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Mountain Bike Trails Built Underground

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It’s the biggest place of it’s kind, well and pretty much the only one. Underneath the Zoo of Louisville hides something you would never expect, a trail paradise for mountain bikers.
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Pixelated Christmas Ornaments For Your Retro Christmas Tree

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8-Bit ornaments made of Perler Beads were inspired by video games from the ‘80s, created by designer Adam Crockett. They look great on a Christmas tree, especially if you love geeky retro themes!
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Canned Human Condition

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Works from the “Canned Human Condition” series by Reima Honkasalo. Continue reading »

Instead Of The Head

This Badass Couple’s Vegas Elopement Is The Epitome Of Cool

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Ainsley Hutchence and Sebastien Fougere had both been married before. So when they fell in love in 2008, they both agreed they would never tie the knot again. Continue reading »

Skull And Crossbones Tie-Tack And Cufflink Set – For The Hardcore At Heart!

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Toss out your boring gentlemen’s accessories for Kickstarter’s new project featuring an edgy tie-tack and cufflink set for the hardcore at heart. This set’s design features a skull and crossbones on a black background outlined in blood red, allowing you to tastefully accentuate your wild side at any formal function. Continue reading »

“Giant Lipstick” – The Art Object Created From 5000+ Used Lipsticks

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Created by artist Agnė Kišonaitė, ‘Giant Lipstick’ is made of 5000+ used lipstick tubes, measuring a height of 2.5 meters with an overall weight of 200kg. Four tubes of rouge are sold every second in the world, and considering the amount of packaging left which cannot be recycled, so I wanted to create something which triggered our society to think more seriously about consumerism and the types of products they are purchasing, and bring attention towards the need to reduce waste. Continue reading »

Vedema: A Fire Harvests The Stone

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The project was commissioned by Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, one of Santorini’s most unique and prestigious hotels, built around a 400 year old winery made of dark volcanic stones. The hotel is located in the southern part of the island, in the scenic village of Megalochori, next to a wonderful large area of vineyards. The name comes from its history and connection to the surrounding nature, as in Santorinian idiom ventema (βεντέμα) means harvest.
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Realistic Future F1 Concept

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Formula 1 concept of the nearby future by Andries van Overbeeke. Continue reading »

Pop Pop Bang By Thomas Brown & Anna Burns

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A collaboration between creative director Anna Burns and the photographer Thomas Brown. Through the use of various mediums the pair have curated an exhibition that explores the masculine world of B-Movies and juxtaposed it with the traditional British landscape. Continue reading »

Siberian Farm Cats Are Waiting For Spring To Come In Marvelous Photos By Alla Lebedeva

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Alla loves nothing more than taking pictures of her beloved pets – and it seems the world can’t get enough of them either. Continue reading »

Abandoned Stars Wars Decoration Sets In The Desert

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New York-based visual artist and filmmaker Rä di Martino has taken a series of eerie and beautiful photos that capture scenes of abandoned Hollywood film sets. Martino spent over a year traveling throughout the desert towns of Morocco and Tunisia hunting down the old Star Wars sets, exploring these massive structures that stand almost like ancient ruins. “No More Stars” showcases the backdrop of Luke Skywalker’s home on the fictional desert planet Tatooine. Photos by Rä di Martino. Continue reading »

Brazilian Billionaire Buries His Bentley

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62-year-old Count Scarpa, a quirky millionaire from Sao Paolo, Brazil, announced he has decided to do like the pharaohs and entomb his $500,000 Bentley Continental Flying Spur in his back garden, on Monday, via Facebook.

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Incredibly Realistic Wood Sculptures Of People Hand-Carved By Peter Demetz

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Italian artist Peter Demetz has a gift for breathing life into wood, a material that seems hard and lifeless to most of us. His wooden sculptures of people are flawlessly life-like. Demetz’s precise and perfect mastery of human anatomy makes his sculptures look like paintings or sketches, and his wonderful compositions and sense of perspective help perpetuate this illusion. The grain of the wood and its warm colors, however, give them a tactile appearance that would be difficult to fake with paint. Continue reading »

These 3-D Portraits Were Created Using Only A Person’s DNA

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How much information about ourselves do we leave behind in public, as we shed saliva, hair, and sweat throughout the day? It’s a question that drives the artwork of Heather Dewey-Hagborg, whose project ‘Stranger Visions’ reconstructs the faces of the anonymous as 3-D printed sculptures, using genetic detritus found in chewing gum, cigarette butts, and wads of hair around New York City. Continue reading »

Oreo: Wonderfilled

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As part of the next phase of “Play with OREO”, the world’s favorite cookie has sought out 10 emerging artists from around the globe to see what happens when you put a 100+ year old brand into the hands of creative visionaries who are known for pushing the boundaries, and ask them to develop and share creative OREO expressions of “play” through their art forms. Campaign created by The Martin Agency, USA. Continue reading »

“I am who I am. And I have Down Syndrome.”

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“I am who I am. And I have Down Syndrome.” An advertising campaign for Asociación Síndrome de Down de la República Argentina (ASDRA). Created by TBWA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Continue reading »

Audi Service 2015 Ad Campaign

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“Don’t let your Audi fall into the wrong hands. Audi Service.” Created by thjnk agency, Berlin, Germany. Continue reading »

5,300-year-old Pottery Statue Found in North China

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On July 7, Chinese archaeologists from the Academy of Social Sciences announced that they have reconstituted a 5,300-year-old Mongolion pottery statue found at a relic site in North China, according to Xinhua news agency.
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Bios Urn Will Turn You Into A Tree After You Die

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Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn designed to convert you into a tree after you die. The urn is made using 100% biodegradable materials, coconut shell, compacted peat, and cellulose. It has two parts – a top capsule with the proper medium to allow a perfect germination of the seed, and a bottom cone where you can place the ashes.
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Holi – Traditional Festival of Colours in India

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A physically challenged Indian child, smeared with gulal-coloured powder, smiles at the camera during Holi celebrations at the Society for the Edcuation of the Crippled school in Mumbai on March 4, 2015. ‘Holi’, the festival of colours, is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day after full moon annually in March. Revellers spray coloured powder and water on each other with great gusto, whilst adults extend the hand of peace. AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE (PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Photo Illustration Of A Yogi In A Spring Mood

“As spring is just around the corner I thought of joining yoga, photography and illustrations in a single project. Enjoy it!” Photography by Cecilia Cristolovean. Illustrations by Evelyn Lynn. Model: Katia Mazharova.

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Tadasana Paschima Namaskar – Reverse Prayer Pose – Virasana Yoga – Pose de héroe con oración inversa
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Surreal Illustrations For Psychedelic Music By Klusters

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The Budapest (Hungary) based electropop band Klusters made this photo gallery as the related artwork of a concept album – Olbers’ Paradox. Continue reading »

Cute Land Lamps

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Figures from the collective immagination are recalled in tridimensional silohuettes to bring one back to environments and scenarios: the outline of a house, an astronaut out in space or an agile dancer telling stories light cherishes. Figures and light together spread a dynamic and readable idea. Figures to remind a tought, an action. The concept of these light sources is developed in numerous variations: single or group lamps. Lamps to tell a story. Designed by Leonardo Fortino. Continue reading »

Monsters Have Problems Too

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“I like to draw cute and silly things. This is a project I’ve been working on for a while now. I call it ‘Monster Issues’. It’s about monsters and their feelings. What if they’re more than just big, mean, scary creatures? What if they have worries, problems and stuff they have to deal with, just like the rest of us? I thought it would be a fun idea to illustrate.” Continue reading »