Victoria’s Secret New 2012 Collection
Victoria’s Secret angels Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima and Jasmine Tookes in photo session by Russell James. Continue reading »
LoveStore: Erotic Accessories Advertisements
“Make Love, Not War”. Amazing! Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: The Broken Hull of the Rena
The broken hull of the Rena is tossed by heavy sea swells on Astrolabe reef near Tauranga, New Zealand, where it has been lodged since October. Maritime New Zealand on Thursday charged the owners of the Rena, Daina Shipping with discharging harmful substances from the vessel. The charge carries a maximum fine of $489,000 plus another $8,100 for each day the offense continues. (Maritime New Zealand) Click image to zoom.
Combo: Provocative French Street Art
On a recent trip to Chernobyl, French street artist Combo left behind something memorable: a mural of The Simpsons. Combo is known for using iconic characters to make a statement, and this image continues the trend. The nuclear power plant in the background looks a lot more menacing here, but I also think there’s something really interesting about such a happy, cheery image juxtaposed against the aftermath of a horrible tragedy. Continue reading »
Rihanna Says Goodbye to Golden Tresses, Back to Black Locks and Cropped Side
Rihanna’s constantly changing hair styles and colors are always in the news and she is an innovator when it comes to coloring hair and coming up with new styles. It was not long ago that the Bajan beauty had her hair colored blonde with dark roots, and now, just before the release of her debut movie “Battleship,” she has gone back to black again, with the hair near the temple of her left ear cropped really short. Continue reading »
Seahawks Uniforms: Twitter Responds To Teams Uniform Makeover
The Seahawks haven’t made any significant changes to their uniforms since 2002, but that all changed yesterday when the team unveiled their new uniforms. While fan reactions on Twitter from been iffy over the new changes, Walter Thurmond, third-year cornerback from the University of Oregon has not only checked out the new Seahawks uniform, but gave it a feel.
According to the Seahawks website, Thurmond wore the new uniforms for a sneak preview and gave it “two raised gloves, and two extended palms, up.” Being dubbed by Thurmond as “new age,” the cornerback explains that “it’s transitioning from where we are as an organization and where the league is going.”
All new Billabong x Tom Veiga Collection
The Artist and Brazilian designer Tom Veiga is the creator of the Waves Series illustrations. The bold yet simplistic cubist illustrations are inspired by the shapes, sensations and feelings that waves, sun and surfing evoke.
His work is characterized by many colors, moving in a few strokes, he always tries to explore each wave in details and to reflect the wave with a design vision. Tom also uses his art as a form of environment awareness. He is a member of Save The Waves, a foundation that aims to preserve the oceans and beaches, of the Ocean Artists Society and of Surfrider Foundation. Continue reading »
XCVB / Collection of Spring 2012
UK clothing brand XCVB released their new collection of Spring 2012. Take a look. Continue reading »
Monstrous 48-Foot Snake Related to Boa Constrictors Brought Back to Life
This 2,500-pound, 48-foot-long prehistoric snake was found near fossilized plants, giant turtles and crocodiles dating back to the Paleocene epoch, more than 60 million years ago when the world’s first known rainforest existed, and dinosaurs no longer ruled the Earth. Displayed at a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum, the massive 48-foot predator could swallow a whole crocodile without showing a bulge. Featuring a full-scale model of Titanoboa and clips from a Smithsonian Channel documentary, the exhibition delves into the discovery, reconstruction, and implications of this enormous reptile. (Smithsonian Institute) Continue reading »
Thermosaurus Radiator
Thermosaurus is a heat exchanger with a Tyrannosaurus as a backbone. The item is highly efficient and energy-savvy, thanks to its complex structure that includes a skull, spine, ribs, legs, and tail bones. Continue reading »
Mock Rock: When Actors Play Pop Stars
We know that pop stars want to be actors – and vice versa. But as the new Sean Penn movie proves, actors playing pop stars can be a bad look indeed.
Cheyenne, Sean Penn
“Cheyenne”. Or should we say “Robert Smith”? Or, maybe, should we say “Robert Smith thinking about a crippled kitten?” Continue reading »
Phil Fisk: Everyday People
Phil Fisk’s portraits, commissioned to support the month long Circusfest 2012 at the Roundhouse, play the unorthodox and the mundane against each other to arresting effect. The staid and slightly drab “Britishness” of the settings – a windy beach, team building exercise, a council estate – is skewed by the unsettling physicality and slanted grace of his subjects. A contortionist emerges spider-like from a washing machine in a Brixton launderette; in a nursing home an elderly man’s body is borne skyward by some unknown force.
“I’ve done behind the tent, make-up stuff,” explains Fisk, “but contemporary circus performers are much more open to being given a role, so I tried to work with that.”
Photographer’s assistant: Rory Mulvey
Inspired by news stories about stowaways, trapeze artists swing freely through a storage container depot in Dagenham. Continue reading »
The ‘We’re All Eating This Together’ Campaign
Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays has been appointed a special advisor on social class by David Cameron. Ryder’s first initiative was to launch this T-shirt campaign with the help of his celebrity friends.
David Walliams Continue reading »
Dutch Sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden at the Notre-Dame Museum
A man looks at sculptures made by the Dutch sculptor Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden (1420 – 1473) at the Notre-Dame museum in Strasbourg, eastern France, as part of an exhibition dedicated to his work. Gerhaert is considered the most influential northern European sculptor of the 15th century. (AFP)
“Extavium” Museum in Potsdam, Germany
Floris, 8, inspects a mirror cube at the “Extavium” museum in Potsdam, eastern Germany. The new interactive museum, formerly known as “Exploratorium Potsdam”, re-opened with much more space for its 130 exhibits and interactive offers for children and their parents. (AFP)
Taj Miami: How to Live Like a Boss for $4,199,000
One of Miami’s most unique properties, this three-story glass house, perched atop the Palace Condominium on Brickell Avenue, has a quirky cultural history. In 1981, Leona and Harry Helmsley were about to call this their sky residence when Saudi Sheik Saoud Al-Shaalan purchased the property and converted the already stunning structure to a Mughal Palace.
Unfortunately, the Sheik rarely visited this work of art he could have called home, but in 1999 international real estate developer antique weapons expert Anthony Tirri purchased the glass house, adorning it with Muslim weapons, furniture and art. Mr. Tirri has since moved on to Paris, where he has remodeled an 1135 chateau named after renowned French author Alexander Dumas.
For sale now for $4,199,000. Continue reading »
Keira Knightley for GQ UK, March 2012
Keira Knightley for GQ UK, March 2012 in photographs by Norman Jean Roy. Continue reading »
Mexican Pointy Boots: Las Botas Picudas
Photographers Alex Troesch and Aline Paley first saw the long, pointy Mexican boots on a video through Facebook. Inspired by the video they saw, the Brooklyn-based duo, who have known each other three years, traveled to Matehuala, Mexico in late January to see the boots with their own eyes.
In northern Mexico, the pointy boots trend is more about flash than fashion. “They’re worn by people who want to impress other people,” Troesch says. In fact, one boot maker they met had transformed a regular pair of shoes into pointy boots for a client who wanted to impress the jury of a dance contest. That’s how the fervor started—but not everyone is a fan. Continue reading »
Ubi-Camera Let’s You Take Photos With Your Hands
Researchers at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences are working on a device that allows you to take pictures using your hands. The small camera is attached to your thumb and let’s you frame shots using your fingers in the shape of a rectangle.
“When you draw a picture or take a photo, you sometimes form a rectangle with your hands to decide the composition. With this camera, you can take a photo using the exact same motion. You attach this device to your index finger, and form a rectangle with your finger like this. You take the photo by using the rectangle as the viewfinder, like this. When you push hard with your thumb, the shutter is pressed.”
Camera users fit the tiny square camera unit over a finger, then ‘frame’ shots using their fingers. Continue reading »
Modern Church in Linz, Austria
Amazing modern church in Linz, Austria, created by X Architecten, the architecture company from Wien. Continue reading »
Kate Moss for Vogue US, April 2012
In photographs by Tim Walker. Continue reading »
Furniture Design by Kenyon Yeh
Kenyon Yeh, a creative product and furniture designer based in London. Born in 1983, Studied Master of Arts in Design at Kingston University, London, under Colin Holden and Simon Hasan and graduated in 2009. He continues to produce his design project, including collaboration with manufacturers across Europe and Asia. Brings more diversity, potential and attitude to keep moving forward. Continue reading »
Kids vs Superheroes
“I am a Superhero” is a name of the contest that Marvel Comics and Disney held together in Russia. A contest is timed to release “The Avengers” movie. The purpose of the contest is to ask kids and their parents to create a costume based on a Marvel comics character. Here are some crazy-ass costumes. Continue reading »
Pesticides Causing Havoc to Beehives
Beehives across the world have drastically declined and researchers cite the main culprit as neonicotinoid pesticides. Researchers from the University of Stirling have found that bees exposed to the pesticides have trouble locating their hives. Researchers conducted an experiment on a swarm of bees by tagging them with tiny microchips attached to their neck which tracked their movement. Continue reading »
