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Elegant Nose Candle Holders Are Designed To Hold A Candle With Their Nose

Belgian industrial designer Quentin de Coster has designed NOSE, a prototype for a minimalist candle holder, where the candle is held in place on the nose of the abstract profile. The candle holder is made from two pieces of laser cut steel that are then welded together. Once welded, the pieces are then powder-coated for a finished look. Continue reading »

Elegant Drawing Of Girls Wearing Dresses Made Of Real Flower Petals

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Malaysian artist Lim Zhi Wei creates beautiful series of illustrations blended with real flower petals. Her series titled “Flower Girls” is a delicate collection of graceful female form gorgeously layered dresses and gowns made out of everything from orchids, roses, and leaves. The series began when the artist made a birthday gift for her grandmother. Continue reading »

This Artist Upcycles Textile Waste Into Beautiful And Elegant Resin Stools

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Designer Ammar Kalo has found a beautiful new use for discarded textiles in fabrications, a series of resin stools topped with colorful pieces of fabric. After the fabric is carefully arranged by hand, Kalo traps the pieces of cloth in resin that’s cured until solid. The low-tech production requires few raw materials. Continue reading »

An Artist Has Created This Elegant Table Inspired By The Horse

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Looking through this year’s DMY Festival New Talents, we were struck by what at first looked like an exceptionally dynamic sculpture, but in fact turned out to be a table made by Vendulka Prchalová. A student at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Prchalová has already a considerable portfolio of glass works and artistic jewelry. Continue reading »

Elegant Wooden Chair Hand-Carved From A Single Tree Stump

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‘The Glemham I’ was produced by the artist Alex Johnson during a residency at White House Farm, which is the seasonal home of The Alde Valley Spring Festival near Great Glemham, England. Its stump was harvested from the farm and felled by a local timber man. Johnson then began slowly shaping and forming the wood into a elegant piece of furniture, with curved arms that flow into intricate flourishes adorning the base of the chair. Continue reading »

Sleek Vertical Planters Let You Grow an Elegant Garden Indoors

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If you live in a small home, then you know that floor and counter space is at a premium. This often leaves little room for potted plants, but floral designer Kim Fisher has an ingenious solution. She has created a 22-inch circular hanging planter that holds colorful vegetation, even with limited space. By attaching it to the wall, you take advantage of the vertical height while leaving other, more useful, areas free. Better yet, the planter’s clean and modern design resembles a work of art rather than a conventional pot. Continue reading »

Elegant Figures and Faces of Dancers Emerge from Intricately Folded Sheets of Fabric

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The latest installation by Benjamin Shine, who studied fashion design at The Surrey Institute of Art and Design and Central St Martins in London – “The Dance” explores ideas of impermanence and the fleeting moment, which are conveyed through the inherent qualities of delicate tulle material. Continue reading »

Elegant Greyscale Tattoos By Polish Tattoo Artist Kamil Czapiga

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Polish tattoo artist Kamil Czapiga takes a different approach when it comes to tattoos. He actually creates stunning works of art in just black ink. Continue reading »

Elegant Henna Tattoo Crowns Help Cancer Patients Cope With Their Hair Loss


The art and tradition of using all-natural paste from the henna plant to create temporary henna tattoos goes back to ancient Asian and Middle-Eastern history, but there’s one group that has taken this ancient art form and given it a new, modern purpose. Henna Heals is a community of henna artists based in Canada that creates beautiful flowering henna crown tattoos for women who have lost their hair to cancer and chemotherapy. Continue reading »