The Exquisite Beauty Of Iceland, Captured In Dramatic Infrared Photos
Iceland attracts many photographers and travelers for its rugged and dramatic scenery, which is unlike anywhere else in the world. UK-based photographer Andy Lee found a way to stand out of the crowd, however, with his deeply atmospheric infrared landscape photography in “Blue Iceland.” Continue reading »
This Bizarre Romper Gives Your Baby A Cat’s Tail From Behind!
Have fashion designers lost their minds? Probably, but check out this adorable — albeit weird — kitty cat romper for babies, designed by ekoD Works. Continue reading »
Low Pixel CG: The Playful Ceramic Artwork Of Toshiya Masuda
When you say the words pottery or ceramics most people will think of earthy clay and glazes. Images of old vessels that hold flowers, or used as tableware, might come to mind. On the other side of the spectrum are computer graphics and digital art, a wholly intangible media that’s made of bits and bytes. Combine these two vastly different fields and you get what artist Toshiya Masuda calls “image gap.” Continue reading »
This Incredible ’Time Capsule’ Home Hasn’t Changed At All For Over 72 Years
This house in Toronto, Canada was built 72 years ago. Recently, the owner — an ordinary 96-year-old woman, a seamstress and knitter by trade — decided to sell it. But when real estate agents came to see the house, they gasped in astonishment. Judging by the interior design, they were back in the 1950s. Every centimetre was decorated with love and attention to detail. Among themselves, local real estate businessmen dubbed it “a pearl that’s been hiding in a shell.” Continue reading »
Love Is: Husband Spends 5+ Years Illustrating His Love For His Wife
South Korean artist Andrew Hou has spent almost 6 years trying to explain this feeling to his wife by drawing. It all began with cute drawings that he used to send to his significant one via SMS – he felt that it was easier to express feelings visually than verbally. Later, Andrew named his series “HJ-story” after his wife’s Korean name initials. At first, it was meant to be just a personal blog but, thanks to one of the artist’s friends, the word spread out and Andrew has gained many followers since. Continue reading »
Cute Illustrations Show How Complicated Love Is Made Simpler With IKEA Products
IKEA has launched a Valentine’s Day campaign on Facebook for those who believe love is complicated. Continue reading »
Insanely Creepy Skulls Carved Out Of Fruit & Veg
The art carving creepy faces into fruit and vegetables isn’t a new concept, but Russian artist (and now Paris resident) Dimitri Tsykalov has set a new benchmark in terms of creativity and technique with his horror-tastic series of skulls carved into various fruit and vegetables. Continue reading »
What Life Is Like Before And After You Get A Dog
If you decide to get a dog or any other animal as a pet, experienced owners have something to tell you. The owner of a golden retriever, John, shows how his life has changed after getting his pup Maimai — whom he describes as ’’a cute little furry devil’’. Continue reading »
An Illustrator Imagines What Disney Princesses Would Look Like If They Were Modern Teenagers
Once upon a time, Canadian illustrator Anoosha Syed started wondering how iconic Disney heroines would look and what their interests be if they were actual modern teenagers. Continue reading »
Amazing Street Art By HoodGraff
Snoop Dogg has released T-shirts and accessories featuring Belarusian embroidery patterns and professing the U.S. rapper’s “love” for Belarus. The items were designed by HoodGraff, a group of street artists from the Belarusian city of Vitebsk. The artists chose to relocate to Russia earlier this year after being fined $1,700, a substantial sum in Belarus. Their offense: attempting to paint a mural of the late, internationally acclaimed Belarusian writer Vasil Bykov, a vocal critic of Lukashenka, during a street-art festival in Minsk. Here’s a selection of some of HoodGraff’s work. Continue reading »
25 Iconic Photos Of Rock Stars From The 1960s And 1970s Taken By Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz is a former musician who took some of the most iconic photos of the 1960s and ’70s, many of which graced the covers of groundbreaking albums. Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Doors, the Eagles, all became friends and subjects. Diltz also shot iconic magazine covers and continues to work today. Continue reading »
25,000 White Roses Made Of LED Lights For Valentine’s Day
Photo by Kin Cheung / AP Photo
“Light Rose Garden” is originated from South Korea, an art installation project featuring 25,000 white roses made of LED lights for Valentine’s Day. Continue reading »
What World’s Famous Landmarks Could Look Like In An Epic Drought
A graphic designer has produced a haunting look at what the world’s most famous landmarks would look like if they were hit by a severe drought. Joel Krebs has intricately dried up hot spots such as the Tower Bridge in London, the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Niagara Falls and Machu Picchu. The designer’s works are enough to make viewers feel thirsty – they feature cracked surfaces, roll upon roll of sand, and vultures searching for carcasses in the dry heat. Joel, from Salem, Ore., revealed the idea behind the series came to him when he entered a design contest to remove famous landmarks from their surroundings, as if they’d disappeared. Here: Tower Bridge, London, after severe drought. Continue reading »
Inside The Oreo Wonder Vault That Popped Up In NYC
Open the Oreo, pull the lever, get a Filled Cupcake Oreo before they hit store shelves! Weber Shandwick was the lead activation agency on this, in collaboration with Iontank, 360i, The Martin Agency and Carat. Continue reading »
Curated Images And Textures From Google Maps
At the intersection of technology, nature, and aesthetics, Arterrae is a project that finds the awe-inspiring textures and colors hidden in Google Maps satellite images. Continue reading »
This Is A Carpet Made Of Vintage Jeans Labels
Polytuft from Sweden creates carpets made of the leather patches from jeans. Each carpet is unique since all leather patches are taken from old and worn out jeans. Continue reading »
Tiny Swiss Cottage Built From Remnants Of An Alpine Log Cabin
Located in Flims Lieptgas in the Swiss Alps, the Refugi Lieptgas is a small cottage with pure concrete and geometry form, backed against a large rock enjoying the extreme beauty of the valley and canyon. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates A Ceramics Imprinted With Patterns Of Vintage Typewriter Letters
Ceramic artist Laura C. Hewitt creates a wide range of cups, plates, and other ceramic objects imprinted with letters and numbers from old typewriter keys. The Alaska-based artist utilizes fragments from mathematical formulas, programming languages, and other science-influenced designs, all carefully applied with a variety of typewriter letters in black ink to create one-of-a-kind pieces. Continue reading »
An Abstracted Lamborghini Is The Basis For The Bizarre-Looking Lo Res Car From United Nude
The United Nude Lo Res Car is part of the United Nude Lo Res Project, which started several years ago and has become an important signature of the brand. The Lo Res design method is based on the principle of re-designing the same object in a series, each time lowering the 3D resolution, resulting in a more fragmented and abstract design each step of the way. Continue reading »
Changing Cities: The Overlapping Of Past And Present
Not only the fashion director of Esquire, Nick Sullivan is also a dedicated photographer and downright perfectionist, as demonstrated by his amazing Instagram feed. Sullivan’s new favourite pastime sees the British-born fashion expert scouring the Internet in search of old photographs of London, Paris and New York and meticulously locating the same exact spot, inserting the picture from the past into one of the present space to demonstrate the passing of time. From a picture of Colette sitting in the portico of the Palais Royale to a portrait of Bob Dylan walking down a tree-lined avenue in Central Park and the Rolling Stones taking a stroll in Covent Garden, Sullivan’s “doubletakes” become joyful accounts of the evolution of some of the world’s most-loved cities. Continue reading »
The Adorable Photo Series Shows Curvy Canines And Flexible Felines Participating In A Spot Of Yoga
The shots feature the animals in the likes of the lotus position, balancing on two legs, and stretching in ways that would make the greatest of yoga masters proud. Photographer Dan Borris came up with the idea for the series in 2000, when he was asked by a friend to photograph her in a yoga pose while her dog bothered her. Dan thought images of the dog itself performing yoga positions would be amusing, and, having kept the idea in his mind, began shooting such a series in 2005, releasing his first calendar in 2005. Continue reading »
Photographer Captures An Empty New York City During The Snowpocalypse
New York City was hit by a snow storm, perfect weather to stay indoors, but not if you want to capture an eerily empty New York City. So photographer Vivienne Gucwa went out and captured this almost surrealistic state of the ever bustling city, the results are amazing! Continue reading »
Before Photoshop – 14 Historic Photos That Have Been Manipulated
Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing software, it actually dates back almost as far as the invention of photography. Gathered below is an overview of some of the more notable instances of photo manipulation in history. For recent years, an exhaustive inventory of every photo manipulation would be nearly impossible, so we focus here on the instances that have been most controversial or notorious, or ones that raise the most interesting ethical questions. Continue reading »
Adorable 1970s Valentine’s Day Cards Featuring The McDonaldland Characters
Here’s an adorable set of Valentine’s Day cards featuring the McDonaldland characters. These were available in McDonald’s restaurants for kids in 1978 Continue reading »
What Art History Would Look Like If Men And Women Had More Tattoos
Advertising art director Nicolas Amiard has reimagined history with his clever mash-up series called The Art of Tattoo, in which subjects from classic paintings sport modern ink. Continue reading »
