“Fashion that’s Larger than Life”
Natan Dvir, an Israeli photographer, focuses on the human aspects of political, social and cultural issues. For his “Coming Soon” series, Dvir says that in recent years, a kaleidoscopic net of huge billboards has enveloped the commercial hubs of New York. Seen here, a man looks at a Juicy Couture billboard while passing it on 52nd street close to 5th Avenue in New York, June 5, 2012. (Photo by Natan Dvir/Polaris) Continue reading »
Old Farm Equipment And Scrap Metal Turned Into Stunning Sculptures
South Dakotan sculptor John Lopez creates life-sized scrap metal sculptures with a uniquely Western American twist. In his hands, old discarded farm equipment is recycled into sculptures of iconic creatures from the American West like a bison, a horse plowing a field, or a Texas Longhorn. Continue reading »
Tetris Inspired Urban Furniture Turns Public Spaces Into Playgrounds
Open Code Urban Furniture – a construction set adaptive to the needs and wishes of different neighbourhoods. Instrumental in arranging a space for sharing (drawers installed). A series of open code urban furniture workshops are run in 4 Vilnius neighbourhoods in cooperation with the local residents. 4 furniture sets, 4 Vilnius neighbourhoods – and 4 different scenarios of use, to understand how public spaces and urban furniture work. The same basic set becomes different in each context. Continue reading »
This Box Shows Tomorrow’s Weather On Your Table With Real Rain And Clouds
Ken Kawamoto, a software engineer by day and gadget inventor by night, likes to “break the barrier between the digital world and the real world ,” and he has done just that with his latest invention – the Tempescope. This little box can create real raindrops and clouds and simulate lightning and sunlight to show you the weather forecast or real-time weather display. Continue reading »
Leandro Erlich Creates a House of Mirrors
People appear dangling as a large-scale installation art piece by Leandro Erlich, named “Dalston House”, in London, England. Part of the “Beyond Barbican” summer series of events, the interactive installation is a full facade of a late nineteenth-century Victorian terraced house built on the ground with a large mirror above it to reflect people as to appear dangling from the structure. Photos by Dan Dennison. Continue reading »
Artist Spray Paints Floors Of Abanoned Buildings With Colorful Tile Patterns
Javier de Riba, an artist based in Barcelona, creates fascinating works of street art that make it seem as though the empty buildings he explores are paved with beautiful tile floors. Instead of actually tiling them, however, he simply paints on them with stencils and spray paint.
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113 Potatoes, 117 Bananas, And Other Foods The Artist Ate Over 365 Days Turned Into Sculptures
Meet Itamar Gilboa, the Israeli born artist, who now lives in the inspirational city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he moved from his home country to study art. His studio is filled with his lifetime work. And what about his latest project? Mr. Gilboa decided to recreate the exact amount of food he ate during the past 365 days. Continue reading »
Colorful Socks From Ukraine
Sammy Icon is an independent accessory brand for those who take life as a real adventure. We produce great accessories that create the base of your style. And we make them well. Continue reading »
Amazing Ball Pen Drawings By Johann Lester
Johann grew up in Greenwich, London and went to Brighton University reading visual culture but left education after the first year. He always drew with a biro, scribbling away obsessively in the corners & margins of his books. While working in a café he did his first big piece for his mother’s birthday, and then his obsession really took hold. Continue reading »
Great Masters Having Great Times: Miniature Art Of Lorenzo Castellini
According to Lorenzo Castellini: “I am a Brazilian artist who lives in one of the craziest cities in the world! Living in Sao Paulo is like being trapped in one of Hieronymus Bosch’s paintings !First I got a book on him and cut out characters and images from his paintings, then I decided ”to take bosch for a walk” around town and place those characters in surreal scenes…which is quite easy to find around Sao Paulo. While doing that many more masters came to my mind… Van Gogh, Matisse, Basquiat and so on! Continue reading »
Handcrafted Fantasy Books By Aniko Kolesnikova
Latvian designer and artist Aniko Kolesnikova, working under the name Mandarin Duck, creates fantastic hand made book covers using polymer clay. Continue reading »
Snap: Design Your Own Furniture
Our lives are continuously and rapidly changing. Today few things last forever. However, this shouldn’t be the case for your furniture. You can now enjoy your furniture for life without the need of buying and throwing away over and over again. Continue reading »
Weaving Your Own Forest
“Weave own ‘nature’ and plant ‘forest’ in our soul.” – “Weaving Forest” is an art installation consisting of wooden reindeers and structures where visitors can use yarns to weave and making own line-patterns on it. A massive of yarns covering the installation will be the result of this interaction. The installation is not only an insight to human relationships, respect and love for nature, but also a reflection on social responsibility and eco consciousness. The installation was exhibited at “Detour” Festival, Hong Kong. Continue reading »
Stella Artois Limited Edition For Cannes Film Festival
This is something wider, than ordinary limited edition beer packaging. Let us introduce you packvertising – concept, where story and design finally meet each other. Story – is what Stella Artois stands for. And traditionally Stella Artois support Cannes Film Festival. So we show a story happened somewhere in Cannes in 4 parts – a part for each can. Accidents, unexpected twists, chase, drama, beautiful woman, kiss at final and even a helicopter – well, it’s almost a film on cans, actually. But no more words – meet Cannes cans and enjoy Stella Artois. Created by BBDO Ukraine. Continue reading »
Artist Used 145 Gallons Of Paint To Revive An Abandoned Pool On Roosevelt Island
“This piece is inspired by my color field installations that take up both private and public spaces. I love introducing color to spaces that seem neglected or forgotten. When people experience my installations I hope that they will remember the experience far after the moment is gone. My goal is to evoke subconscious feelings one may have forgotten when viewing my work.” Continue reading »
Self-Taught French Artist Creates Wistful Yet Heartwarming Creatures Fallen From The Stars
Anne-Marie Verron, a French artist, has given birth to a whole dream world. She creates textile sculptures under the name “The Bear Fallen from the Stars” (L’ours tombé des étoiles, in French). Each bear is unique and full of personality, it seems to have its very own story. Mohair and alpaca are scissor and needle sculpted to bring to life a new character. Continue reading »
Out Of Town Backpacks
Out Of Town Backpack is a French backpack brand with a functional, minimalistic design. The «Friday bag» has been conceptualized and created by Out Of Town to function as aseamless link between ones weekday and weekend life. Continue reading »
Benibla Athletics Summer College 2015 Lookbook
After releasing the 1st part last month, Paris-based imprint Benibla unveils its Athletics Summer College 2015 collection. Continue reading »
Murksli Custom Hanfcrafted Boards
Murksli is a boutique/workshop of handcrafted longboards and skateboards. Based in Slovenia. Continue reading »
The International Flag of Planet Earth
The International Flag of Planet Earth is a graduation project at Beckmans College of Design (Stockholm, Sweden). Continue reading »
Would You Eat Insects If They Looked Like This?
These are insect infused protein bars and this is what they look like. Would you eat this if you knew it contained insects? Introducing a Jungle Bar: The Insect Powered Protein Bar. Continue reading »
Spain Welcomes Springtime With ‘Maya’ Girls
A “Maya” girl sits in an altar during the traditional celebration of “Las Mayas” on the streets in Madrid, Spain. Continue reading »
Life-Like Fly Agaric Mushrooms And A Fern Sculpted From Old Book Pages And Reclaimed Fabrics
Herefordshire based artist Kate Kato created these life sized fly agaric mushrooms and fern from completely recycled materials including book pages, fabric, upholstery and wire. She used a demi-john and reclaimed wood to create the bell jar style display it sits in, like a little magical world. Her sculpture will be on display at the RBSA Gallery in Birmingham, UK from the 7th of May in the Prize Exhibition!
A tiny woodland world growing inside a reclaimed demi-john bottle.
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The Realistic 3-Dimensional LEGO Bridge
German graffiti artist, Martin Heuwold aka MEGX, has painted a bridge with an area of 250 square meters to look like it was made from LEGO bricks. Continue reading »
An Artist Has Gone To Incredible Lengths To Paint Several Iconic Album Covers On Her Own Face
London-based artist Natalie Sharp wanted to celebrate Record Store Day in a unique way, and asked her Facebook friends for suggestions about which album covers to paint. Continue reading »
