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London Drug Dealers’ Messages Through The Lens Of Conventional Marketing

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This is a selection of messages from drug dealers in London. They have adopted some classic marketing and communication techniques. Continue reading »

Computer Love: The Ultimate Guide To Computing

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This colourful series of ten historic computers, created in close collaboration between INK and Docubyte, documents the beginning of our computing history. Continue reading »

Gibson Girls: The Sexiest Women Of All Time

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The Gibson Girl began appearing in the 1890s and was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness portrayed by the satirical pen-and-ink illustrations of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and Canada. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of “thousands of American girls.” The Gibson girl’s neck was thin and her hair piled high upon her head in the contemporary bouffant, pompadour, and chignon fashions. Continue reading »

Surreal Abandoned Building From Kamchatka

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Yes you probably did wonder at the first glance is this a Photoshop or even a scene from some post-apocalyptic game like Fallout. But no you were wrong this is not digitally manipulated, it’s real and in all its destruction it is kind of beautiful. What you are looking at is a abandoned fisherman village of Kirovsky from Kamchatka region of Russia. No words needed, look at the photos yourself and enjoy them if you are abandoned structure enthusiast or if you’re pro nature be happy it’s dissolving as nature and time take it’s course! Continue reading »

Epic Video Game Room Decoration Ideas From PIXERS

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How many times have you heard your parents say not to waste time on playing computer games? Exactly, so many times that you are smiling at the very thought, while reading this sentence. When our parents were kids, it was difficult to believe that games would become a huge branch of the entertainment industry and the driving force for new technologies, that artists will be working on their development, and playing them will become a job that not only brings in a sizable income, but also great popularity. Continue reading »

This Artist Has Turned Store’s Regular Trashcan Into A Trashcan For People’s Hopes And Dreams

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According to Jeff Wysaski (previously), the comedian behind Obvious Plant: “I am a comedian that enjoys ‘planting’ funny signs and other jokes in public places for people to discover. It is part of an ongoing project I call Obvious Plant. For my latest prank, I altered a store trashcan so it is designed to accept people’s hopes and dreams. To add to the joke, I came up with a bunch of fake items and placed them in the trash bin.” Continue reading »

Edwardian Criminal Faces Of North Shields: Vintage Mugshots Of Women In The Early 1900s

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These images are a selection from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court in the early 1900s. Continue reading »

Man Quits Job, Sells Everything To Travel With His Rescue Cat Across Australia

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Having spent 10 years in the corporate world, one day Richard East just had it. The man quit his job, sold his house and most of his possessions. He bought a VW van and hit the road with his rescue cat Willow in Australia. Continue reading »

What If Popular Media Persons Appears In Popular 2016 Movie Posters?

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Onur Kurnaz and Sevil Yılmaz are the creators of one of the most popular and humorous works of last year in Turkey which was a blend of Oscar nominees movie posters with Turkish memes and funny social media characters. Continue reading »

This Is Not Your Granddad’s Creepy Brother: An Artist Makes Unbelievable Pro Silicone Masks

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This artist started making Pro Silicone masks late in his career, and, clearly, found his calling. They’re all super realistic, except with a tinge of crazy. He works out of the back of a friend’s business who generously donated the space to help him develop his craft. After playing with a silicone formula for months to make the masks lightweight, durable, textured for paint and hair, he hit a sweet-spot and has been making them since. Each mask is unique, hand painted, and each hair inserted with needle. They’re creepy, they’re imaginitive, holloween themed, and just flat out amazing. Continue reading »

This Artist Turns Children Drawings Into Real Toys

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According to Hayley from That Little Nook: “I love creating pieces with polymer clay and have been creating realistic Cake Toppers for 10 years. I wanted to add something a little different to mix up my creations and so I turned my nieces favourite Spore characters into display figures for her. Then my local radio station hosts posted pictures they had drawn onto their Instagram- they had made up Mr Men characters for each other just for fun. So I turned them into figurines for them.” Continue reading »

Amazing Leaf-Inspired Bags From Budapest By Gabriella Moldovanyi

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Budapest-based shop Leafling incorporates the elegant shape of a leaf into whimsical bags that are as comfortable in nature as they are in the city. Completely handcrafted, the packs are adorned with giant leaves that act as flaps or surface decoration, adding a playful twist to practical, everyday bags. They’re available in a bevy of styles to fit everything you’ll need to carry—from small saddlebags to large backpacks, you can take these designs for a night out or on a weekend camping trip. Continue reading »

A Guy Found A Scared Kitten Under A Truck And Just Couldn’t Say No To Her

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When this good guy saw a scared kitten clinging to a truck near his office, he just couldn’t leave her like that. Turns out, “the mama kitty ran off… and ditched the kitten. No other kittens could be found,” – redditor JustAnotherGoodGuy explained. Continue reading »

Soviet Brutalist Architecture Photographed By Frederic Chaubin

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When one thinks of something fascinating, Soviet brutalist architecture does not come to mind. However, Frédéric Chaubin’s remarkable photographs, published under the curious title “CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed”, can change that perspective of many. French photographer has traveled the former Soviet Union since 2003, capturing unusual sculptural buildings. Continue reading »

Funny Comics Showing How Women Behave When Nobody’s Looking

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Everyone knows that we behave differently in public and on our own. Sally Nixon, an American artist, dedicated her comics to this topic exactly. Or more precisely, she decided to show what women do when no one’s looking at them. Continue reading »

Scotch Trooper: Photographer Combines Love For Storm Troopers And Whiskey In Hilarious Series

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These Storm Troopers might’ve finally found the droids they’re looking for—but instead of a couple chatty robots, they’ve got bottles of whiskey. A scotch lover who fittingly calls himself Scotch Trooper (aka @scotch_trooper) photographs the toy soldiers playfully interacting with the brown liquor in a myriad of ways: they unbox massive bottles, enjoy a nice pour, and do what they do best—guard the liquid with their guns drawn. Continue reading »

The Floor Of An Historic Church Transformed Into A Reflective Pool Of Multi-Colored Orbs

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Reflecting the architecture of the former St. John’s Church in North Lincolnshire, UK is Liz West‘s site-specific pool of over 700 multi-colored orbs titled “Our Colour Reflection.” These circular mirrors installed onto the floor of the now 20-21 Visual Arts Centre project hues of yellow, purple, red, blue, and 11 other colors onto the beams that surround them, adding a colorful dimension to the 125-year-old building. Continue reading »

Taiwanese Couple Hilariously Parodies #FollowMeTo Couple

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Remember Murad Osmann and Natalia Zakharova (and here), the couple who sparked the now well-known #followmeto meme by photographing themselves while travelling the world back in 2013? Well, Taiwanese couple Forrest Lu and Agnes Chien certainly do. Continue reading »

Modern Manga Art By Ilya Kuvshinov

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Ilya Kuvshinov is an illustrator and storyboard artist originally from Moscow, Russia, but whom currently resides in Yokohama, Japan. Much of his personal work consists of pin-ups influenced by video games and film. Beautifully and sensitively rendered, Kuvshinov is able to paint alluring female characters without the need to sexualise them (for the most part). Continue reading »

Stories Of Peeling Plaster: Russian Artist Creates Art Out Of Peeled Plaster

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Back in 2015, Sofia, the Russian artist, has started her online community on Vkontakte. There, she publishes images of peeled plaster walls. She looks at them and lets her imagination take over. As a result, she creates artistic images from what used to be a part of an old peeled plaster wall. Then, she publishes before and after images. Subscribers can contribute by sending her original images. Continue reading »

A Photographic Project On The Beauty And Connections Between Animals And Humans

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Coexist” is a not-for-profit photographic project titled focusing on the beauty and connections between animals and humans with the aim to create public awareness of the lives of animals in captivity in circuses and zoos around the world. The images will feature a model posing in multiple shots alongside varied animals currently under the care of Zambi Wildlife Retreat in Sydney – an animal welfare establishment that rescues, rehabilitates and offers shelter to exotic, farm and native animals in need. Continue reading »

Artist’s Incredible Hand-Painted Clay Sculptures Look Like Whimsical Illustrations

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Madrid-based artist Irma Gruenholz creates her evocative three-dimensional “illustrations” using clay and plasticine. She sculpts the materials into soft-edged human renderings and then hand-paints them in whimsical color schemes, designing entrancing dioramas that invite imaginative interpretations from viewers. Continue reading »

Russian Artist Creates Dolls That Look Disturbingly Real

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Russian artist Michael Zajkov’s skills are so precise, that the dolls he creates look disturbingly lifelike. The dolls are made of polymer clay, hand painted glass eyes, and mohair hair. Dressed in a Victorian era style, they have multiple movable joints. But the most frightening part is their faces. The artist works on every detail in order to delicately bring out explicit features and facial mimicry of each doll. The outcome is fascinating. They look as though they are about to come to life. Continue reading »

Dutch Prisons Become Welcoming Homes For Refugees

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Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo

With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill its prisons. The government has let Belgium and Norway put prisoners in empty cells and now, amid the huge flow of migrants into Europe, several Dutch prisons have been temporarily pressed into service as asylum-seeker centers. Continue reading »

There’s A ‘Sloth Institute’ Which Looks After Baby Sloths That Lost Their Moms

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Founded in 2014 by Wildlife conservationist Sam Trull, the Sloth Institute Costa Rica has been rescuing baby sloths and giving them a new chance at life! The institute acts as an orphanage for baby sloths who are unable to learn primary survival skills after losing their moms. Continue reading »