Vivid Color Photographs Show Iconic Beach Culture of Miami Beach in the Late 1970s
Throughout the 1970s, a young photographer named Andy Sweet documented the personalities of Miami in vivid color. In 1977, Sweet returned to the area after completing his studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and set out to document South Beach’s vivid old-world culture. Continue reading »
A Closer Look Inside the Student Apartment in Hong Kong
LYCS Architecture have designed Campus Hong Kong, a shared apartment created specifically for students.
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This Napmobile Was Designed to Sell Mattresses
Online mattress retailer Casper, have created a unique way of allowing people to try their mattresses by creating a mobile mattress showroom. Continue reading »
Aerial Summer Symmetry Photography
German photographer Bernhard Lang, aerial photography specialist, made a summer collection of pictures that brings out the symmetry and linearity of the vacationers installation on the Adria beach, located on the Italian North East coast. Continue reading »
World is Not Just Red – The Mondrian Pepsi Can
Italian designer Andrea Salamino re-imagined the design and the can of the brand Pepsi by drawing his inspiration from neoplasticism, the colors of artists Piet Mondrian and Jean Gorin. Continue reading »
September 16: This Day In Photos From The Past
Salma Karim, 4, awaits a medical examination and diagnosis at the Saddam Children’s Hospital in Baghdad Monday, September 16, 1996. Due to the international economic blockade, Iraqi hospitals have little medicine and many curable illnesses go untreated. The United States has blocked a U.N. resolution allowing food and medicine in exchange for Iraqi oil. On Aug. 31, Saddam Hussein sent soldiers into the U.S.-protected Kurdish “safe haven” in northern Iraq to oust an Iranian-backed faction in favor of another Kurdish group allied with Baghdad. (Photo by John Moore/AP Photo)
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Insane Papercuts by Yoo Hyun
We don’t even know where to begin with these – we haven’t quite seen anything else like them, and every single piece is just as mesmerizing as the last. Let’s take a second to take in what you’re looking at – these are immensely detailed, handcut works by Korean artist Yoo Hyun. Continue reading »
Fantastic Illustrations By Waldemar von Kozak
Check out these fantastic illustrations from Russian artist Waldemar von Kozak. We love the surrealism at play here which seems to hint at dark, broad social commentary all through a pulp and noir or sci-fi lens. If anything, Kozak’s striking use of color and distortion of everyday objects and places are worth a look. Continue reading »
“Metamorphosis” by Gunduz Aghayev
Eastern and Western cultures are very diverse. Architecture sharply visualizes this contrast. What if to bring them together? The question inspired cartoonist Gunduz Aghayev to create such an outstanding improvisation. Continue reading »
Biker Saves Injured Kitten and Continues His Trip While Caring for Him
A motorcyclist found a tiny injured kitten that needed a lot of help at a truck stop, he decided to help the little guy, tuck him in his vest and continue on his cross country trip while taking care of the kitten.
Pat Doody has been riding cross-country (from Nevada to New Jersey) with a little kitty snuggled up to him since he rescued him. His furry sidekick has quite an unbelievable story. Continue reading »
September 15: This Day In Photos From The Past
This is the scene at the re-opening of New York’s Studio 54, September 15, 1981. (Photo by G. Paul Burnett/AP Photo)
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Slasher Sweaters: The Perfect Gift For The Psychopath In Your Life
Holiday fun from Austin’s Mondo Gallery. Curators and retailers of limited edition screen-printed posters, movie soundtracks on vinyl, VHS re-issues, toys, and clothing, the freaks at Mondo are always on the cutting edge of pop culture weirdness. Continue reading »
An Artist Recreates Popular TV Series Posters Into Fun Illustrations
“I created the digital series of illustrations based on the posters of popular TV series.”, says artist Toshib Bagde to Bored Panda. Continue reading »
Girls In Bikini On The Beach Of California, 1970
Photos of frolicking California beauties on the beach in 1970. Photos by Co Rentmeester, via LIFE archives. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photos Of Summer In North Carolina, 1975
Joel Sternfeld is a fine-art color photographer noted for his large-format documentary pictures of the United States and helping establish color photography as a respected artistic medium. He has influenced a generation of color photographers, including Andreas Gursky, who borrows many of Sternfeld’s techniques and approaches. Continue reading »
Alexander Wang Photoshoot Campaign With Celebrities
Alexander Wang is back to celebrate his 10th anniversary with a T-shirts collection created in collaboration with youth and social organization DoSomething. Continue reading »
Photographer Mom Takes Magical Autumn Portraits Of Her Kids
Jessica Drossin is a former graphic designer turned portrait artist who will lead you into her fabulously beautiful imagination through her photography.
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A Street Artist Painted Underpants On Rocks To Criticize Nudity Censorship
“Our bodies carry a huge burden of shame. Moral codes and social conventions confuse nudity with sex. In social media, modesty patrols often flag even pieces of art as plain pornography.”, says artist Andre Levy (aka zhion) to Bored Panda.
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Young Artist Documents Her Daily Struggles Of Learning To Draw
“I started drawing this comic diary of my struggles learning to draw.”, says artist Min Roh to Bored Panda. Continue reading »
See How the Hollywood Sign Has Changed from between the 1920s and 1970s
When the Hollywood Sign was dedicated on this day, July 13, in 1923, there was little hint that it would become an iconic emblem. In fact, the sign didn’t even say “Hollywood.”
Dedication of the sign, 1923. (Photo Courtesy of the Hollywood Sign Trust and HollywoodPhotographs.com. All Rights Reserved.)
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A Real-Life Mermaid Who Swims With Sharks Using Her Fish Tail And Holds Breath For 2 Minutes
In honor of our charity of the month, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, I decided to reach out to Hannah Mermaid and learn a little bit more about her and her ocean advocacy.
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Solitary Wilderness Shelter Provides Warmth to Mountain Hikers
Photo credit: Janez Martincic
The Skuta mountain, located in Slovenia’s Kamnik Alps, presents many challenges for those trying to scale it. Strong winds, heavy snowfalls, and dangerous landslides are just a few of the hazards that await climbers. To make their journey safer, the students at Harvard University School of Design and OFIS Architects have recently constructed a shelter that sits along the beautiful rocky landscape.
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Artist Crafts Incredibly Realistic Gigantic Flowers Out of Paper
San Francisco-based artist Tiffanie Turner has had a lifelong obsession with botanicals, expressing her adoration in the form of incredibly realistic paper flowers. Using delicate crepe material, she crafts soft-looking petals that have the same creases, folds, and postures to convincingly mimic nature. Continue reading »
Transparent Sculptures Explore the Depth of Human Emotion
First featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 12, Korean artist Jin Young Yu makes haunting sculptures with a mystifying use of transparency. She achieves the invisibility of her doll-like figures through a highly transparent plastic. Yu’s deeply intimate works reflect on her emotional experience of adolescence, and more recently, mirror her adult personality. Continue reading »
This Armchair Is Designed To Fold Out Into A Bed
Russian designer Elena Sidorova, has created Flop, an armchair that folds open and becomes a bed.
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