This is not exactly "handmade design", but it is so stunningly beautiful I had to share. My brother Eben is a video game artist (his company just won Game of the Year! – proud sister moment...) and he sent me a link to this incredible game by independent developer Giant Sparrow.
It's a surprisingly elegant take on the "first person shooter", but instead of walking around some war zone with a semi-automatic, you are exploring an unknown landscape with a paintball gun.
Here's some footage from the game:
The Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.
The all-white world, so monochromatic that it's actually invisible, is only revealed to you as you "paint" it. From what I've seen, the space appears to be deserted, and combined with the eerie ambient soundtrack, the effect is somehow both serene and creepy. Honestly, if this hadn't been presented to me as a video game, I would have referred to it as an "interactive art experience".
Just look at these gorgeous screen shots:
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