MadCraft, a punkpop band from Finland, used the creation as a backdrop for the music video for the song NeverAgain.

Tags: 8-Bit, Design, Finland, ghost, Madcraft, Music, nintendo, Pacman, punk pop, Stockholm, Sweden, Tiles, train station, video game

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Today’s Show:  8-Bit, Lego, Tiles, Mario, Steampunk, Retro mod, NES, Coffee, Pixels, Castles, Kids, Fossils, Marketing

The DIY (Do It Yourself) culture runs strong though this episode as i hope you can see. From Coffee controlled by electronics to crafty ways to decorate your bathroom we have a ton of wonderful content to share with you. Geeks of any stripe are often called upon to make due with less than ideal conditions, and in this economy thats a fantastic skill to have, hopefully this episode will start off the Tech in Tough Times article series correctly. Its the appetizer to a wonderful set of upcoming articles.

Its been a great weekend here at the Lair, hopefully today’s high energy episode will start your week off on the right ear. We hit topics all over the spectrum but still manage to somehow stay true to the DIY spirit throughout.

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• Tech in Tough Times: Starts this week

Geek Cruft

• Netflix to try and appease streaming only crowd
• Decapitate and Save
• 8 bit tile bathroom, my wife would kill me
• Magic Mushroom Stained Glass
• Steampunk Computer Mod, flickr set
• Now this is an upgrade, Apple Disk drive to mac mini
• What a job! Lego artist. Thanks Jeff
• Cram an old machine into some legos, Thanks Norbert
• Lego castle and story
• Twitter story, prepare for Shaq
• Cache of Ice age fossils found in LA
• Can you Google Atlantis and find ti?

Consumable & Caffeinated Bits

• Do you have a coffee Clock? FOF Friday
• Pixel Coasters, Star power
• Starbucks, don’t call us instant Marketing push
• Coffee heading back up in price? Time to plant
• NES Controller Controlled Coffee Maker

Thanks and Stay Caffeinated People

Tags: 8-Bit, Caffination, Castles, Coffee, Fossils, Kids, Lego, Mario, Marketing, nes, Pixels, Retro mod, Steampunk, Tiles