Artist Scott Listfield Paints Post-Apocalyptic Scenes Of The Bay Area
Massachusetts-based visual artist Scott Listfield is the subject of a new exhibition at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, California. Entitled “ALGORITHM,” Listfield creates a new batch of paintings that spotlight his ubiquitous astronaut traversing through post-apocalyptic environments of the Bay Area as per Arrested Motion. Accompanying the spaceman are dilapidated drones, autonomous cars in ruin, and drones surveilling the Bay Area. Continue reading »
Soviet Fashion: Style Pages From 1980s U.S.S.R.
Were Soviet women dressed in drab, utilitarian garb – not according to their fashion magazines.
I recently came across some Soviet fashion magazines from 1987-1989 and thought I’d share. Like most Americans, during the Cold War, I pictured all Soviet women as homely and hardened by their harsh life, dressed in drab utilitarian garb. As these pages prove, that was far from the case – and certainly not in the last years before the break up. What we find are fashions not so different to a JC Penney catalog of the same period. Let’s have a look… Continue reading »
Gorgeous Photos Make Star Wars Toys Look Like Real, Life-Sized Ships
Manufacturers of toys all over the world should be advertising their products with photos like these. Photographer Vesa Lehtimäki is responsible for these beauties; he’s been photographing his kid’s toys over the years and he makes shots that look like they belong in movies. His images of the various vehicles of Star Wars are especially impressive. Continue reading »
Haunting Photos Of Moscow’s Young Ravers And Their Lives After Dark
Photographer Arnold Veber’s lens observes the pendulum of Russian life.
Putin has governed Russia – alternatively as President or Prime Minister – since 1999, meaning that a lot of Russian kids born around the 00s only know life under his rule. Rampant corruption, limited civil liberties, or the government’s overt hatred towards LGBT people are some of the characteristics defining modern Russia. Continue reading »
So Teeth-Nails Exist… And It Gets Even Worse…
Instagram is where to go if you want to check out radical innovations in fashion. Every day, professionals and amateurs come up with dozens of new hairdos, outfits, nail designs, etc. Today’s masterpieces/monstrosities come from Nail Sunny, a nail salon based in Russia. They’re known for wacky nail designs that really go too far. Continue reading »
Meet Skellie: The Skeleton Who Imitates Every Girl On Instagram Ever
The Instagram account @omgliterallydead makes fun of typical girl Instagram photos with the help of this skeleton… Continue reading »
If Movie Posters Told The Truth…
How would honest copywriters have pitched the cool films to audiences? Continue reading »
Artist Combines Cats & Food In A Cute Culinary Collaboration
Cats and food; sure, they are awesome in their own right, but together they are a truly wondrous partnership! For all of you food and feline fanatics, yearn no longer – instagram account @cats_in_food combines your life’s two greatest passions. Continue reading »
The First Class On Air France In 1957, By Eugene Louis Kammerman
Born July 17, 1920, in Philadelphia, USA, Eugene Louis Kammerman, the son of a pharmacist and a passionate of photography, arrived with the American GI’s on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. Continue reading »
Land Rover Celebrates 70 Years With Stunning Poster Collection
To mark the 70th anniversary of the original Land Rover’s 1948 unveiling, the British automotive manufacturer commissioned a handful of gorgeously illustrated posters that go from vintage to modern in all kinds of style. Continue reading »
“Me & My TRS-80”: Kids And Their Computers In The 1980s
I don’t know about you, but nothing warms my heart more than the sight of a photograph of kid at a personal computer in the 1980s. A pleasant whiff of nostalgia mixed with interesting paleo-technology, makes for a great image. Let’s have a look at a handful of images of kids and families as history was being made: when computers first entered our schools and homes…
On the old Radio Shack display: “Marvin couldn’t understand Earth people very well. That’s why Marvin came to me. He knew that I was Computer Charlie. He knew that I was one of the biggest brains around.” Continue reading »
Designer Challenges Himself To Create Logos With Hidden Meanings For A Year
Wordplay is a never-ending source of amusement for me, with puns, spoonerisms and double entendres bringing a little extra color and life to the everyday language that we sometimes take for granted. Continue reading »
“Cats Like Plain Crisps”: Brilliant Photos Of Great Graffiti In 1970s London
Roger Perry’s photographs of graffiti in 1970s London were compiled in the 1976 book The Writing On The Wall. Perry (1944 – 1991), a photographer whose work regularly featured in Time Out, The Sunday Times, Vogue and Nova, captured a side of literary London when the city was hit by recession, poor housing and urban decay. Continue reading »
Brilliant Watercolor Paintings Of The Russian Artist Dima Rebus
Creating works that float somewhere between reality and the surreal, Dima Rebus is a young Russian artist working predominately in watercolor. Often described as unsettling, his paintings depict humans and their eerie situations, accompanied by often cheeky titles that evoke the contemporary times we live in. Continue reading »
The Badass And Chilling Watercolor Paintings Of Misha Vyrtsev
The excellent watercolour paintings of Misha Vyrtsev. Misha has a bewildering level of skill, humour and a magical touch with blending colours and textures. Continue reading »
Geeky And Adorable Silhouettes By Andy Fairhurst Make You Go Awww
It’s quite likely that these images will be the most adorable thing you look upon today. The Geek Kids Collection by Andy Fairhurst consists of kid versions of your favorite geeky heroes and villains drawn in a heart-meltingly cute fashion. Continue reading »
Vladislav Ociacia’s Robot Renders Are Works Of Art
Be still my robotic heart! The level of detail is astounding and makes the renders look more like production models than concept art. The robotic organs are a fantastic concept and give the robots a sort of macabre humanity. The next sci-fi blockbuster needs make use of these robot designs. Continue reading »
Illustrator Pascal Blanché Is Building A Stunning Sci-Fi Universe
With a richly mesmerizing style of illustration reminiscent of science fiction’s artful past, the work of Pascal Blanche brings character, color, light and environment together, transporting you into beautiful worlds you just want more of. Continue reading »
The Robot Next Door: Playful And Visionary Series By Nicolas Bigot, Niko Photographisme
Nicolas Bigot, aka ‘Niko Photographisme’, is a French photographer and digital artist who creates humorous and surreal images with a touch of credibility. We feature here a playful but also visionary series titled ‘The Robot Next Door’. He says ‘We live in a world of appearances. In the real life and the digital world. We play roles, characters. But appearances are often false or deceptive.’ Continue reading »
Engineers And Architects Create A Carbon Neutral Modular Hotel Made From Concrete Pods
Engineers from WSP are working with architects at Innovation Imperative to create a carbon neutral modular hotel made from groups of concrete pods. Continue reading »
Mechanical Engineer Creates Superb 3D Bio-Mechanic Artworks
Meet Ahmet Atıl Akar, a Mechanical Engineer, based in Stambul, Turkey. He turns his skills into super-realistic and futuristic 3D bio-characters. Take a look and enjoy! Continue reading »
Japanese Cosplayer’s ‘BoobPack’ Becomes A Viral Trend On Twitter
A female Japanese cosplayer is hoping to start an unusual fashion trend that requires a little more than just a significant amount of confidence to pull off. Continue reading »
The Supercharged Art Of Walter Molino
Walter Molino was born in 1915 and died in 1997 at age 82. He began working professionally as an illustrator and caricaturist in 1935 for a newspaper and two children’s magazines, followed by a satirical magazine and several comic strip series. Continue reading »
This Cozy Place – Revugia Spa & Wellness Resort Hotel By Lichtecht
The Revugia Spa & Wellness Resort Hotel is a project by Lichtecht GmbH that makes superb use of Forest Pack to create the lush environments that bring to life this wooded cabin retreat. They are planning the construction of a nationwide unique wellness & spa hotel resort in the middle of a forest. Continue reading »
“From Here To Nowhere”: The Superb 3D Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalypse And Cyberpunk Concept Art By Polygonatic
Abel Chan Arce aka Polygonatic is a concept / 3D artist, motion & graphic designer from Philippines. He is combining different techniques and experiments to achieve desired and industry standard results and learn from the process. Continue reading »
