Vibrant Photos Of Chicago In 1941 Through The Lens Of Photographer John Vachon
John Vachon/Library Of Congress
In the depths of the Great Depression, the United States government created the Resettlement Administration to help provide relief for drought-stricken and impoverished farmers. The RA was restructured and renamed the Farm Security Administration in 1937. Continue reading »
These Drawings Capture What Love Looks Like When Nobody’s Watching
Love is hiding in the small, quiet moments: cuddling in bed after a long day, passing out in front of the TV or even popping each other’s pimples. Continue reading »
Artist Philip Beesley Merges Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, And Interactivity To Create “Living” Architecture
Multidisciplinary artist and architect Philip Beesley weaves together such a broad array of technologies and systems in his artworks that they legitimately defy description, but the immediate impact of encountering these sprawling interactive installations is visceral and awe-inspiring. His latest work, Astrocyte, connects chemistry, artificial intelligence, and an immersive soundscape to create a living piece of architecture that responds to the presence of viewers. Continue reading »
Everyday Objects Obsessively Organized Into Patterns By Adam Hillman
New Jersey-based “object arranger” Adam Hillman has really stepped up his organization efforts the last few months, pushing his precisely organized patterns of everyday objects into increasingly more complicated designs. Everything from breakfast cereal to office supplies finds its place in these tightly controlled symmetrical layouts that take hours to measure, cut, and arrange. Continue reading »
Artist Joanna Hedrick Transforms Dead Leaves Into Beautiful Land Art Creations
As the fall season ushers in crisp weather, a curious artistic display of canary yellow labyrinths and gold honeycombs pops up below the gingko trees at Sacramento State University. Continue reading »
These Unusual And Sarcastic Illustrations Will Make You Rethink The Way We Live
Moscow based artist Anton Gudim sees the world differently. Some words and the situations he understands literally, while for others, he creates a new meaning. But most importantly, he does it with the sarcasm and self-irony. Continue reading »
Winning Photos Of The 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer Of The Year Contest
Selected from over 11,000 entries, a wildlife photo of an orangutan crossing a river in Indonesia’s Tanjung Puting National Park has been selected as the grand-prize winner of the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest. The photo, titled “Face to face in a river in Borneo,” was captured by Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan of Singapore. He has won $10,000 and will have his winning image published in an upcoming issue of National Geographic magazine and featured on the @NatGeo Instagram account.
A male orangutan peers from behind a tree while crossing a river in Borneo, Indonesia. (Photograph by Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan, National Geographic Your Shot)
Bojan took the winning photo while he was about five feet deep in water after waiting patiently in the Sekoyner River in Tanjung Puting National Park in Borneo, Indonesia. Continue reading »
The Finalists For The 2017 Art Of Building Photography Awards
If you have a good eye for a photograph and are passionate about the built environment then take part in this year’s Art of Building competition. It is free to enter and your photograph could inspire thousands of people. Previous winners have been featured on the BBC website, throughout the UK national press and in international titles across the globe.
The overall Art of Building winner is chosen by both experts and the public. It is a competition that celebrates buildings and the relationship people have with the built environment. Selected photographs feature in real public installations as the competition transforms construction hoarding into gallery spaces.
“Bicycle Rider” by Hans Wichmann; Avilés, Spain. “The photo shows the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre in Avilés, northern Spain. It is a successful integration of modern buildings in an old industrial site. A place for large and small people”. (Photo by Hans Wichmann/Art of Building Photography Awards 2017) Continue reading »
“Discover Tokyo”: Stunning Candid Street Photos Of Tokyo By RK
RK is a talented self-taught photographer, iphoneographer, graphic designer and DJ currently based in Tokyo, Japan. RK started photography four years ago, capturing his photos with his iPhone, from the shot to the editing. He shoots amazing street photography, capturing amazing portraits of people immersed in their environment. Continue reading »
World War II Escape Scarves
During the second world war, the British army created a secret organisation called MI-9, in charge of providing the pilots with escape means. Christopher Clayton Hutton, a RAF skilled pilot, developped a set of objects for that purpose. The escape scarf being the most iconic object of the set. Continue reading »
“Avec Le Temps”: The Superb Modern Kitsch Illustrations By Léa Chassagne
Léa Chassagne works in Paris both as an illustrator and as an Art Director. Her creations are a happy mix between kitsch, humor and modernity. Continue reading »
Mysterious Jupiter Up Close Looks Like A Van Gogh Painting
Juno is NASA’s current mission attempting to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. The spacecraft is equipped with a suite of science instruments including several high-tech cameras that have been transmitting incredible images back to Earth for processing and analysis.
See Jovian clouds in striking shades of blue in this new view taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran
Close-up images of the gas giant are awe-striking and the patterns and colours have drawn comparisons to van Gogh’s iconic impressionist-style paintings. Below you will find 10 images from Jupiter taken by Juno that look like van Gogh himself could have painted. Continue reading »
True Differences Between Designers And Clients Show Why They Will Never Understand Each Other
Designers and clients see everything so differently that a conflict is only a question of time . To illustrate this, ‘Trust Me, I’m A “Designer”‘ made a witty animation that lists the things that cause the biggest disagreements. Continue reading »
“Zwei Katzen”: Hilarious Cats Calendar By Otávio Santiago
Clarinha (from Poland) and Tubarão (from Russia), are two cats that met in the bohemian Berlin and have a great lifestyle together. Their best moments were captured by their friend Otávio Santiago in this funny calendar. These cats are having amazing adventures together, aren’t they? Continue reading »
This Artist Created Very Cute Covers Of The Music World, Replacing Singers With Cats
The kittens always success on the internet. For those who like to see them in fun poses, musician and designer Alfra Martini has created The Kitten Covers, a blog with classic album covers with cats digitally inserted on the scene, replacing the stars cover. Continue reading »
“Stranger In A Strange Land”: The Striking And Futuristic Artworks By Stuart Lippincott
Immerse yourself in the dark and futuristic world of Stuart Lippincott, an American artist and designer who has been creating a new picture every day for a year! Using primarily Cinema 4D and Marvelous Designer as softwares, Stuart Lippincott unveils day after day a fascinating and contrasted world, bathed in colorful lights and mysterious shadows. Continue reading »
“The Empire Against The Crisis”: Darth Vader Forced To Do Odd Jobs
With his series The Empire against the Crisis, the Belgian photographer Michaël Massart stages the bankruptcy of the Galactic Empire, while an unprecedented financial crisis hits the entire galaxy. A difficult situation that forces Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers to do odd jobs. A funny and quirky project around the Star Wars saga, but which also illustrates the difficult and real life of thousands of people. Continue reading »
Polish Artist Turns Scrap Metal Into Incredible Sculptures
Sebastian Kucharski is an artist from Poland. He builds amazing works from scrap metal. Continue reading »
These 80-Year-Old Wooden Escalators Become A Beautiful Sculpture
Turning old wooden escalators, 80 years old, into a beautiful aerial sculpture celebrating both the past and modernity? This is the idea of the Australian artist Chris Fox, whose creation entitled Interloop has just been installed in the Wynyard Station of the Sydney underground. This monumental installation pays tribute to the old wooden escalators of the city, since replaced by more modern metal versions. Continue reading »
Glass And Concrete Sculptures By Self-Taught Artist Ben Young
New Zealand born and Sydney based sculptor Ben Young, is a self-taught artist who has been making glass sculptures for over 10 years. Continue reading »
The Amazing Winning Photos Of The Siena International Photo Awards 2017
Rodney Bursiel/SIPAContest 2017
The Siena International Photo Awards 2017 has just unveiled the award-winning photographers of this famous photo contest! This year, the SIPAContest 2017 has received more than 50,000 images from 161 countries, and the jury had the difficult task of selecting the best photographs through categories such as Journey and Adventures, Fascinating Faces, Fragile Ice or General Monochrome. Continue reading »
The Daydreamer Sofa Was Inspired By Clouds
Taiwanese designer Cheng-Tsung Feng has designed Daydreamer, an indoor leisure chair or sofa that’s derived from the imagination of a cloud from our childhood. Continue reading »
This Woman Makes Offensive Teacups To Insult Your Guests With Class
Social norms might restrict you from revealing to people how you feel about them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get around it. Miss Havisham’s has created a delicate series of not-so-subtly insulting cups “for the lady who speaks her mind”. Continue reading »
UK Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2017 Winners
Winner, Behaviour category. Respiro by Antonia Doncila. This photograph was taken while crossing the Fram Strait near the eastern Greenland coast. The polar bear found a portion of fast ice which rapidly became his home. (Photo by Antonia Doncila/PA Wire/Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2017) Continue reading »
Photographer Captures Mystery Scenes Inspired By A Reflection Of Our Natural Landscape As A Continuous, Celestial Entity
From the view outside of our window, to the far end of the Universe, it is one continuous landscape without limits. It flows undisturbed, dissolving into infinite forms that take the shape of everything we have ever seen, dreamt or imagined. Our world is celestial, sharing the same origin with the space that embraces our skies. Mountains and seas, the most familiar objects of our immediate experience still carry within them the magic of distant worlds. For this is one, inseparable landscape. Continue reading »
