Giant Skull Armchair Designed By Gregory Besson
Parisian designer Gregory Besson imagined an armchair that takes the shape of a skull, a theme that has been treated many times in the design area. Conceived with fiberglass and provided with a high quality leather seat, each creation is unique and will be made on demand. Continue reading »
This Paint-Splattered Clothing Is Actually Incredible Embroidery
Art and fashion have always gone hand in hand. Sometimes it’s the artist that makes the clothes; other times it’s the clothes that make the artist. Think of Andy Warhol’s iconic turtleneck, or Dior turning spray artworks by Sterling Ruby into gowns. Continue reading »
Vietnam Veterans Dog Tag Memorial In Chicago
Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast
At the Harold Washington Library in Chicago is a new art installation called “Above and Beyond” featuring over 58,000 replica dog tags — one for each American soldier killed in the Vietnam War. The dog tags, each hung one inch apart, are suspended from the ceiling from a 410-square-foot rectangle. Each dog tag lists the soldier’s name, military branch and date of death. Nearby is a touch panel display that allows visitors to look up a veteran’s name and find generally where the soldier’s dog tag is hanging. It is the only memorial other than The Wall in Washington, D.C., that lists every individual killed in Vietnam. Continue reading »
Artist Blank William Creates Incredible Wild Animal Stormtrooper Helmets
Star Wars meets The Jungle Book, as New York based designer Blank William has reinterpreted the iconic Stormtrooper helmet from the vaunted sci-fi film franchise. The armor is sculpted into distinctive shapes, bearing the likeness of an elephant, rhino and hippo. Continue reading »
This Artist Has Made A Portrait Of Accordionist From Real Accordions
Jolita Vaitkutė ia a designer and artist, generating and implementing extraordinary ideas. She is mostly known for creating art using food or other material – different size of pencils, paper sheets and other. She also calls herself media artist. Continue reading »
Guy Builds Lego Star Destroyer Ship With Fully Equipped Three-Floor Interior
Some things go deep with people, like religion, money, health… and Star Wars. You don’t need to look for proof any further than the Imgur user doomhandle, who has assembled an incredibly detailed Imperial Star Destroyer ship using only Lego bricks. Continue reading »
Innovative Braille LEGO-Style Bricks Help Blind Children Learn To Read While Playing
The Braille Bricks project, co-founded by the Dorina Nowill Foundation For The Blind, helps blind children learn to read through play. Each block can be used like a toy by blind and sighted children alike, although for the benefit of the blind children, each block features one Braille letter. So far, the São Paulo based organisation has only manufactured enough bricks for 300 students, but through the Creative Commons, they hope more will be made. Continue reading »
Aquarium Ferns Grow Inside An Air Bubble Within Upside-Down Fish Tank
Japanese designer Haruka Misawa trained at the design office Nendo, created this incredible upside-down fish tank. A large air bubble is encapsulated within the water of the fish tank, allowing ferns to grow and fish to feed off them. Continue reading »
These Modern Interpretations Of Classic Rally Cars Are So Satisfying
The 2016 World Rally Championship is gearing up to be one of the most exciting seasons in its history, staged in some of the world’s most gruelling locations from the classic Monte Carlo Rally to a brand new event in China in September. Continue reading »
This Graphic Designer Uses Her Design Skills To Make Awesome Cookies
Los Angeles based graphic designer Holly Fox has turned her love of color, baking, and graphic design into some pretty artistic edible sugar cookie designs. Continue reading »
This Urban Artist Creates Amazing Rainbow Colored Art Around The World
French urban artist Mademoiselle Maurice (previously), has traveled the world adding colorful artistic installations for everyone to enjoy. After studying architecture in Lyon, she worked in Geneva and Marseille, before moving to Japan, where she was in 2011, when the devastating earthquakes hit. It was then that she decided to start composing artistic and urban works. Now based in Paris, Mademoiselle Maurice designs and creates colorful installations using origami, lace or embroidery, or other mixed media. Continue reading »
Glowing Dress Turns Claire Danes Into Cinderella At The Met Gala
The theme of this year’s Met Ball, fittingly sponsored by Apple, was Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, and Claire Danes’ dress took the cake. Designed by Zac Posen, he “sourced the fiber optic woven organza in this dress from France, and there are 30 mini battery packs sewn into the gown’s understructure,” according to FastCo. Continue reading »
Mouth-Watering Lego Meals Art By Japanese Artist
A Japanese LEGO creator has been discouraging Twitter and Flickr people with his tantalising LEGO-food creations. Heading by the identify Tary, he also builds Gundam robots and Star War people, but it’s the food which is led some to believe that Tary’s a Master Builder. Continue reading »
Malaysian Artist ‘Red’ Hong Yi Creates Jackie Chan Portrait Using Thousands Chopsticks
Hong Yi, also known by her nickname, ‘Red’, is an artist known for creating pieces using everyday, unconventional materials. After graduating with Master in Architecture from the University of Melbourne, Red moved to Shanghai for a career in architecture. She fell in love with the city’s chaotic charm, once home to her father and grandparents. Inspired by her surroundings and the range of affordable materials available from wholesale markets, it was here Red completed her first unconventional work, a portrait of Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei made entirely out of sunflower seeds. Continue reading »
Boxes Into Beds: Brilliant Idea Helps Earthquake Victims In Japan
On April 14 2016, Japan’s Kyushu Island in Kumamoto Prefecture was rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake. The earthquake killed nine people and caused widespread damage to the region. Many people lost everything in the disaster, but thanks to these clever ‘Box Beds’, at least the victims have somewhere comfortable to sleep. Continue reading »
Black Velvet Galaxy Nebula Cake
“Space cake” usually calls to mind images of shoddily packaged treats in an Amsterdam storefront or a well-intentioned birthday treat gone horribly wrong. But the time has come for you to step your space cake game up, thanks to this dessert work of art called the Black Velvet Nebula Cake. Continue reading »
India To Use 3D Paintings As Speed Breakers To Slow Down Dangerous Drivers
Would you slow down if you were driving towards what looked like a floating pedestrian crossing? We certainly would, and India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari hopes that millions of other people will too. That’s why he’s proposing the use of these 3D paintings as an alternative form of speed-breaker. And as you can see from the pictures below, these optical illusions are sure to catch your attention. Continue reading »
Edouard Martinet’s Masterfully Sculpted Animals And Insects Made From Bicycle, Car And Motorcycle Parts
French artist Edouard Martinet assembles faithful interpretations of birds, crustaceans, insects, and other creatures with countless objects from discarded bicycles, cars, and household objects. A bicycle pump forms the abdomen of a dragonfly, windshield wipers serve as the legs of a fly, or the metal logos of a bicycle manufacturer are layered to create the dense scales of a fish. All the more incredible considering Martinet never welds or solders his pieces, but instead uses only screws or fasteners, selecting only the perfect components that “fit” each assemblage like a puzzle. Continue reading »
Secret Worlds Hidden Inside A Wooden Ring
No matter how much jewelry you own, chances are that you don’t own anything quite like this. “What’s so special about these rings?” I hear you cry. Well, the answer is simple. These rings aren’t normal rings. These rings contain secret worlds. These otherworldly rings are the creation of Canadian jewelry maker Secret Wood. They’re all handmade using fresh wood, jewelry resin, and beeswax, and no two rings are the same which means that the little world you’ll carry on your finger is unique only to you. Continue reading »
Designer Transforms A Boeing 737 Jet Engine Into A Massive Chair
UK-based furniture design company Fallen Furniture, have created a huge chair out of a BOEING 737 Engine Cowling. Looking like it belongs in some type of futuristic setting, this over-sized chair, is a pure attention seeker. The chair, which can actually spin on its base, has a highly polished exterior shell, and a dark luxurious leather interior. Continue reading »
Negative Space Inspired Interiors By Mungo Thomson
Mungo Thomson is a contemporary visual concept artist from Los Angeles. His work can be described as simple but fascinating. His interest in what he calls ‘the dumb idea’, something simple but interesting, makes his art so special. Continue reading »
An Artist Has Created A Giant Mosaic Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles Depicting Vincent Van Gogh’s Famous Painting ‘The Starry Night’
Photo by Yueh-Hua Lee
A giant mosaic made from recycled plastic bottles depicting Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night is to be unveiled in Keelung’s Embrace Cultural and Creative Park, Northern Taiwan. Continue reading »
Barista Uses Food Dye To Create Colorful Latte Art
Instead of wasting expensive espresso, Las Vegas-based barista Mason Salisbury practices with colored food dye to create mesmerizing latte art. Just like regular latte foam, he first steams the milk before adding food dye in. He then pours the foam into a mug to create intricate and colorful leaf patterns. You might also want to check out fantastic Lumberjack and Chameleon cakes. Continue reading »
This Chair Was Designed Specifically For Cigar Aficionados
Chilean architect, Rodrigo Gonzalez, together with German lawyer, Alexander Sauer, conceived the idea of creating a smoker’s armchair for El Purista. The armchair is made of molded beech and walnut wood, and offers the cigar aficionado a personal retreat to relax, smoke, and enjoy. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Beautiful Figures Of Olympic Athletes Out Of Layered Paper
According to the Spanish artist Raya Sader Bujana: “The concept of this design was to express movement using paper. The added texture, light and volume that the serial planes technique provides reinforces the fluidity of the pieces. All the sculptures are entirely hand cut and assembled, some of the figures have around 150 pieces and up to 500 separators. The project required many, many hours of work, but the end result was very satisfying for me.” Continue reading »
