Outstanding Architectural Rings By Ola Shekhtman
Ola Shekhtman, the Siberian-born jewelry designer reimagined 12 major metropolises—including London, New York, Paris, Stockholm, and Hong Kong—as intricate accessories you can wear around your finger. Continue reading »
Heat-Changing Mug Reveals The Aurora Borealis When Filled With A Hot Drink
You might not live near the aurora borealis, but you can now experience it every time you have a cup of coffee. ThinkGeek has created a special heat-changing mug that reveals the glorious sight of the Northern Lights, when it’s filled with hot liquid. Left unheated, it simply displays a stunningly desolate landscape at the base of its handle. Continue reading »
“To The Moon And Back”: Breathtaking Manipulated Photos By Robert Jahns
A not-so-famous photographer Robert Jahns can do impossible things with common photos. He takes two pictures and joins them into a single composition. Thanks to this creative idea, which is based on the combination of contrasts, ordinary photos become interesting and attractive. Jahns combines several pictures into one seamless scene. A leafless crown of the tree, layered onto deer antlers, creates a real and natural continuation of the deer`s head. Likewise, a rollercoaster with an overview of the city frightens us by being very realistic. Continue reading »
Ancient Traditional Honey Hunters Of Nepal
Andrew Newey, an award-winning UK-based travel photographer, has captured gripping photographs of central Nepalese Gurung tribe members engaged in a dangerous and ancient tradition – honey hunting. Continue reading »
Unbelievable Seahorse Sculpture By Hu Shaoming
Hu Shaoming is a young Chinese sculptor and graduate of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. With a deft mastery of metal he creates intricate sculptures that are surreal and dreamlike, but also somewhat cautionary. As part of his city series Shaoming created a mechanical seahorse that appears submerged in water. The exposed top of its head is burdened by a beautiful, metallic civilization, creating a fascinating and treacherous balance between man and nature. Continue reading »
This Is a Cannoli Lover’s Dream Come True
What happens when you combine dozens of delectable cannoli into one giant cannoli? You get something called a “Bazooka” and Instagram goes wild. This incredibly decadent creation is a speciality dessert offered by the cannoli masters at Pasticeria Caruso in Sydney. The Bazooka cannoli can be custom ordered for special occasions in lieu of a traditional cake or box of cannoli singles. Continue reading »
“Field Of Light”: Bruce Munro Creates Fantastic Lighting Installations Across The Urban Landscapes
British artist Bruce Munro creates immersive light installations. These large-scale projects are inspired by his interest in shared human experience. Munro’s work takes on all sizes and covers all kinds of landscapes. He’s created both monumental and intimate instillations in deserts, ponds, gardens, fields, and even inside buildings. Continue reading »
This Guy Has Built A Hobbit House In His Backyard
30-year-old Ashley Yeates is not a hobbit. The Bedford, England, is a design and construction expert that’s much too big to be a hobbit, although rumor has it his feet might be just as hairy–but despite these shortcomings, he decided to build a “hobbit hole” in his garden, a project that took almost a year to complete. After a tree died in the yard, he decided a hole was just the thing to take its place! Continue reading »
Restaurant Puts Fridge In Street So Hungry People Can Take Leftovers
When a restaurant owner in Kochi, India, saw a homeless woman eating from a trashcan, she knew she had to do something. So Minu Pauline came up with a brilliant idea. Realizing that her restaurant, Pappadavada, had a lot of leftover food, she decided to put a fridge outside so homeless people could help themselves. Continue reading »
The Stunning Art Of George Redreev
The insanely beautiful and mind blowing artwork of George Redreev, a freelance digital artist and illustrator based in Russia. His impressive online portfolio contains a great selection of fantasy, science fiction and pin-up style illustrations. Continue reading »
Canadian Artist Transforms Herself Into Superman
Photo by Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via AP Photo
Canadian artist Kay Pike poses for a photo after she transformed herself using body paint and latex into Superman at her home in Calgary, Alberta. The Canadian artist turns her body into different characters for an Internet audience. Continue reading »
How To Take Care Of A Sad Person In Ten Easy Steps
We all deal with sad people in different ways. Some people are experts in the art of comforting others. Some freeze up like they’ve just seen a ghost. Some awkwardly pretend that nothing is wrong, and some become sad themselves, which then results in the sad person having to comfort them. For those of you who aren’t so great at “being there” for others, help is at hand thanks to these sweet illustrations by John Saddington. Just follow the simple 10-step guide and you’ll soon have your sad little subject wrapped up like a warm and happy sushi roll. Continue reading »
“A Summer Night’s Melancholy”: Surreal Paintings Of Michael Sowa
Michael Sowa (b.1945) is a German artist known for his whimsical, surreal and stunning paintings often featuring animals. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin for seven years, spent a brief time as an art teacher and then became a painter. Continue reading »
Stunning Vintage Photos Show The Beauty Of African-American Women From Between 1920s And 1940s
These stunning vintage snapshots show the beauty of African-American women in their normal lives from between 1920s to 1940s. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Lighting Fixtures Inspired From Star Wars Movies
Israeli artist Eyal Rosenthal creates minimalistic lighting fixtures inspired from Star Wars movies. Continue reading »
“See The Extraordinary And Make It Still More Extraordinary”: Contemporary Art Paintings By Stanislav Plutenko
The artist Stanislav Plutenko plays on colour contrasts, his painting is very vigorous, illustrative and imbued through by sarcasm on the reality. Continue reading »
“Our Street”: Artist Beautifully Illustrates Everyday Life In Small Russian Town
Vladimir Lubarov is a famous book graphic artist who has illustrated more that one hundred books among them there are Voltaire, Rabelais, Gogol, Strugatskie, and main artist of “Chemistry and life” journal and “Text” publishing house. Continue reading »
Intimate Portraits Reveal Amusing Facial Expressions Of Skeptical Dogs
German photographer Elke Vogelsang (previously) has a knack for capturing expressive portraits of our canine friends. Her latest series features “dogs questioning the photographer’s sanity,” as they grimace, roll their eyes, and generally look miffed. We can’t help think we’ve done something wrong! Continue reading »
Ingenious Rocking Chair Knits A Hat for You As You Sway Back And Forth
The Rocking Knit chair was created by Lausanne Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex, students at the ECAL University of Art and Design. At first glance, the chair looks a lot like a porch swing or glider chair. Settle into the comfy seat, and you’ll find that it takes little effort to rock back and forth. Continue reading »
Artist Born Without Hands Draws Beautiful, Hyper-Realistic Portraits
Polish artist Mariusz Kędzierski does things a bit differently. Continue reading »
Colorful Photos Of The Latin America’s Interiors From The 1980s And 1990s
Rafael Goldchain is a well-respected Canadian photographer. He was born in 1953 of Polish-Jewish heritage in Santiago, Chile and educated in Jerusalem, Israel before moving to Toronto. He earned a Master of Fine Arts at York University (2000) and a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photographic Studies at Ryerson University (1980). Continue reading »
Beautiful Rare Black And White Photographs Of 20 Year Old Norma Jeane Dougherty (Later Marilyn Monroe) On Malibu Beach In 1946
Before there was Marilyn Monroe there was a girl named Norma Jeane Dougherty who met André de Dienes in 1945. Together they travelled as lovers taking photographs that would help catapult the cherub-faced redhead into superstardom. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Aerial Views Of China’s Tulip Fields
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China’s tulip farms are a must-see tourist attraction in the warmer months. The farmers have fun with the flowers, creating intricate designs like swirls, zig-zags and even a ying and yang symbol. The beautiful colors are spectacular from the ground, but look even more magnificent from above. Continue reading »
Camouflaged Insects: Can You Spot These Masters Of Disguise Playing Hide-And-Seek?
These tiny insects are so well camouflaged it is nearly impossible to make out their cleverly disguised forms. Canadian photographer and adventurer Paul Bertner attempted to catch the bugs in their natural habitats as part of a hide-and-seek game to show biodiversity in nature. But while Paul, a forester, now finds it easy to pick out the outline of a bug concealed in the undergrowth, he admits that spotting the irregularities in natural patterns that give the insects away is definitely an acquired skill. By using macrophotography techniques, Paul was able to get closeups of the insects and make their shapes visible. Continue reading »
This Is What Peacock Feathers Look Like Under A Microscope
Canadian software engineer and photographer Waldo Nell shows us just how fabulous peacock feathers are – even at a microscopic level. Using an Olympus BX 53 microscope, Nell employed a technique called ‘photo stacking’. It involves combining hundreds of pictures taken at different focal points to get an image with a greater depth of field. Continue reading »
