Potterheads Are Losing It Over This New Harry Potter Collection From Korea
I think it’s safe to assume that most of us didn’t get a letter from Hogwarts. But just because we are muggles doesn’t mean we have to look like them as well. Korean brand SPAO has introduced a Harry Potter clothing line, and the items are ready to transform anyone into a wizard.
Sweaters cost about $27, hoodies go for as much as $35, and you can even get matching socks, gloves and a hat to keep you warm during the winter. Sadly, most of the selection is already sold out, so you’ll have to be on a constant lookout for a new release. Continue reading »
Max Factor’s Beauty Calibrator: A Beauty-Measuring Mask Analyzes Facial Flaws For Makeup From The 1930s
The beauty micrometer, also known as the beauty calibrator, was a device designed in the early 1930s to help in the identification of the areas of a person’s face which need to have their appearance reduced or enhanced by make-up. The inventors include famed beautician Max Factor, Sr. Continue reading »
When Your Cat Meows, And You Meow Back…
Of all the animals in the animal kingdom, few are quite as dramatic as cats. So when they meow and hear you meow back for the first time ever, the expressions on their adorable little faces are priceless. Scroll down to see the funniest examples. Continue reading »
“Conjuction Of Opposites”: Breathtaking Digital Fantasy Artworks Of Carlos Quevedo
The glorious fantasy themed creations of Carlos Quevedo, a freelance digital artist, illustrator and designer based in Colombia. Carlos Quevedo skillfully mixes photography, digital painting and 3d elements to create his stunning, surreal, magical and ethereal artworks. His works have featured on book covers, advertising and in art publications such as 2D Artist and Advanced Photoshop magazine. Continue reading »
“Heaven’s Hell”: The Book Of Afterlife Adventures By Anthony Jones
Heaven’s Hell – The Art of Anthony Jones (previously), a beautifully presented, 128 page soft back art book from publisher Design Studio Press. This book explores the world of Heaven’s Hell, a place that takes place in the afterlife. The premise is that when you die, your spirit or soul is transported to another realm of being. Continue reading »
The Superb Digital Art & Photography Of Daimen Pape
The dark and beautiful sci-fi, fantasy and horror themed photographs of Daimen Pape, a freelance professional photographer and digital artist based in Germany. With over 10 years professional experience Daimen creates amazing dark fantasy photographs and imagery working with models, cosplayers and clients across the world. Continue reading »
The Isolator: This Insane Anti-Distraction Helmet From 1925 Would Fit Into Any Modern Open Office
Maybe you blame your smartphone or your open office for the fact that you can’t concentrate at work. But distraction isn’t exactly a new problem: In the 1920s, Hugo Gernsback published a design for a creepy-looking helmet that blocks out sound and vision so someone can focus on their work. As a writer, editor and inventor, he had a lot to do and no time for distractions. And yet, they lurked everywhere he looked. So, he created something he called “The Isolator”. Continue reading »
Marcel Heijnen’s Heartwarming Photographs Of Hong Kong’s “Garage Dogs”
He first brought us the Hong Kong Shop Cats and then the Hong Kong Market Cats, both available as books. Now Dutch photographer Marcel Heijnen is back with Hong Kong Garage Dogs.
Moving away from our feline friends for this particular series and book, Marcel explores another quirky aspect of Hong Kong’s culture. The dogs’ gruffer yang to his cats’ fluffier yin reveals an unapologetically masculine world of car parts, engine grease and tough love. Continue reading »
Exploration Photographer Has Traveled Thousands Of Miles To Document The Eerie Beauty Of Abandoned Industrial Locations
The photographer behind Freaktography is a modern day explorer choosing to seek out and show the wonders and mysteries of our own backyards through unconventional photography and adventurous Urban Exploring. In the works of a photographer named Dave – who goes by Freaktography and never gives out his full name – haunting abandonment leaps from images of discarded machinery, tools and factory essentials. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos Of The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2018
Urban wildlife winner: Magpie in the Snow (Magpie), Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. (Photo by Christopher Swan/British Wildlife Photography Awards) Continue reading »
“The Paper Time Machine” Book Takes Historical Images And Imbues Them With Astonishing Color
Early photographic technology lacked a crucial ingredient — color. As early as the invention of the medium, skilled artisans applied color to photographs by hand, attempting to convey the vibrancy and immediacy of life in vivid detail (with mostly crude results).
The age-old practice of colorization has been revived with modern digital precision in a new book, “The Paper Time Machine”.
With images curated by Retronaut creator Wolfgang Wild and colorized according to meticulous period research by Jordan Lloyd of Dynamichrome, the book aims to collapse the divide between historical imagery and present-day viewers.
An overhead view of people on 36th St. between 8th and 9th Aves., New York. Manhattan’s Garment District has been the center of the American fashion industry since at least the turn of the twentieth century – in 1900, New York City’s garment trade was its largest industry by a factor of three. The entire fashion ecosystem, from fabric suppliers to designer showrooms, exists within an area just under a square mile. Native New Yorker Margaret Bourke-White was in her mid-twenties when she took this picture. She would later become Life magazine’s first female photojournalist and, during WWII, the first female war correspondent. The two cars shown are a 1930 Ford Model A 4-Door Sedan, left, and a Ford Model A Sports Coupe, right. IMAGE: MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE /TIME & LIFE PICTURES / GETTY IMAGES Continue reading »
Real Fire Truck Converted In Authentic And Cozy Log Cabin
This fantastic unique fire truck is nested in a spectacular location in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within the splendid Lake District National Park. Perfectly positioned directly at the southern foot fells of the magnificent Blencathra one of the most impressive fells in the Northern Lakes. Located close to the pretty village of Threlkeld home to two popular pubs serving local dishes and ales. Continue reading »
Local Gas Station Makes Whole Town Laugh With Their Hilarious Signs
If you were looking for a sign, look no further: Wallingford Sign is the one. Each week it provides you a new joke or a witty observation. This funny initiative was started by Seattle Propane at Wallingford Chevron in 2005 when an auto repair shop was converted into a convenience store. The owners say, that it had always been easy to think of useful messages to put on the sign for things like service promotions and store specials and the like, but they wanted to do something different with it. And so they did. Continue reading »
Goofy Photos Of World War I Soldiers Posing With Fake Military Props
Flight from the sand desert [i.e., military camp] Neuhammer.” Nuehammer Military Camp, Germany, 1910-1912
Since the late 19th century, photo studio used fake airplanes, tanks, automobiles, trains and other scrapped military props for their photoshoots. Their popularity gained traction at the outbreak of World War I in Europe. Photographers were taken as souvenirs for servicemen at military training caps to send home to friends and families. Continue reading »
This Artist Makes Funny And Creepy Cat Hybrids Bred In Photoshop. Have Things Gone Too Far?
Audrey is the coolest ‘cat lady’ out there. During the day she is an artist & Industrial designer, but as she explains on her website, by night she is a SnapCat artist and storyteller – of cats. One of her ongoing projects is photoshopping her felines into other images and we can’t get enough. Continue reading »
This Artist Is Here To “Confuse Your Brain” With Surreal Photo Art
Artist Monica Carvalho is here to “confuse your brain.”
In a series Carvalho uploads to Instagram, the artist bends reality as we know it to create surreal photos viewers will want to stare at all day long. In one image, for example, Carvalho’s work shows a hand grasping at a human eye, ever-so-slightly pulling it from its socket. “Eye got you,” it’s titled. Continue reading »
Photographer Paul Huf Captured Amazing Fashion Photoshoot In The Soviet Union In 1965
Paul Huf (1924-2002) was an iconic Dutch photographer. He started his career in 1946 at the “Comedia theater company”. In the Fifties, he became famous thanks to his portraits of Queen Juliana of The Netherlands and Prince Bernhard. He also shot advertisings and fashion photos particulary with the model Ann Pickford. These photos are particulary elegant and graceful. Continue reading »
Designed By Nature: World’s Greatest Gallery Of Mushrooms That Look Like Butts
We have all, at one time or another, looked at objects and been surprised by how much they look like something else. That’s how the human brain works, it’s constantly looking to make connections and find patterns that we recognize. Continue reading »
Vintage American Landscapes By Michael Eastman
Michael Eastman is a talented American self taught photographer, who was born in 1947 in St. Louis, MO. He has spent thirty years capturing the essential nature of his subject. Eastman has established himself as one of the world’s leading contemporary photographic artists. He has had numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Edwynn Houk Gallery and at the Michael Hoppen Gallery. Continue reading »
Vibrant Life Of 1970s Harlem As Photographed By Jack Garofalo
Harlem is one of New York’s iconic neighborhoods. Located at the northern section of NYC in the borough of Manhattan, the 1960’s Harlem had a problem of youth and students boycotting schools. To capture the happenings in the place, French photographer Jack Garofalo was sent by Paris Match magazine to cover the events. Continue reading »
Photographer Łukasz Zagraba Captured Amazing Old Car Cemetery In Poland
5 years ago photographer Łukasz Zagraba visited the most mysterious car cemetery in Poland, which is located in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. In fact, it was the largest and most valuable collection of cars that were gathered so far in Poland. This collection belonged to a man named Tadeusz Trabenkiego – official of the Ministry of Transport. He was responsible for the recovery of the areas occupied by the Third Reich. Continue reading »
The ‘Oooo Face’: That Puckered Look Every Woman Was Making Mid-Century
If you’ve seen old advertisements from the 1950s, then you know exactly what the “Oooo Face” is (not to be confused with the “O Face”). Seemingly every woman in these ads wore the expression; the lips positioned to form the long /oo/ sound. Generally, she’s wearing red lipstick and her eyes give the impression of being dumbfounded.
And it wasn’t just advertisements that had women pursing their lips – it was everywhere: album covers, pin-ups, magazine covers. Wherever an image of a woman was found, there you found the “Oooo Face”.
Let’s have a look at some of the endless examples from midcentury… Continue reading »
Lost Places And Street Art In Wastelands
The prolific French photographer Jonk releases a third book presenting a new raw yet poetic series. It is in the heart of various abandoned places where the artist brings us once again. In «Wastelands», we discover several graffiti and murals in the middle of these sceneries left behind, sometimes even in ruins. Continue reading »
42 Stunning Restored And Colorized Historic Images Bring The Past To Life
An emaciated 18-year-old Russian girl looks into the camera lens during the liberation of Dachau concentration camp in 1945.
Relating to the past can be difficult when all you have to look at are faded black and white photos that feel like they are from another planet. The mind thinks and remembers in color, meaning a color photograph is much easier to connect with than a black and white photo. Continue reading »
German Artist Takes Street Art To Another Level With His 34 ‘Sliced’ Animal
Instagram is truly the best artist’s business card and we should be thankful for the daily inspiration. In this talented artist’s Jayn’s case, there is even more to be grateful for as his amazing sketches turn ordinary buildings into cutting-edge artistry. Continue reading »
