This Crying Unicorn Candle Will Make You Shed Tears Of Joy (Or Fear)
As Mashable reports, Firebox has officially released a “Crying Unicorn Candle,” and it’s both magical and creepy. Featuring a white ceramic candle holder in the shape of a tiny unicorn, the product includes three spiraled horn-shaped candles that, when lit, melt through the unicorn’s eye sockets and makes it look like it’s crying rainbows. Continue reading »
After 4 Years Of Not Throwing Away His Trash This Photographer Created A Powerful Photo Series
Back in 2011, photographer Antoine Repessé stopped throwing away his recyclable trash to make a point. Four years later he started turning that point into a powerful photo series he called ‘#365 Unpacked’, which challenges us to rethink our role as consumers. Continue reading »
Artist Humorously Rediscovering The Scenes Of Ordinary Life In Israel, Soviet Russia And Africa
Throughout her career as an artist, Ukraine-born Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi has not lacked for public interest, critical acclaim, or financial compensation. Her pieces have been shown in premier Israeli art galleries for over a decade. Her work is continually covered in the mainstream media. And her sketches fetch anywhere from $5,000 to five or six times that amount. Continue reading »
China’s Famous ‘Face-Kini’ Gets Porcelain-Inspired Facelift
Face masks for the beach known as face-kinis have become a curious fashion item in China in recent years. On Wednesday, models showed off the latest designs at a product launch on the sands of Qingdao, the eastern Chinese city where they were first popularized. Continue reading »
Apple Logo Found In Birch Tree By Russian Lumberjacks
Few days ago a couple of Russian lumberjacks were minding their own business, cutting trees and usual lumberjack things like that until something weird happened. One of the has cut the tree and on his own surprise he found an actual Apple logo inside a birch tree. Continue reading »
2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer Of The Year – Cities Gallery
We’re entering the final week of the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest, and stunning entries continue to pour in from all over the world.
For the final gallery before the contest closes, our editors have selected incredible photos from the “Cities” category for online galleries. From aerial shots to iconic skylines, these photos feature both architectural marvels as well as the beauty of day-to-day life in the urban jungle.
The city library in Stuttgart. (Photo and caption by Norbert Fritz / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest) Continue reading »
Czech Photographer Michal Pudelka: Girls, Girls, Girls
Photographer Michal Pudelka’s portfolio (previously featured) reads as an amalgamation of the ‘girl clique.’ With references that range from The Virgin Suicides to Mean Girls (and any other nod to one of the multitude of teen-girl dramas in between.) Pudelka evidences a knowledge of the power of dressing and the connotations and significance it can hold to individuals from their childhoods. Continue reading »
French Artists And Nike Have Redesigned The Paris Duperré Basketball Court
French design and photography agency Ill-Studio (previously featured) and fashion brand Pigalle have redesigned and repainted the Paris Duperré basketball court, with support from Nike. The court is squeezed between buildings in a Parisian suburb on Rue Duperré, and became internationally renowned in its previous guise, painted in graphical blocks of primary colours. Continue reading »
Honest Photos That Show What Veterans Look Like After A Decade Of War In The Middle East
Wars never really end, because even though they may finish on the battlefield, many veterans bring the war back home and are forced to live with them for the rest of their lives.
“Bobby was hit by incoming artillery, sustaining burns over 60% of his body. He is pictured here with his daughter Layla.”
This sad and sobering truth is highlighted by photographers like David Jay and James Nachtwey, who have been documenting young and badly wounded American soldiers following their return home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading »
An Artist Creates Images Of Banknotes Generated From The Bitcoin Blockchain
Created by Matthias Dörfelt, ‘Block Bills’ is a series of 64 banknotes generated from the Bitcoin Blockchain. Each banknote represents one block in the chain and the whole series consist of 64 consecutive blocks starting at block #456476. Continue reading »
The Delicate 3D Embroidery Of Justyna Wolodkiewicz
After being considered as old-fashioned for a long time, the art of embroidery has made a big comeback in recent years with many artists who experiment with alternative uses, embracing embroidery with contemporary art and creativity. Continue reading »
Iconic New York City Buildings Are The Pieces In This Chess Set
UK based start-up Skyline Chess, has just launched their latest design for a chess set, the New York City Skyline. Continue reading »
Highways On The Runway? New Dress Designs Show Infrastructure’s Chic Side
Imagine walking the runway wearing a highway. That’s the idea behind new dress designs by the Sichuan Department of Communications, which recently posted these photos on WeChat. These photos show paper cut-outs of dresses with prints of highways in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. Continue reading »
Australian Photographer Captures Women Breastfeeding Their Babies In A Series Of Stunning Scenes
A series of stunning images showing women breastfeeding in iconic locations across Australia have been captured on camera. Victorian photographer Sarah Murnane, a mother-of-two, took many of the captivating images as part of The Australian Breastfeeding Project which she set up after the birth of her second child. Continue reading »
Sunny Photographs That Show Just How Far Out Beach Life Was In ’70s
A couple shows off their chopper bike near the water’s edge on Daytona Beach, Florida, circa 1970.
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A look back at summer at the beach during the 1970s, presented by Getty Images. Continue reading »
Creative Eroticism: How These Funny Ads Get Around Censorship
How to promote erotic literature without being caught by censorship? The agency MortierBrigade and the Belgian magazine Humo have imagined a funny and offbeat campaign, using the ads of other advertisers to create some naughty situations. A great way to get around censorship with humor! Continue reading »
Russian Lara Croft Cosplayer Ended Up In A Grip Of A Massive Bear
You have already met Stepan the Bear (previously featured), the big and good bear that is already world famous. This is making him one of the most desirable animal for photo shoots these days, he is full at work and has a little of his own free time. Continue reading »
These Nature Inspired Wall Hooks Are A Creative Twist To The Traditional Hanger
Designed by Louise Hederström and manufactured by Swedish design company Maze, these nature inspired wall hooks offer a creative twist to the traditional hanger. Continue reading »
Syrian Artist Paints World Leaders As Refugees
With The Vulnerability Series, artist and Syrian refugee Abdalla Al Omari turns the world’s leaders into refugees, from Vladimir Putin to Barack Obama via Donald Trump, François Hollande or Nicolas Sarkozy. Through this powerful series, Abdalla Al Omari pays tribute to all those, unjustly called migrants, who like him had to flee their country, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or Eritrea, abandoning everything in front of the horrors of war. Continue reading »
Denmark Will Have This Amazing New Observation Tower Next Year
Designed by Danish architecture firm EFFEKT, The Treetop Experience of the Camp Adventure recreation park in Denmark, will debut in the summer of 2018. Located one hour south of Copenhagen, Denmark, the Treetop Experience begins with a walk through the forest of Gisselfeld Klosters Skove that has various sections to stop and relax, or explore and learn. Continue reading »
This Wood Wine Box Packaging Can Be Reused As A Bird House
Designer Rita Rivotti has created fun packaging for a wine collection named Tyto Alba by Companhia das Lezírias vineyards in Portugal. Throughout the years, Companhia das Lezírias have made it their mission to protect and preserve Tyto Alba, also known as the barn owl. Continue reading »
Meet Selk’bag, The Wearable Sleeping Bag
Wouldn’t it be great if you could walk around and feel just as warm and cozy as if you were wrapped in a blanket? And then you could stop and take a nap anytime? That’s the idea behind the Selk’bag. Continue reading »
Chinese Student Designs Award-Winning Life Slide
A Chinese student, Fan Shizhong’s design of a life slide has recently won the transportation award in this year’s Core77 Design Awards, an annual industrial design award held in the US. Continue reading »
Russian Craftsman Shapes Wooden Motor Tricycle
A Russian carpenter Dmitry Gubenko has manufactured a wooden motor tricycle. The three-wheeled vehicle has a 9.5 horsepower engine similar to the one used in a usual motorbike. Before this wooden motor tricycle, Dmitry has made a Basket Weave Bike in 2015. Continue reading »
Dog Photographer Of The Year 2017 Winners
The Kennel Club has announced the winners of its annual Dog Photographer of the Year competition. Now in its twelfth year, the international competition received almost 10,000 entries from 74 different countries around the globe, including Canada, Russia, Brazil and New Zealand.
Overall Winner and Man’s Best Friend 1st Place Winner Maria Davison Ramos, Portugal
Maria Davison from Portugal has been selected as the overall winner of the competition with an image of an adorable puppy resting his head, which was placed first in the ‘Man’s Best Friend’ category. Continue reading »
