This Photographer Turns Vintage Photos Into Surreal Works Of Art
Australian photographer and artist Jane Long brings old photos to life in beautifully wild and imaginative ways. Continue reading »
This Deformed Dog Is Still In Good Spirits Despite Suffering Horrific Abuse
Meet Khalessi, a young pit bull in Florida who’s endured nightmarish abuse but lived to wag her tail. Continue reading »
An Artist Made Stunning Illustrations About Modern Society
Artist Steve Cutts is an illustrator and animator based in London. Continue reading »
An Artist Made A Colorful Floor Installations Inspired By The Optical Illusions
Glasgow-based artist Jim Lambie can transform any space into a visual delight with his geometric tape designs. Using everyday vinyl tape, he creates angles and lines of contrasting colors that suggest movement and optical illusions. Continue reading »
Obama, Merkel, And Putin As Leading Actors In Famous Movies
According to artist Luigi Tarini: “My name is Gigi and I am an Italian based in Krakow. When I don’t work full-time at a corporation, I kill time messing around with pictures in Photoshop. In this blog, you will see Barack Obama and Angela Merkel starring in famous movies, with Vladimir Putin occasionally joining them.” Continue reading »
Facebook Group Photoshops Plus-Sized Women To ‘Inspire’ Them To Lose Weight
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Photoshop has become synonymous with “beautifying” photos that would otherwise have imperfections. In some cases, this is OK, and magazines and online media do this with a subject’s consent. Recently, however, a group going by the name of “Project Harpoon” (Facebook page presently shut down) has drawn criticism for photoshopping plus-sized models to appear thinner. An offshoot of ThInnerBeauty, a website and subreddit, the group aims to “inspire” its targets to lose weight. Continue reading »
Meet Ladybeard, A Cross-Dressing Wrestler And Death Metal Singer From Australia
This hairy, smiling, cross-dressed man is the latest sensation in Japan, but his fame is growing beyond the borders of the Asian country! He’s Australian and his real name is Richard Magarey, but you can call him Ladybeard. Continue reading »
These Animal Rings Come Alive When 3 Pieces Are Put Together
These beautiful rings will drive your fingers wild! Made by Bangkok artist “m e r r y m e,” these enamel three-piece accessories can fit together to form an animal doing something cute, or can be worn separately. For example, when worn on three fingers, one set of rings appear to be a squirrel after an acorn. Continue reading »
This Paper Grocery Bag Doubles As A Backpack
Dennis Rasch and Cornelius Voss have designed PaperJohn, a new version of the traditional paper bag. Continue reading »
This Restaurant Is Designed To Look Like A Teddy Bear Factory
Thai design firm party / space / design, have created Villa De Bear, a restaurant in Bangkok, where the design is based around the idea of a European teddy bear factory. Continue reading »
Michail Georgiou Designs A Small Chapel In Cyprus With A Welcoming Form
Architect Michail Georgiou has designed the Apostle Peter and St. Helen the Martyr Chapel, in Pafos, Cyprus. Continue reading »
Incredible Alarm Clock Manipulates Magnetic Fluids to Tell the Time
Zelf Koelman of the Eindhoven University of Technology has designed an alarm clock that resembles a Rorschach test in motion. The clock—which is known as the Ferrolic—relies on the manipulation of magnetic fluids to display the time. Continue reading »
Couple Hilariously Recreates Newborn Photo Shoot with Their Puppy
A common question often posed towards couples is, “So, when are you having kids?” While it can be an irritating inquiry, one couple found a hilarious way to deflect the issue. Matt Kay and Abby Lee staged a very special photo shoot—the kind you see from newborn parents—only instead of a little human, their “new addition” was their sweet baby puppy, Humphry. Continue reading »
3D-Printed Chess Set Turns Each Piece into a Miniature Planter
The MicroPlanter Chess Set reimagines the classic board game by cleverly combining it with nature. Its creators, XYZ Workshop, were inspired by Bauhaus-style chess pieces and designed them as miniature planters that can each hold a different herb or succulent. This gives every piece its own unique look, as the monochromatic, hard-edged shapes are now offset by soft, green leaves. Continue reading »
Adorably Studious Cat is Adopted by a High School, Issued His Own ID Card
Bubba is not your average feline—this cat is a high school student. He attends class just like any other student, keeps his peers company at their desks, and occasionally takes a quick cat nap in the library of California’s Leland High School. Continue reading »
The Washington Post Travel Photo Contest: Animal Photos
“Out for a Walk”. Fred Baldassaro, 40, of Alexandria, got up close to these two lion cubs at a conservation shelter in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in January. (Photo by Fred Baldassaro)
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Thousands Of Twins Descend Upon Ohio For The 40th Annual Twins Days Festival
It’s an annual event that attendees spend a year anticipating. And this weekend’s Twins Days, a festival celebrating twins in – where else? – Twinsburg, Ohio, was the biggest jamboree yet. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the festival had about 2,000 sets of twins turn out, from toddlers to adults. The Twins Days Festival, which began in 1975, is the largest annual gathering of twins and other multiples in the world.
Star Wars fans Nathan and Scott Hasbrook, 24, pose during the 2015 Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio (Photo by Dustin Franz/Barcroft) Continue reading »
Extreme On Water Marine Photography By Kurt Arrigo
Kurt Arrigo is Malta’s most eminent and one of the world’s finest marine photographers. His illustrious and diverse career has seen him capture dramatic action at elite international sporting events.
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‘Kinetoscope’, A 360-Degree Mural Inside an Abandoned Water Tank in Slab City, CA
Kinetoscope is a 360-degree mural on the interior of an abandoned water tank in Slab City, California. The mural features a female figure presented in multiple “frames” in the style of the photographic motion studies of Eadweard Muybridge. Continue reading »
“983 Followers”, A New Mural By Daniel “SAN” Munoz In Scotland
Daniel Munoz aka “SAN” recently stopped by Scotland where he spent a few hours working on a brand new indoor piece somewhere in the Scottish countryside. Continue reading »
German Graffitist Creates 3D Optical Illusions Over The Urban Landscape
When you stare into any of the abysses created by German graffitist 1010, the abysses stare back at you—or at least they appear to. Inspired by the relationship between optics and neurology, the Hamburg-based artist has amassed a cult following over the past couple of years for his large-scale pieces that can be found throughout his motherland, and sometimes even around the world. His graffiti work, such as his most recent piece in Warsaw, Poland, predominantly resonates with the playful ideologies driving the op art movement, incorporating kaleidoscopic colorations into his abyss-esque designs. Continue reading »
Mind-blowing Intricate Wire Mesh Sculpture By Incipit
For the Italian festival Meeting del Mare, art collective Incipit created a wire mesh sculpture as a public art installation. Built by hand, the translucent structure is located on the waterfront of Marina Do Camerota in Italy. Continue reading »
This Minimal Trunk Bench By Cradle Design Studio Uses Misfit Tree Parts
The team behind the Toronto-based Cradle collective created a minimal bench using a raw-cut tree slab and a white steel frame. The project’s name ‘Bench_01’ stems from the fact that the first piece cut from a maple leaf tree, labelled B_01, was originally used as the base of the bench. Continue reading »
Photographer Took A Pictures Of Colorful Bus Stops Across Belarus
For the series ‘It Must Be Beautiful’, photographer Alexandra Soldatova captures colorful painted bus stops across Belarus. In an interview, Soldatova explains that since the 1980s, various unknown artists painted over the walls of the bus stops to beautify reality. Additionally, the motifs differ depending on the region, for instance, flowers appear around the eastern town of Orsha, while landscapes are mostly featured along the southern road of Zitkovich Turov. Continue reading »
Photographer’s Unconventional Self-Portraits Highlight Intriguing Architecture in Urban Spaces
In her ‘Urban Self-Portrait’ series, Anna di Prospero photographs herself against the backdrop of towering, irregular architectural forms in the middle of sprawling cities. Continue reading »
