Amazing Images Reveal How the Exclusion Zone Around Fukushima Has Been Abandoned to Become an Overgrown Wilderness
A stunning new photo project offers unprecedented insight into the wild and desolate exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant – where tonnes of contaminated soil lie untouched and overgrown forest is engulfing hundreds of abandoned vehicles and homes.
The 12.5-mile exclusion zone around the nuclear plant now resembles post-apocalyptic scenes from The Walking Dead after it was instantly abandoned following the 2011 nuclear disaster.
People deserted the area after warnings of dangerous levels of radioactivity, leaving cars, classrooms and libraries to be swallowed by the overgrown wilderness in stark scenes reminiscent of those seen in the show, in which entire towns have been left in stasis after zombies overran the earth.
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Artist Duo STALLMAN Create ‘Canvas On Edge’ Collection
Artists Stephen Stum and Jason Hallman of STALLMAN, work together to create their “Canvas on Edge” collection. Continue reading »
Luxurious Eco-Friendly Mansion Exists Entirely Below Ground
For those wanting to lessen their negative impact on the environment, the best place to build is down. Known as “underground homes” or “low-impact houses,” these structures minimize the amount of green space used by containing entire buildings below the Earth’s surface. Two English firms — NC Homes and Huntsmere — have proposed an underground dwelling that’s as luxurious as a conventional, above-the-soil structure. Called Perdu, it’s a circular three-bedroom home located on the grounds of Bowdon in Manchester. Continue reading »
Adorable Lizard Uses Blossoming Rose as a Comfy Bed
Roses are naturally beautiful flowers, but it turns out that they’re even more appealing when they hold an unexpected surprise. Imgur user Cmycherrytree‘s daughter Angel picked one of these thorny blossoms for her mother and later realized that it wasn’t an ordinary rose. Inside the flower’s delicate, pink petals was a snoozing green anole lizard using the floral beauty as a bed. “As long as I live I will probably never see this again,” the Texan mom writes. Continue reading »
Gorgeous Surfboards and Skate Decks Completely Cloaked in Famous Classical Artworks
Surfing and skateboarding culture has gone classical in this beautiful collaboration. As a continuation of their period-themed boards, Boom-art has joined forces with the European surf company UWL to create 504, a series of surfboards and skate decks featuring the work of renowned artists Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606 – 1684) and Gustav Klimt (1862 – 1918). Continue reading »
Three-Dimensional Human Collages Encased in Layers of Glass
Brooklyn-based contemporary artist Dustin Yellin has received worldwide recognition for his technique to creating large-scale, fantastical collages encased within layers of glass. Psychogeographies, his newest exhibition commissioned by the New York City Ballet for the annual Art series, is a collection of life-size humanoid figures. Continue reading »
These Candles Have a Human Figure that Appears to Be Meditating
Korean design studio AND (also known as Art N Design) have created Candleman, a little human figure candle that appears to be meditating.
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The Filmography of Guns
With over 116 intricately detailed hand-illustrations, from the classic Dirty Harry Smith & Wesson to James Bond’s PPK to the fictional firearms in classics like Star Wars and Aliens – we have it all covered. Each poster print is pressed on 100 lb. archival recycled thick stock paper on an offset lithographic press in Brooklyn, NY. Continue reading »
Old Photos Reveal How Disney’s Animators Used a Real-Life Model to Draw Alice in Wonderland
Kathryn Beaumont, the actor who voiced both Alice in Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Disney’s Peter Pan, also modeled for the animators. These old photos show how much effort was put into classical animation at the Disney studio, where artists were able to produce as many as 23-24 seconds of animation per week. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates a Unique Sculptures and Landscapes from Bullet Shells and Cartridges
Federico Uribe transforms common objects, such as sneakers, into colorful figures that stretch the limits of a given material’s original use and value. Born in Colombia, the artist moved to the United States to study painting, but he abandoned his painting practice in the early 2000s to create sculptures and installations of human figures and animals. Continue reading »
Shocking Real Stories of Feral Children Told with Dark Photos
“Feral Children” is the latest photo-project by German-born, London-based photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten. This newest series of staged photos takes a darker look at growing up under unusual circumstances. Fullerton-Batten rose to fame after her “Teenage Stories” series in 2005, which explored a girl’s transition to womanhood. Continue reading »
Behrad Ghodsi Develops a Range of 3D Printable Footwear
Designer Behrad Ghodsi has created ATOSSA, a collection of footwear, made by 3D printing, that would allow the wearer to print them at home.
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Designers Create a Wall for Carlsberg from 160 Laser Cut Pieces of Wood
Creative agency Wonderland, have designed an organically shaped wooden wall, displaying the Carlsberg logo, for the bar at the Hall of Carlsberg in Copenhagen. Continue reading »
Cat Cocoons Designed to Suit a Contemporary Interior
Aude Sanchez, a Parisian woman with a background in marketing and communication, has partnered with Guillaume Gadenne, an industrial designer, to create a collection of cat beds under the name Meyou. You can see their Kickstarter campaign here. Continue reading »
World’s First Origami Car Unveiled
LEXUS have designed and made the Origami Car, with the help of Scales and Models. The car is made from 1700 individually cut pieces of cardboard, and will be on display at the Grand Designs Live show, at the NEC in Birmingham, England, from October 8th to 11th, 2015.
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Orphaned Raccoon Thinks She’s a Dog After Being Rescued and Raised by Family with Dogs
Pumpkin the Raccoon may have an adorable face and a family who adores her, but things weren’t always easy for the lovable creature. When she was only a month old, Pumpkin fell out of a tree and broke her back leg. To make matters worse, the infant animal was incredibly weak and in need of medical attention. That’s when Rosie Kemp found her and waited around for the cub’s mother. After realizing that the mama raccoon wasn’t going to return, Kemp decided to adopt baby Pumpkin and to give her a chance at a happy, healthy life. Continue reading »
Japan’s First Female Photojournalist Is Still Shooting At The Age Of 101
At 101 years old, renowned Japanese photographer Tsuneko Sasamoto continues to express her artistic voice and capture stunning images. Considered to be her country’s first photojournalist at the age of 25, Sasamoto has been documenting history for over 70 years, including pre- and post-war Japan. Her photographs highlighted the country’s dramatic shift from a totalitarian regime to an economic superpower, and the social implications that arose from it. Continue reading »
A Life in a Graveyard of Airplanes
A Thai man climbs down from his home in a disused airplane on September 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. 3 impoverished Thai families have begun living in disused airplanes on a private field. The families, who collect and recycle garbage earning a few dollars a day, can’t afford to rent and prefer to stay in the planes. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)
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World Beard and Moustache Championships
A contestant of the World Beard And Mustache Championships poses for a picture during the opening ceremony of the Championships 2015 on October 3, 2015 in Leogang, Austria. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)
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Clever, Well-observed Editorial Illustrations from Toronto-based Peter Thomas Ryan
On first glance Toronto-based illustrator Peter Thomas Ryan’s style appears simple and almost naive in some images, but the cleverness lies in his ideas and composition. Peter’s created work for The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Variety among a whole heap of others and it’s interesting to see how adaptable his work can be. Continue reading »
Alien Landscapes
These stunning photographs may look like alien planets, but they are actually satellite images of planet Earth. Commercial satellite company DigitalGlobe recently released the images as a way of highlighting the incredible detail of their imagery – the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery in the world. Some of the images – taken above Afghanistan, Algeria, Peru, Russia and the United States – look more like abstract works by Mondrian than segments of the globe. DigitalGlobe, based in Westminster, Colo., launched its first satellite in 1999 and currently has four in operation. Here: Sutter, California.
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Think Nature – The New Vegetal Creations of French Designer Monsieur Plant
After his amazing project Just Grow It!, the vegetal sneakers, here is a selection of the latest creations of the French artist and designer Christophe Guinet, aka Monsieur Plant, based in Marseille, and his poetic nature-oriented projects. Continue reading »
Premature Babies – Moving Portraits of Newborns and What They Have Become
Félix, born at 24 weeks / Margot, born at 29 weeks. Photo © Red Méthot
Quebecker photographer Red Méthot, aka RedM has created a series of moving portraits of premature children, paralleling newborns and what they have become. By photographing these children holding in their hands a picture taken at the time of their birth, RedM illustrates in a single image the strength and the road traveled by these people who often had a difficult journey in early life. Continue reading »
Beautiful Ethiopian Headwear Made From Your Trash
In southern Ethiopia, deep within the Omo Valley you’ll find the semi-nomadic tribe known as ‘The Daasanach’, a group made up of some 50,000 individuals. Continue reading »
Wonderful Photos of San Francisco’s SoMa District During the Late 1970s and Early 1980s
Saturday Afternoon, Howard between 3rd and 4th Streets, 1981
In 1978, Janet Delaney moved to San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) district because the location was central and the rent was cheap. She was a student at the San Francisco Art Institute at the time. Delaney began taking photographs with a view camera on the weekends. She initially shot construction sites near her apartment, including the vast Moscone convention center. Continue reading »
